#h1-story-discussion

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harsh sleet
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are u sure abt that

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oh wait

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read wrong soz jfsdkfgd

obsidian bone
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that Orpheus`s new song btw xD

hoary sapphire
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so I beat the Hydra once with every weapon

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and I have no idea where Thanatos is

restive elk
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He shows up in common rooms

hoary sapphire
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is there anything I have to do before he can show up?

restive elk
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Nope

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Just good ol fasioned rng

hoary sapphire
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okay, thanks a lot

harsh sleet
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i just wanna see him again

raven gale
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I havent seen him too 😦

marsh prawn
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so i havent seen thanatos yet but are him and hypnos twins in hades? Because thanatos fell in a lake of very handsome and hypnos just Fell Asleep

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Curious about that cause i dont know about the game yet but Need to Know

rapid zinc
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He fell in a what

marsh prawn
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And good luck encountering him with the rng

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Thanatos very handsome

restive elk
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That wording, bravo

marsh prawn
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it is the truth

frozen jolt
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keep it clean yall banne

marsh prawn
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Sorry i’ll edit it to be clean

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It is clean

frozen jolt
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haha thank you

amber canyon
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Ok finally got the Meg even where she gets the last of her stuff out of Zags room

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So, yeah, its now confirmed

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Also Zag was very unhappy about it

frozen jolt
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i still havent gotten it.... angery

amber canyon
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Took me a while, because Alecto kept getting in the way

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I havent actually seen Tisiphone in like 8 runs now

mystic tusk
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I find Al by far the most obnoxious

raven gale
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Maaan I wanna get further in the story

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but havent run into Thanatos 😦

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to me Tisiphone is harder than Alecto tbh

rapid zinc
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I like her cause she green

amber canyon
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After a couple rounds against them, both are easy normally

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But alecto is more of a pain, and whipped frenzy breaks her

mystic tusk
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I think it would be helpful if Al's rage meter ticked down to show how long she has left in her rage state

tame bronze
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I have met Alecto, so much rage

marsh prawn
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I haven’t met any of the new patch charas yet but soon enough

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Looking forward to it

tame bronze
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she was raging, i was raging, fun time

marsh prawn
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There was rage, there was fun

tame bronze
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did anyone else get the rage boon with Poseidon? or is it possible with other gods?

marsh prawn
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rage boon you mean the meter?

tame bronze
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yes

marsh prawn
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I got it with zeus and ares if i recall correctly

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Havent chose them but they were offered

amber canyon
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You always get the Poseidon one first

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Afterwards you can get the other

tame bronze
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got it, thanks

marsh prawn
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Still curious about Thanatos and Hypnos being twins in the game tho because they don’t look like they are but who knows

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Guess I’ll have to wait until I see Thanatos around

onyx spoke
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poor hypnos just wants to spend time with thanatos

amber canyon
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Yes, by genociding the mortals

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Hypnos is a psychopath

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Dont let his silly demeanor fool you

restive elk
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Something something you can be twin without being identical

marsh prawn
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Once upon a time when we still didn’t have charas names a friend and I were guessing who Hypnos was and one options was Thanatos lmao

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Well Hypnos is a chthonic deity and in this game a big doofus so idk. He sleepy is what I know

rapid zinc
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Sisyphus and Charon are identical twins, you just can't see it yet

marsh prawn
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Master Roaster king of my house

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Sisyphus and Charon were the twins all along

tribal aspen
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@amber canyon yes, but he is a sweet, sweet psychopath

amber canyon
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Sure

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But Thanatos is the superior choice

spiral saddle
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whats the new entry in artifacts

mystic tusk
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onion

spiral saddle
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oh

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ok

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i though it was someything cool

onyx spoke
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I gave Dusa an ambrosia and no conversation happened, only my codex updated

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is this a bug or is there just not a conversation for her last heart

fair light
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Hey that sounds like a bug for sure. If you're in a position to reload the save and hit F10 in the game that would help us track the issue down. Sorry about that...!

onyx spoke
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will do, thanks for responding

cedar grove
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has anyone gotten these duo boons yet

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been playing since the update have yet to encounter it

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all ive seen are wrath powers, which are like super freaking cool btw

maiden cairn
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i have had the dio/zeus one

cedar grove
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what do they do

maiden cairn
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dio zeus makes festive fog have random lighting dmg

cedar grove
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oooh

maiden cairn
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you need to have the right combo of boons to make them appear

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idk if its just any boons from the gods or what

cedar grove
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I like it

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the only thing I felt was missing that made this game a perfect roguelite was synergy

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duo boons all the way

maiden cairn
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ye im big into roguelite game design

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many games do certain things very well

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not many / none get all of them right at once in this way

atomic forge
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@maiden cairn Dungreed

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was epic

maiden cairn
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yee fun game

atomic forge
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but you are right

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allot of em

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fall short

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this one doesnt luckly

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it feels like a Tboi Bastion hybrid

maiden cairn
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speaking of duo boons

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seems kinda weak? 2.2s

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this is artemis/ares

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nah is actually decent utility

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😌

late goblet
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Wow I just finished a run and when I entered my room Meg was in here "retrieving the last of her things"

frozen jolt
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seeking blade rift? Sign me up

maiden cairn
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yea especially with the armored hearts heat

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i dont remember what thats called

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great for engaging new spawns

shy socket
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I like.... NEED a romantic subplot for Zag and Meg

restive elk
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Aren't they over it already?

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We will get a flashback maybe...

rapid zinc
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We have a romantic subplot for Zag and Meg

marsh prawn
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We sure do

onyx spoke
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re: duo boons
there is also an Ares/Aphrodite one that makes curses refresh if they hit weak enemies

restive elk
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Weak?

