Who is the Canon New Divine?

[AsianGirlLover]

So Larian Studios was working on another Divinity game, but it ended up getting put to the side to focus all their talent on Baldur’s Gate 3.

It seems the events from OS2 were completely discarded, since everybody is alive and well in that one, but.... I just thought it would be fun for kicks and giggles to see who the community thinks deserves to be The One.

In my head canon, it’s Fane. It just makes sense, really - he’s a friggen Eternal... and uh... actually, I didn’t think this out too well, did I?

Maybe it should be Sebille? What do you guys think?

[Levianne]

Canonical it's still Lucien. Even if your character ascends to Divinity, that isn't considered canon. The ending, that purges all Rivellon of the Source and seals the weil, is probably considered to be the true ending, so basically Lucien is Divine only for the outside world, but he's entirely powerless.

[Lethan]

Honestly I wish they handled the purging end better.
Should be two purge options

Option 1 : Kneel before the current and accept fate
Option 2 : KILL THE CURRENT and Purge *as the 5 minute Divine*

But yes, sadly, the purge ending is considered the main ending. Huge flaws with it though.

[AsianGirlLover]

I definitely preferred the purge ending myself, tbh.

[AsianGirlLover]

Wait, so what’s the explanation behind that, though?

You purge all source, become husks, yet somehow Malady brings you back... but isn’t she also a sourcerer? Wouldn’t she also be a husk?

And isn’t source technically in everyone in the form of souls? So like... everyone would have their souls ripped out and sent into oblivion.

My head hurts >.>

[Levianne]

She's a half demon, and not just some weakling, she's the only one able to pull tricks like taking a whole ship in (and out of) the Hall of Echoes. Since the Purge affects even Lucien the Divine himself, it's safe to assume, that Mals wasn't around, when it happened, most likely in HoE, or her own demonic dimension (she has one, confirmed it herself during the part to weaken Adramahlihk).

[Greenegg]

Originally posted by Levianne:

Canonical it's still Lucien. Even if your character ascends to Divinity, that isn't considered canon. The ending, that purges all Rivellon of the Source and seals the weil, is probably considered to be the true ending, so basically Lucien is Divine only for the outside world, but he's entirely powerless.

doesn't that ending kill the godwoken though?

in divinity fallen heroes it looks like they were all still alive.

[Fazl]

Until a sequel comes out, there is no canon divine. It can be anyone and anything. You can speculate.. formulate.. hypothetical.. whatever you wish, but until that new game.. anything is canon.

Maybe Sir Lora became Divine to stop the Great Acorn.

[AsianGirlLover]

Originally posted by Fazl:

Until a sequel comes out, there is no canon divine. It can be anyone and anything. You can speculate.. formulate.. hypothetical.. whatever you wish, but until that new game.. anything is canon.

Maybe Sir Lora became Divine to stop the Great Acorn.

Sir Lora is the new Divine.

This is NOT head canon, it’s the damn truth.

[Quadsword]

Originally posted by AsianGirlLover:

Wait, so what’s the explanation behind that, though?

You purge all source, become husks, yet somehow Malady brings you back... but isn’t she also a sourcerer? Wouldn’t she also be a husk?

And isn’t source technically in everyone in the form of souls? So like... everyone would have their souls ripped out and sent into oblivion.

My head hurts >.>

Even disregarding the plot holes, wouldn't purging all Source from the land have pretty serious consequences for the future? Source has been part of Rivellon society for thousands of years. Wouldn't society start to fall apart pretty quickly if there are suddenly no Sourcerers?

[AsianGirlLover]

Originally posted by Quadsword:

Originally posted by AsianGirlLover:

Wait, so what’s the explanation behind that, though?

You purge all source, become husks, yet somehow Malady brings you back... but isn’t she also a sourcerer? Wouldn’t she also be a husk?

And isn’t source technically in everyone in the form of souls? So like... everyone would have their souls ripped out and sent into oblivion.

My head hurts >.>

Even disregarding the plot holes, wouldn't purging all Source from the land have pretty serious consequences for the future? Source has been part of Rivellon society for thousands of years. Wouldn't society start to fall apart pretty quickly if there are suddenly no Sourcerers?

Not necessarily, since Source and magic are technically not the same thing.

One requires mental aptitude while the other requires.... the harvested souls of the dead? Idk, man, it’s never really explained fully.

I just wish we could go back to dragons with jetpacks, imps in fighter jets, etc.

[Levianne]

One thing I don't really understand here. The 7 Divines (7 Eternal Lords) used the Source stolen from the God King, the rest of the Eternals and the weil to create all of us, their children, the races of Rivellon. But to seal the weil, I think it requires a certain amount of Source (it's said all of Source, but that would Purge all life, because Source is in all beings, isn't it?), so a certain percent of a living being then, their Soul. Let's say 75%, then you still leave 25% in there, creating a soulless husk, a Silent Monk. But this obviously happened only to the party, as they had the most Source in them, they were Godwoken, gods in waiting and were closest to the centre of the Purge. Then here's the question of mine: What about the Divine? Didn't he have more Source in him as an actual god? And what about Dallis? Why it only sucked enough Source out of them to leave them still "human"? Why didn't they turn into Silent Monks? And the rest of Rivellon? They ended up just like these two, just without the Source, but still living, breathing beings with souls (that is Source as well), no Silent Monks. So how does the Purge work actually?

[Levianne]

Originally posted by Fazl:

Until a sequel comes out, there is no canon divine. It can be anyone and anything. You can speculate.. formulate.. hypothetical.. whatever you wish, but until that new game.. anything is canon.

Maybe Sir Lora became Divine to stop the Great Acorn.

Well Lucien IS the Divine still. You know, there is a later game (well an earlier game, but with events after D:OS2), Divinity 2: Ego Draconis (or Dragon Knight Saga). In there Lucien is still the Divine. So no Sir Lora, no Godwoken, nothing like that.

[Quadsword]

Originally posted by Levianne:

Originally posted by Fazl:

Until a sequel comes out, there is no canon divine. It can be anyone and anything. You can speculate.. formulate.. hypothetical.. whatever you wish, but until that new game.. anything is canon.

Maybe Sir Lora became Divine to stop the Great Acorn.

Well Lucien IS the Divine still. You know, there is a later game (well an earlier game, but with events after D:OS2), Divinity 2: Ego Draconis (or Dragon Knight Saga). In there Lucien is still the Divine. So no Sir Lora, no Godwoken, nothing like that.

Between this and all of the Godwoken being alive and well in Divinity Fallen Heroes, I'm just gonna guess that Larian doesn't give a crap about continuity.

I'll still enjoy the games, but it would be kind of neat if I got to meet my DoS2 character in the sequel who's now a Divine.

[RainingMetal]

Too bad we couldn't purge Dallis and arrest Lucian, while sealing up the void.