Who else is hyped for the Heretic ?

[Rhadamante]

You may have noticed we got 2 lunar items that ends with "of Heresy" so far and their flavor texts are all about a certain Kur-skan the Heretic.

Visions of Heresy:

"…and for her betrayal, and her lies, and her scheming ways, the Heretic was violently separated into four distinctive pieces, each to be scattered across the farthest depths of the Moon.

First, her many eyes were plucked from her skull and sealed in boiling glass, forced to gaze upon her failure..."

-The Evisceration of Kur-skan the Heretic, III

Strides of Heresy:

"Her legs were scattered to the two poles of the moon, twisted in a wicked position, in a field of obsidian thorns…"

-The Evisceration of Kur-skan the Heretic, V

I think we'll be getting a new item of the same sort in each of the next 2 updates, totalling 4, one for each of the 4 parts the heretics got separated into.
She's scattered on the Moon, there's lunar items, there's the logo of RoR 2 showing not just a planet like in Ror 1 but a planet and its moon and finally the icon of the last patch showing a planet/moon.

And then there's this lore from Brittle Crown:

A wretched carnival.

They were doomed for good reason. Dunepeople of Aphelia: lost, in fanatic worship of parasitic influences. Lemurians: destined to a dead planet, picked clean. Chitin beasts. Automations of death. Why do you bring them home? They were not meant to survive.

I have watched you for ages, from my dead rock - and every century, you disgust me with vanity. You invite vermin into your home. Wretches. Rats. Monsters. Creatures without restraint. Each and every one, planet killers. And yet, you entertain them as guests. Like children, requiring saving and protection.

She should have died for me. Her gift was wasted on you.

And when will we open discussion - dear brother - of all your thin lies? Why do you forbid your guests to leave? To pilot? Why do you fashion great walls and gates? Why do you weave constructs of destruction, if your role is protection? They are entries in your collection. You slaver. Gatekeeper. Hoarder.

Your death is fated. When you die - and you WILL die - I will be ready. I have been patient for millennia. That planet... is mine.

Specifically:
"I have watched you for ages, from my dead rock" and
"And when will we open discussion - dear brother"

So, what I take from this is the final boss is that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ heretic, the sister of Providence (last boss of RoR 1) and either we're fighting her on the Moon (the dead rock in question) or she's coming back from it to beat our ass.

[AngelofAnger]

Wouldnt be great if you collect all the items you tranform into the heretic herself?

Sounds so much trouble for something that happens only one or two times. But also sounds a hoopo thing.

Is like a new character hidden in the game itself

[Ittrix]

Y'know I always thought the lizard was a heretic or had some relation to the heretic. Arm is shriveled up like visions of heresy, blinded, whole area around the lunar shop has see through stuff aka: glass, etc.
Kinda big for a playable character.

I'd like an artifact that starts us off with the alternate skills maybe, but I wouldn't want it taking the last character slot.

[AngelofAnger]

@ittrix i think it depends How strong it is, knowing how things are going im sure that R replacement will pretty tempting.

Also commando wouldnt mind. All his abilities are pretty plain.

[Ittrix]

It's moreso that I don't want a character made up of skills we can already get on our own. I'd rather have something new, is all.
Can it have it's own skin if you get all four? Can there be a quicker way to get all four? Sure. But if it's at the expense of a new character, nahhh.