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Aphrodite then maybe?

onyx spoke
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haha what do you mean aphrodite I definitely put that originally

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haha

fading brook
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i want zag to kiss boys and that’s my opinion

south sparrow
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Nice edit lol

fading brook
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zag and meg have had their time i think zag should get a nice boyfriend

mystic tusk
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I want zag to kiss bouldy

marsh prawn
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Zag should kiss some men

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Nice boyfriend for Zag campaign

south sparrow
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Nah zag and dusa All the way

mystic tusk
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also I'm periodically reminded that supergiant actually reads these channels and whenever that happens I immediately regret sending whatever dumb thought jumps into my mind

visual laurel
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They appreciate the feedback 😁

onyx spoke
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zag and dusa forever

south sparrow
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That or zag goes with Artemis and dusa and Thanatos get together

visual laurel
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Artemis isn't really an option for anyone, historically speaking

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I approve of the friendship tho

sour pike
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hades but it's a dating sim where you have to fight who you don't pick a la trial of the gods

visual laurel
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😱

runic terrace
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YESSSS

south sparrow
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But nah the one true pairing is definetly Hypnos and hades

visual laurel
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wow ! that's an ice cold take

sour pike
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if you pick one of the furies you have to fight the other two together

south sparrow
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Ugh then I'd have to pick Tisiphone, the other two together would be easy compared to her alone

sour pike
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true

visual laurel
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oh hey here's something i thought was weird

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alecto keeps pointing out how zag bleeds red, which isn't normal for a god
the olympians have been calling him a demigod or a half-god for a while, even though they think his mother is Nyx, which made me think like "ah, they just think Nyx isn't a 'real' god since she's technically a Titan"

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but with this too i'm like. hey game??? game, what are you getting at

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like we know persephone isn't dead, because like nyx said, if she was dead, she'd be in the House already

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so it's unlikely she's a mortal, since i get the feeling zag has lived longer than a mortal's life span

sour pike
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well zag's mythology is really weird

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it could be that hades isn't even zags father

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but i don't think thats where the game is going

visual laurel
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it is, but there's also not much of it, and what there is was kind of poked fun at with the orpheus stuff

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the entirety of zag's "mythology" is like three fragments of plays

rapid zinc
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We have 0 timeline on Zag's life, past or present

visual laurel
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i think we're pretty sure hades is zag's dad - zag has chthonic powers after all, and why would he have those if he wasn't part chthonic

sour pike
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yeah true

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maybe persephone has different parentage in this mythos

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cause she's the daughter of zeus and demeter

visual laurel
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if zag was full olympian, like i've seen some people say he might be the child of zeus and persephone, he wouldn't have like. darkness powers probably gkjdfghdf

sour pike
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but they could have changed that too

visual laurel
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they could have, maybe she's a demigoddess in this??

sour pike
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maybe shes a demigod herself

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which is why the other olympians never mention her

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and could explain why she''s still alive

fading brook
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demeter and persephone were always weird cases to me in that they were always spending a long ass time away from everyone else in mythos

visual laurel
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sometimes the children of gods and "lesser" immortals are also just mortal or demigod for no good reason

marsh prawn
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I do think that Zag’s bleeding is related to Zag’s mythos in a way also. The one they seemed to have picked at least because both Orpheus and Dio are there too

fading brook
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and also there’s passing dialogue that’s like ā€œoh you want to go above ground? you want to be a mortal?ā€ toward zagreus which makes me wonder if maybe because persephone is wandering the fields of the earth it had some affect on her

visual laurel
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like achilles' mom was a nymph but that didn't make him a demigod even tho nymphs are river goddesses

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and even tho he's only like two generations removed from zeus

sour pike
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it could go either way

fading brook
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like, in most myths persephone is abducted from earth to the underworld, so maybe spending long amounts of time away from the heavens or the underworld has a permanent affect on gods

visual laurel
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she would've still been godly when she was abducted tho, presumably

fading brook
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hence why zag bleeds red? maybe?

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YEAH i just mean maybe there’s something there

visual laurel
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yeah

fading brook
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with what a mortal plane does to a god

visual laurel
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hard to say but the game seems to be making a Thing of it

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i thought it was just the olympians being pompous

fading brook
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i’m going to feel so dumb if the final game comes out and a bunch of dialogue and lore gets cut

visual laurel
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naaaah

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the story elements are gonna stay, i feel

fading brook
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possibly!

visual laurel
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like my feeling about it is that, the story's already done and written before the game starts proper dev

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everything from here on is abt building up gameplay and working the story into that

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hard to design syncretic gameplay and story if u don't know where either is going

marsh prawn
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and also zag is hard. As a mythical figure i mean to incorporate narratively since theres relatively little about him in comparison

visual laurel
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i feel like that's why they chose him

marsh prawn
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And since they decided to go with the most obscure version of Zag

visual laurel
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they have creative license to do just about whatever they want

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bc there literally are no stories about him outside the weird, weird orphic tradition

marsh prawn
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So lets see what it comes to. Persephone teeecccchhnically should still be a deity at least in a way

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But then again. Dio is there which shouldn’t technically be possible

visual laurel
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I mean they addressed that as "we're not going with that mythology" pretty much

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the dio thing is from the orphic tradition which differs from the "standard" in a lot of strange ways

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SGG has gone with a hellenistic portrayal

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but they felt like they needed to like, address the orphic tradition too so they did....by making it a series of tall tales šŸ˜‚

sour pike
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my thing is if persephone was the "one time queen of the underworld" why do none of the olympians seem to know about that?

visual laurel
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hades never calls

marsh prawn
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As far as i know they ssseeemm to have gone with one of aeschylus’ zag but i havent been up to date with dev commentary

sour pike
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unless for some reason hades wanted to keep it a secret?

marsh prawn
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Do they not know or not comment? Cant recall

visual laurel
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The olympians don't know that persephone is zag's mom

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we don't know if they know persephone was with hades for a time or not

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new dialogue was like

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well

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a new convo with thanatos said ||even a lot of the people in the actual House of Hades who knew Persephone didn't know Zag was hers||

sour pike
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oh wow i hadn't seen that yet

visual laurel
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so it's entirely possible that the Olympians knew Persephone was, like, in the Underworld, together with hades, but didn't know she had a child

marsh prawn
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Interesting

sour pike
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i guess they thought nyx was his mom because it was nyx who contacted athena then right?

visual laurel
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yeah
more specifically thanatos said ||he knew Persephone but thought when she left that it was just a bad relationship; he didn't know she'd left a child. he tells zag that if anything that means Zag's real family is the House||
(full spoilers for that convo btw just if ur curious)

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Nyx told them, I would assume, a version of events that would make the Olympians more likely to help Zag

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The Olympians also assume, it's worth noting, that Zag is coming to Olympus....which Nyx and Zag both know he isn't

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Presumably.

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Persephone said she was on the earth somewhere, after all, so why would Zag go to Olympus? that's not his end goal

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but the Olympians think it is, or at least they're trying to woo him there

sour pike
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that or he plans to make a stop on the way

marsh prawn
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Zeus supposedly liked zagreus a lot

sour pike
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but yeah i think hed stay with his mom assuming all goes how he wants it to (it probs wont)

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i do have a theory

marsh prawn
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Not in game just why he was imprisoned in hades in the first place

sour pike
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that the olympians may want zag to take over for hades if their relationship doesnt get better

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but i doubt it

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i think they have some kind of plan for hi

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him, but it might not be that

marsh prawn
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I think they’re just kinda spiteful ingame lmao

visual laurel
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Everyone seems to have a plan for Zag...

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It's really interesting untangling what kind of symbol he is to all the different people around him

marsh prawn
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theres hints here and there that they see themselves figuratively and literally above chthonic deities and such

visual laurel
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it really do be a story about defining himself in defiance of what everybody wants him to be šŸ˜”

sour pike
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yeah

amber canyon
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There is a case to be made that Zag is acting rather selfishly and immature

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He is a flawed protagonist, if nothing else

visual laurel
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Oh absolutely! It's not, like, an easy thing he's doing but it really does come down to "is it right that he, or any of them, should stay there and put up with what they put up with, even if getting out means hurting others"

frozen jolt
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I don’t think he’s being immature

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and I don’t think selfishness is bad, in this case

visual laurel
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Yeah if anything it takes a lot of guts to do something like that

amber canyon
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Bravery and maturity are on different axis

visual laurel
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Fair. I guess I mean more like

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Can he mature, in the situation he's in. Like, trying to leave the house is a part of being an adult isn't it

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It's not fair to compare him to Thanatos and Meg

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They both get to leave all the time

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Their work requires them to

frozen jolt
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having a protagonist that just suffers in an abusive and toxic home passively over and over again is something I would hate to watch, and also doesn’t fit with this kinda game

visual laurel
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They've seen so much of the world

amber canyon
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In a way, and yet also not really

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After all, Zag isnt leaving the house to find his place

visual laurel
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He kinda is??

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It's a self-discovery thing

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He feels like he doesn't belong

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He's looking for what he is and where he's supposed to be

amber canyon
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I didnt really get that vibe

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I mean on the former, yes

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But it doesnt feel like he is leaving for that. He is leaving without much of a plan or reasoning beyond trying to find Persephone

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He clearly has no idea what to do after that

marsh prawn
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Before knowing about persephone he wants to leave and i got the feeling that he wants to break free from what has become a prison from him

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He isnt allowed to leave after all

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Id get a lil bit antsy too lmao

amber canyon
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Sure, I dont neccessarily disagree with him leaving

marsh prawn
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And after finding about persephone its as much about as somebody said selfdiscovery as it is change and seeking something that isnt just That. Proving that he can leave in a way also

amber canyon
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Its just that he is leaving without much of a plan or idea of what he is trying to accomplish

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Its just an impulse kinda deal

marsh prawn
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I mean a protagonist doesn’t have to be perfect. Him having no plan (as far as we know) beyond finding persephone or leaving makes sense

amber canyon
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Right, my point is that he is a flawed protagonist

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Even if he does have a good reason to leave, and does mean well

marsh prawn
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Since in the environment he’s in there’s never been much need for one to begin with

sick grove
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I keep on thinking that they're running out of 'tropes' about family/responsibility/estranged lives, and then Thanatos comes out in this update and punches me in the gut. Oof.

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Zag is following what he believes is best for him. And as a result, everyone seems to interpret his choice from their own perspectives. Whether Zag intended to hurt people or not, he has. But in the end, I as a player feel justified in following Zag's journey through.

amber canyon
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At this point its too late to back out anyway

sick grove
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Zag hasn't really had a purpose, from what we've seen of his past. This decision seems to be one of the few that are actually his decisions. Familial obligations are something we'd like to think don't impact us a lot, and getting those first few chances to be independent are very powerful moments.

amber canyon
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Thats the part that confused me actually

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Its right that Zagreus doesnt really have a job, but then, what exactly was he training for?

visual laurel
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His dad thought he was too aimless

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u kno how a parent might like

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enroll their kid in ROTC to keep them out of trouble

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"out of trouble"

sick grove
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Unsure! I depicted that as Zag already leaning in the direction of combat, and hired some undead to parent him and teach him things in his stead.

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Aka a very nice and very depressed war hero.

visual laurel
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The impression I got was def that Hades was like "this kid's a mess, maybe military training will make him straighten up and fly right"

amber canyon
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Sure, but if your child is too aimless usually youd push them into a direction

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Zag did train, but still without much of a purpose

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At least, one that we can discern

sick grove
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That, and Hades has openly mocked him about his lack of purpose in the past. I imagine it's bound to be a sore subject.

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I'd at least like to hear a little more about what he did as, say, some minor job in the underworld. Fetching scrolls or helping out Hypnos, etc

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All in all, he's definitely got that hero's journey wanderlust BAD

visual laurel
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He seems to have been acquainted with Sisyphus before the events of the game

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Not friendly per se? But acquainted at least

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Not not friendly

rapid zinc
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I'd say friendly, Sisyphus calls him "Prince Z"

amber canyon
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I actually get the feeling they were friendly before the game as well

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Yeah, because of that

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The part that bothers me is that based on a couple of dialogues with Hades, he did have some plans for Zagreus

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I just cant wrap my head around what those couldve been

visual laurel
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Yeah but zag also didn't, like, know what sisyphus, you know, did to earn being in tartarus

sick grove
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I still get the feeling Sisyphus isn't entirely trustworthy, mostly because of his past. Out of all the characters, he seems to be holding his cards closest to his chest šŸ‘€
He's also my favorite character and I want the best for him and also for my suspicions to be wrong.

visual laurel
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so even if they're friendly i feel like it's more of a "hey you come through here a lot and we say hi to each other so often that we're on casual terms" and less of a "we've had substantial conversations in the past"

lime yoke
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maybe Zag didnt ask cause that'd be rude

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he is pretty polite

visual laurel
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why ask now, then

sick grove
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Zagreus, minor god of politeness

amber canyon
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Because he might as well

visual laurel
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he's a Good Boy

amber canyon
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But yeah, I dont think thats neccessarily a point

lime yoke
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idk, if he's leaving, might as well leave with secrets xD

amber canyon
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I didnt know the last name of my best friend for 2 years

visual laurel
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hades: what are you the god of talking back to me
zag: well normally i'm the god of politeness but just for you,

sick grove
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Zag, minor god of levitating three inches off the ground and skating around, but only when wielding gun.

lime yoke
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omg Ven

amber canyon
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Zag, god of T-posing

visual laurel
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gkdfjghfd we've got a really good set of domains going here

amber canyon
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Ok but jokes aside

rapid zinc
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Zagreus boons when

amber canyon
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The only guess I could make is that maybe Hades wanted Zag to be like a way to get revenge against the Olympians?

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Or maybe just a sort of general enforcer of the underworld

lime yoke
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by the power of self-care and self love he just upgrades himself

sick grove
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I think Hades wanted Zag, primarily,

  1. out of his way
  2. out of trouble
marsh prawn
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technically hes protecting zag and thats about it

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Technically

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Cause in game its unclear

amber canyon
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Idk, he clearly had some plans for Zag

sick grove
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I'm not much for thinking Hades has much in terms of ulterior motives, but that's purely my opinion. But if it is revealed that he had motives to arm and weaponize his son, I'm sure it'd lead interesting places.

amber canyon
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If thats all he wanted from Zag, would he really care so much about Zags escape attempts?

marsh prawn
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And since zag might have gotten antsy and disruptive with time and feelings of not belonging, he told achilles to mentor him

amber canyon
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Its not like a god walking out of the underworld is unusual

marsh prawn
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Give the kid something to do

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If myth is being followed here

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Zag cant go out

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Cause hera might kill him a lil bit a lot

amber canyon
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Doubt it, since if Hera was against it, the gods wouldnt all band together

marsh prawn
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So hes to live down there even if he doesnt feel like he belongs

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Well im saying that its a possible explanation

amber canyon
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Originally I thought Hades just wanted for Zagreus to be his right hand man, or perhaps his successor

marsh prawn
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And gods banded against hera and practically everyone constantly lmao

amber canyon
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But a, Hades is too much of a workaholic, and B, its clear Zagreus doesnt have much in the way of booksmarts

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He certainly would not be able to handle the administrative side

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Yeah but they want Zag on Olympus

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Where Hera is

marsh prawn
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Maybe the dont know. Idk thats just one version of the myth 🤷

sick grove
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I'm sure Zag can read. Maybe. He spends a fair bit of time staring into a mirror, and I doubt he'd sign up for those pacts of punishment if he knew what they said. Oh no, wait, Zag can't read.

digital crag
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shadefear oh no our boy can't read

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@ hades cast over half of them can't even read!

amber canyon
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Oh no he can read

spring scaffold
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Even if he can't take care of the administrative side, that doesn't mean he can't help. All his siblings help in some way. He's the only one doing nothing.

amber canyon
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Otherwise the Codex would be rather pointless

sick grove
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It's just scribbles hahaha

amber canyon
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I imagine he can write too

visual laurel
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hey what's up my name's zagreus, 19, and i never freakin learned how to read

amber canyon
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But beyond that, he doesnt seem to be the sharpest crayon in the knife box

runic terrace
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and hes welcome in the commonwealth!

sick grove
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But wit has a lot to do with the social side of intelligence!

visual laurel
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I don't think he's unintelligent, he just hasn't had formal schooling it doesn't seem like, plus he, you know

amber canyon
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The question is, how would he help?

visual laurel
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can't leave the house

amber canyon
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Each of his siblings have a role to play that is kind of lacking otherwise

spring scaffold
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Zag, sharpest knife in the crayon box: "I got lost."

amber canyon
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But what would Zag do

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Yeah the case was more that he wasnt trained in the administrative side of things

quartz ibex
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sorry to interrupt but

marsh prawn
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Congrats

amber canyon
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All Zag was trained in is fighting

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And while he is good at that, what do you need a fighter for, exactly?

sick grove
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Being the main character in the action game Hades, about fighting your way out of hell.

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I see that writing as a way of explaining this^ first, but again, I could be wrong. Hades deffo could have some plan for Zag, and that'd change the dynamic between Hades and Zag a LOT.

amber canyon
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Im certain he did

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His characterization hints strongly at it

digital crag
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god of war logo flashes on screen

lime heart
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What is the "?" in the codex that the patch notes refer to? The line with Thanatos, Tisiphone, and Alecto.

visual laurel
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i believe it's a reference to the onion codex entry

sick grove
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Zag escapes from Hell
Zag learns thing and is killed, sent back to hell to try over and over again to do the thing, his context for leaving now changed, without changing how Hades acts or the Gods support him.
"You never could have done it without my help, Zagreus. I've been training you! This whole time! To do what I never could. This is your true purpose, I see it now! Not just leave this place, etc etc."
I can see it, but I personally prefer that Hades remain a problem and a villain for Zag. I'd hate for the game to try and recontextualize Hades as someone trying to 'help', because honestly, it doesn't fit with what I'd prefer a lot more; Zag having chosen his own path in life. If it wasn't inherently Zag's path to take, I'd feel really miffed, as I imagine Zag would as well.

digital crag
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black nail polish.........

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u didn't have to but u did gilmanlove

amber canyon
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I really wonder why his Scythe has a heart on it

runic terrace
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because its cute obviously

digital crag
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it's his mom's

sick grove
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Underneath that cold and steely personality is a big ol' heart

lament sail
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re: the thanatos stuff that was discussed yesterday, I did end up dm'ing greg about it, w/ his permission i'll post his response here

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ah dunk i only just realized i couldnt post a screenshot. ok copy past it is

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"Hey, first of all, thank you for this feedback. I'm grateful that you were willing to share your personal experience as part of it.

I had a discussion in a private channel with some of our moderators about Thanatos and last night's conversation in #h1-story-discussion about him, and maybe I should have just posted it there for the benefit or context of anyone who felt something about it. To that extent, while I'm writing this response specifically to you, please feel free to share it with other folks in #h1-story-discussion if you would like to, especially if you feel it might help alleviate concern -- or warrant further criticism.

To get to the point! The specific interaction with Achilles you mention was not intended to have the effect it had on you. It was not meant to frame the relationship as brotherly and platonic, or 'brother-zone' the relationship (to use your great term), or anything of the sort.

I don't like to speak to my intentions as a writer because I happen to find it crass, plus it takes my time away from the writing itself, and (most frighteningly) it suggests deep flaws in the work output if the writer is required to explain. The work should stand alone, and the characters have a life of their own. But in this case, I do want to be clear that, for what it's worth, the intent of this scene was the 180-degree opposite of how you took it. Rather than 'brother-zone' Thanatos, the purpose of this scene was to make clear that these characters are now free to explore new dimensions of their relationship -- while reinforcing that their relationship, like many of Zag's relationships, is complicated. (1/2)"

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I get the criticism about the double standard between Zag's backstory with Meg and Zag's backstory with Than, and don't really want to get into that. But somewhat briefly: Meg is ambiguously related to Nyx and in my mind (and in the game) is not clearly and definitely her child like Thanatos and Hypnos are definitely her sons. With our backstory suggesting that Nyx was believed to be Zag's mother, it seemed important to establish that Zag and Than are not related by blood; hence suggesting the door may be open for a relationship that isn't fraternal in nature.

It's a unique experience for me to be working on a story as it unfolds and sharing the interstitial progress in the form of new characters and scenes. It gives me the chance to hear this type of feedback and critique while the work is in progress, and, as with the rest of the feedback we're getting across all dimensions of the game, I'm hopeful it will lead us to a better game at the end of it all. So by all means please keep us in check. The rest of the game and the story is unwritten (though outlined!); we're moving fast, and we have many challenges ahead as a team. The best I can say for it for now is that I will always do everything I can to be true to the characters I'm responsible for writing, which means finding the space for them to express themselves, and doing what I can to let their relationships go where they need to go in the context of our games. Thanks for reading all this. (2/2)

digital crag
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nice

visual laurel
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weird flex but i'll take it

digital crag
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greg drowning his sins in overwatch

old frost
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i,,omg

visual laurel
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i say as if i wasn't like, part of the conversation in question

runic terrace
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thanatoverwatch

harsh sleet
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i’m glad it was cleared up though!

old frost
#

^^ Yeah

sleek cape
#

Overwatch is game

tribal aspen
#

Is Thanatos the next OW character?

harsh sleet
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if he was i’d play OW again

tribal aspen
#

Same, I've left this game in the dust for so long

harsh sleet
#

zagreus for smash šŸ˜”šŸ¤Ÿ

tribal aspen
#

Yeeees please

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Makes me think, I still gotta get enough money to buy a switch

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One day, one day

harsh sleet
#

ouch

tribal aspen
#

Meh, still got Hades to obsess over

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By the way can we talk about how jacked Sisyphus is?

runic terrace
#

yes PLEASE

tribal aspen
#

He's the one real fitness god, and nothing can make me change my mind

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Like, his arms are literally as big as my legs

visual laurel
#

highly likely

ember goblet
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im having a hard time figuring out ....the figure girl. does she sure deal with people who murder or?

tribal aspen
#

According to mythology, yes. She's tasked with punishing murderers

potent cove
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Her name is Tisiphone

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and yeah, she specifically punishes murderers

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The other one is Alecto

ember goblet
#

okay cool and my second question i can Aphrodite help us with meg?

potent cove
#

Ummm... not sure honestly

frozen jolt
#

she can only help you with killing her

potent cove
#

Bosses respond the certain status effects differently from normal enemies, or don't respond at all

neat crow
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In Hades, every god is a god of murder

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If you mean the Charm effect, then yes, you can Charm Meg

ember goblet
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XD i meant like help her help us get to gether again XD

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aphrodite help us get together with meg again

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liike here is a beautiful rose

potent cove
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Oooooh!!!

tribal aspen
#

I mean, maybe in the future... But keep in mind that she is the embodiment of jealousy sooooooo

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Maybe not the best partner

potent cove
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No, unfortunately the Olympians aren't allowed into the underworld, except for Hermes, when he's delivering messages

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So Apphrodite can't come help Zag with his lady troubles

ember goblet
#

awwww maybe hermes can give us a little something!

tribal aspen
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Yes, like a ride to Olympus for example. Don't worry Hermes, I'll pay for the gas

potent cove
#

But then Hades would ban Hermes from ever coming back

ember goblet
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.....ah so what if someone has something to give him?

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hades will get it himself?

potent cove
#

Poor guy probably has a crush on one of the Cthonic Goddesses and doesn't want to give up his right to visit her to help Zag out

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Hermes, I mean

tribal aspen
#

Then again, would Hades ever truly ban him? He's the one and only messenger after all

neat crow
#

It would send a harsh message, that's for sure

tribal aspen
#

I like to think of Hermes as a teenager driving a rusty old car to deliver pizza in the underworld. "My father Zeus says that if I don't have a job I cant stay in Mt. Olympus. So lame man."

ember goblet
#

i hate when something is locked yet you have 22 keys in your pocket XD

normal talon
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i have seen thanatos all of once in the 10 runs i've done since the patch went live

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i want to see my boy

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and give him ambrosia

sour pike
#

hard same

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i love the green light and the music that comes on when he shows up

rare torrent
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i want to see my little boiiis

astral swan
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I want him to show up in the hydra room plz

normal talon
#

i want to talk to the hot boy

ember goblet
#

how often do you get to meet death?

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i only meet him 2 times so far out of 10 tries i think

neat crow
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Haven't tracked it closely, probably ever 3-4 runs on average

ember goblet
#

oh okay fitting in my last question for a while . does megra say something if you kill her with out the mirror

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if so

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i want to do it

visual laurel
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As of before this patch, she didn't

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She might now, but you also might get alecto or tisiphone instead of meg

lunar kiln
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Meg: i bet you cant beat me without the mirror
Zag: deal
(mirrorless run)
Zag: (runs into tisiphone) oh no
Meg, hiding behind a nearby pillar or something: yay it worked

marsh prawn
#

Speaking of Hermes if he were to show up I’d cry

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Hermes in Hades 2k19

visual laurel
#

personally i think the next god's gonna be apollo

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which should be.....interesting lol

marsh prawn
#

Lmao apollo

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Interesting indeed

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still would like hermes around or like goth cousin chthonic hermes

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chill apollo tell zagreus to care for himself please

visual laurel
#

artemis and apollo duo boon pls

ember goblet
#

i cant seem to kill her with out the mirror in fact im getting murder woman and the girl who wants to see red blood XD

marsh prawn
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apollo and artemis duo boon !

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good luck, mood

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poisoned crit for zag ft apollo and artemis

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well too similar to dio but i cant think with my brain rn

visual laurel
#

dio already kinda took the poison boons tho...

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yeah

marsh prawn
#

healing crit for zag

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Heal one (1) point

visual laurel
#

apollo has lots of fun domains but i feel like sunlight is the main one that doesn't overlap

marsh prawn
#

When you crit hermes steals your cows

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Maybe blinding mobs could be fun

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You get a nice tan

harsh sleet
#

everytime i fight the hydra i get flashbacks to kingdom hearts 2 and ā€œJUMP UP ON THE HYDRAS BACKā€

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i’ve yet to actually beat the hydra rooFeels

marsh prawn
#

Good luck syd

harsh sleet
#

thanks it’s such a pain

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and i’m too scared to use anything other than the aegis shield

marsh prawn
#

Im sure youll get the hydra soon!! I eventually got it with the spear but each person has a different playstyle

harsh sleet
#

i’ve played with the shield so often idk if i’ll be okay with not being able to block

zenith lichen
#

I never block with shieldshadesmile , just dash attack

harsh sleet
#

just got destroyed by tisiphone

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i survived but jeez

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my health went to 20/170 and i was full health before

ivory spire
#

You almost got murderererd

harsh sleet
#

ya really

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and i didnt notice the walls closing in

#

now thatswild

#

everytime i enter a room i pray for that green light šŸ™

visual laurel
#

saaaame

#

a couple times i've been like (checks watch) hey it's about time for thanatos to-- EEEYYY THERE HE IS

harsh sleet
#

Ive only seen him twice but damn those 2 times were good

#

anyway wish me luck im gonna go die to hydra real quick

visual laurel
#

šŸ‘

native thorn
#

I didnt beat the hydra until 3 days ago

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B4 the patch

harsh sleet
#

ughgh

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my issue is i run out of death defied in bad places

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i rlly rely on those

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thats weird skelly didnt show up

#

alright lads lets try out the gun rooKek

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i Do Not like it

vagrant tapir
#

The gun is definitely not for everyone. ashgarYikes

harsh sleet
#

yaaay thanatos rooLove

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thanatos gives me big edgeworth ace attorney vibes

maiden wharf
#

the gun's special really feels a bit clunky to use

atomic forge
#

I think the travel time for the mortar/grenade is a bit too long, it's hard to use (at least with a controller, haven't tried with mouse) against moving enemies, especially if they have speed bonus from the Pact.

zenith lichen
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The trick is

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Shoot it where they are gonna besquirtdevious

maiden wharf
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true true, it's hard to use against enemies that move around a lot, and you gotta turn off the autoaim since it aims where the enemy currently is instead of letting you immediately aim where you predict they'll be

harsh sleet
#

was something supposed to happen after thanatos said he had an audience with lord hades

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this chat made me think something happens GWqlabsSpyEyes

somber gull
#

Something does but it’s not immediate

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You’ll have to find him in a run again before anything happens

harsh sleet
#

that scares me a little

#

oh great

#

10 years of searching lets go

visual laurel
#

the kill competitions with thanatos remind me of that part in lotr where gimli and legolas are keeping each other updated on their kill counts through the whole big battle
like, who is TALLYING these
i know i just asked that and it was a rhetorical question but the answer is obviously thanatos, thanatos is obviously the one keeping score

harsh sleet
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ive never won GWqlabsMmSad

zenith lichen
#

šŸ¤”

visual laurel
#

i've started winning lately

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but occasionally it'll still be neck and neck and sometimes

#

sometimes i'm tired

zenith lichen
#

I havent lost yetsquirtdevious

visual laurel
#

and i just run in circles and let him do the work

harsh sleet
#

unfortunately i Suck

zenith lichen
#

Does it matter if you win or losešŸ¤”

visual laurel
#

you get a centaur heart as a little bonus from him if you win

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and you don't if you lose

harsh sleet
#

oh cute

visual laurel
#

but you get the room reward regardless

#

the horrifying implication is that his pockets are just full of centaur hearts

runic terrace
#

snacks to go

harsh sleet
#

harvested specially for you zag rooNya

visual laurel
#

i love how salty he gets if you friendly fire

harsh sleet
#

i never mean to rooCry

#

im clumsy with the shield i go all over the place and i always hit him

visual laurel
#

also i'm looking right at greg for a battle line i just heard, like, ||you're already dead|| SERIOUSLY GREG

ebon cradle
#

pushes his targets into lava like "keeping them warm. for you bro"

visual laurel
#

(thanatos voice) omae wa mou shindeiru

harsh sleet
#

a chorus of nani? from the enemies

visual laurel
#

then his aoe goes off and everything dies instantly gkjdfhgkjfd

ember goblet
#

I must say the shield is kinda hard to use. I feel it because you have to get the timing right and face the right direction. I think the spear is better because it doesn’t matter

#

Just a thought

harsh sleet
#

i get that

ember goblet
#

Of all weapons I don’t get the gun. When you have a bow with infinite arrows anyway...I wonder what was the thinking behind it. I thought maybe it would hit more because it was bullets.

marsh prawn
#

I havent eve seen the gun yet but sounds like it was a way of introducing a new mechanic

ember goblet
#

The q is interesting I like it. But for a the gun it’s like you have to reload and it hits for the same amount of the bow ..only 20 damage

#

Where as for the bow you can get up to 70

#

So you have 12 bullets to go to 20 damage at a time

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While having to reload

marsh prawn
#

Well ill see when i play with it but it sounds fun regarding combat rythm

hollow token
#

I love the shield but I have yet to figure out how to cancel the bull rush and that frustrates me.

#

But the spear will always be my best friend because critting backstab specials and needing to never stop moving. Super hard for me but it's fun.

ember goblet
#

What do you mean by cancel?

#

Because you can just release it whenever you want to but once you go you go right?

visual laurel
#

Canceling is when you use a different attack to "cancel" another attack that was in progress

#

like if you go to attack, realize you're about to get hit, and try to dash away before the attack animation actually finishes

ember goblet
#

Oh huh interesting ...I think I’ve done that on accident a few times

harsh sleet
#

rng is not in my favor

#

it said no thanatos for u

visual laurel
#

😦

#

i've finished out all his dialogue for now, sigh

#

and his codex entry

uncut sail
#

He is pretty easy to win

#

We usually end up 20+/3 or so

#

The centaur heart is always appreciated

visual laurel
#

i'm so like...rip bc clearly based on the convos + codex entry, thanatos ||chose to spend his very limited free time with zag rather than with hypnos and hypnos really gets on his nerves but also like. clearly idolizes the heck out of him||

#

house of hades really be like

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hades in that meme with the robot hammering the sign into the ground like "no healthy mutually positive relationships allowed"

ember goblet
#

^:/ ah I would like it to think it spends. I notice in you get to him before Megra significantly easier than after . Not only that but if you are unlucky lots of armored people

#

And also depending on how much you played

marsh prawn
#

Please somebody love hypnos

runic terrace
#

everyone say we love you hypnos

marsh prawn
#

@harsh sleet no idea about the chances cause i dont have much time to play but hope you get lucky soon

#

I would die and kill for hypnos

runic terrace
#

hypnos talky and you will!

marsh prawn
#

Which is what i do on the regular when playing hades

harsh sleet
#

thank u...

marsh prawn
#

Him napping

harsh sleet
#

let me see my son rooCry

marsh prawn
#

Dont worry syd hypnos aka handsome twin is always there for you

harsh sleet
marsh prawn
#

And than will come eventually

harsh sleet
#

i just want his event GWqlabsMmSad

#

sisyphus ily

lunar kiln
#

hypnos to thanatos: look i'm just saying but maybe if you destroyed literally all life on earth we'd be able to play fortnite together more often

runic terrace
#

thanatos: (looks at his fancy new gloves he just bought from the store) maybe one day ill snap twice

lunar kiln
#

THANATOS SNAP

harsh sleet
#

p l e ase

#

thanatos except hes purple

#

damn it just after i sent that my game stopped responding

visual laurel
#

he heard you

harsh sleet
#

thanatos im sorry i love u

runic terrace
#

thanatos boon list:
-REVOLUTION: your wrath meter fills up instantly
-T. HANATOS: wrath ability that kills half the enemies in the room

harsh sleet
#

he said: 'omae wa mou shindeiru'

visual laurel
#

thanos hanatos....

runic terrace
#

thanos hanos....

lunar kiln
#

T
HANATOS

runic terrace
#

thats what he says in the wrath screen

#

TEA............HANATOS

lunar kiln
#

I PUT THE TEA IN THANATOS

runic terrace
#

AAAAAAAAAA

#

šŸ’€ šŸµ but thats none of my business

visual laurel
#

kam you haven't even MET HIM YET

runic terrace
#

literaly all i know about him is hes a goodboy eye in the center of a drama tornado

visual laurel
#

gkjdfhgf

harsh sleet
#

id die for thanatos

runic terrace
#

you will!

visual laurel
#

DEATH APPROACHES

lunar kiln
#

zag/thanatos is like

runic terrace
visual laurel
#

blease i need to go to sleep soon can this wait uh

#

(checks watch)

#

20 minutes

harsh sleet
#

ive only had thanatos for a day and a half but if anything happened to him id kill everyone in this room and then myself

runic terrace
#

jhgjhghjghjghj

harsh sleet
#

my game still isnt responding

#

im too scared to close it

visual laurel
#

D:

runic terrace
#

try waiting a while? i had that yesterday

lunar kiln
#

than: oh would you look at that you're trying to escape. i am very very disappointed in you but i will help you regardless
zag: b-but i didnt ask-
than: let us have a little contest that will take long enough for hades to wonder where i ran off to
zag: y-you dont need to-
(later)
than: well i can see you can take care of yourself like the 146 other times. remember if i get caught it's your fault
zag: thank you but-
than: get lost and dont die

harsh sleet
#

fghjdgvfd

visual laurel
#

kgjhfgkjdf accurate

harsh sleet
#

thanatos, running into the next room zag is in out of breath: oh my god you again? give it a rest buddy
zag: than,,, you got here after me

#

on the topic of the bone hydra

#

i nearly killed it

visual laurel
#

ooo nice!!

harsh sleet
#

but i gave up GWqlabsMmSad

visual laurel
#

aww

harsh sleet
#

im sick rn so everytime i do a big fight i have to cough and then i get beaten up by everything

#

wrong chat GWqlabsMmSad

#

i coloured thanatos purple

#

and he just

#

looks like a grape

#

dionysus where u at

#

nyx said its my turn to play fortnite now hypnos
no wait im about to get a victory royale

#

AH IT saved right before it crashed

#

thank god

visual laurel
#

zag and than's murder contests rly are just ancient greek god video games

#

zag kills more shades than thanatos and starts fortnite dancing

marsh prawn
#

idk if I read correctly and there are too many messages to backtrack sorry, if you beat him at that contest Than drops a centaur heart?

harsh sleet
#

ya

marsh prawn
#

Neato ty

harsh sleet
#

ok artemis's wrath is my favourite

zenith lichen
#

Ares is pretty fun, but not that goodshadesmile

#

You BECOME the blender

harsh sleet
#

THANATOS!!!!

#

HES HERE!!

runic terrace
#

šŸ’€ šŸ™Œ

harsh sleet
#

Hes mad at me GWqlabsMmSad

normal talon
#

thanatos is heckin mad

harsh sleet
#

i love him,,

livid kiln
#

thanatos

#

more like thanabro

normal talon
#

more like

#

i love this man and want to see him happy

harsh sleet
#

me

normal talon
#

you ever looked at a man and went

#

ā€œyou deserve the underworldā€

#

i need zag to say something along those lines to than

harsh sleet
zenith lichen
#

But theyre brothers

normal talon
#

are they????

zenith lichen
#

Are they?squirtdevious

harsh sleet
#

are they

zenith lichen
#

Are theywonder13ROBBIT

normal talon
#

i was about to ask what’s the lore then i was like ā€œwait this is just mythologyā€

runic terrace
#

i dont have the energy to do another round of this but if u scroll up greg has his take on it

normal talon
#

thank u

#

ahhh okay cool

#

sorry i didn’t actually catch that convo, i was sleepin

runic terrace
#

no shame in gettin rest!

normal talon
#

i really love how the developers are talking to us and keeping us posted on what’s happening

runic terrace
#

Yes!!!

normal talon
#

i enjoy this level of transparency and how they respond to a lot of our feedback, like i’ve never seen a company do that in such a wholesome manner

harsh sleet
#

i agree!!

#

i love u sgg

normal talon
#

sgg is def my fav game company by far

runic terrace
#

mood

normal talon
#

my expectations for games hasn’t been the same since bastion

runic terrace
#

i always appreciate that they never seem to get frustrated or angry w fan feedback, even negative!! šŸ™

normal talon
#

yeah!! like that’s a strong level of patience especially with such a big discord server

runic terrace
#

mhm!!!!

harsh sleet
spare hawk
#

What's the one artifact that is missing in the codex?

#

And how to get it?

digital crag
#

onion

spare hawk
#

Seriously?

harsh sleet
runic terrace
#

i saw the full pic its worth it

honest coral
spare hawk
#

Wow it is onion...

normal talon
#

hades, sneaking the onion into achilles’ codex: they’ll never see it coming

zenith lichen
#

Onion

runic terrace
#

READ THIS ONION

harsh sleet
#

everytime i enter a room i pray its thanatos time

#

its not thanatos time

runic terrace
#

tea time šŸµ

harsh sleet
#

but it is run around like a madman time

#

bc icba to fight all those enemies, hades ill just run from them

runic terrace
#

yeah nxmvjvjgkg i lov those rooms w titan toppler

#

walks around the room like oh? enemies? i dont feel anything

harsh sleet
#

im watching my friend play RE2 at the same time as playing

#

and i keep mistaking zombies for lord hades

sleek cape
#

Hmm

cold canopy
#

If only you could shoot hades in the face to stun him for a sec like RE2

harsh sleet
#

if only i could shoot hades in the face period rooFeels

frozen jolt
#

I’m so glad I can finally listen to hymn to zagreus

#

it was well worth the wait

atomic forge
harsh sleet
#

the fury sisters arent allowed in the house of hades

#

so im not sure

#

if that counts

#

meg is the only one allowed to be there

digital crag
#

editing the wiki?

marsh prawn
#

Thanatos is technically Hypnos’ brother so he should be affiliated

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But I haven’t played the update either yet so

harsh sleet
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yeah

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ur right

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when u finally have enough coins for the aphrodite scroll but the next room is the hydra room

marsh prawn
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time for hypnos’ gift to shine

harsh sleet
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i get the feeling,, u like hypnos,,,,

marsh prawn
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Me? No

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No! Me? Nnnoo

devout turret
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huh, just passed hydra third phase (the one with most heads) without taking damage with 60 skulls on pact of punishment with shield bull rush build

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consequently beat hydra šŸ™‚ first itme with 60 skulls

marsh prawn
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Congrats

atomic forge
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Yeah im working on updating the wiki

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Been a while

harsh sleet
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hundreds of pictures of hypnos spill our your pockets

lyric solstice
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nice one,now have try the misery that is 120 heat xD

harsh sleet
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'im holding those for someone else'

digital crag
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i want to see the full onion codex entry please

devout turret
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it's going to be a grind to pass this with more, it did take me a while with 60 as well

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but i'll do my best

marsh prawn
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I’m keeping them safe for future generations

harsh sleet
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i need to stop giving gifts to dusa

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but here i am

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unable to stop

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i love her

marsh prawn
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Onion or barbarism

digital crag
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achilles just doesn't know how to cook!

marsh prawn
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Achilles doesn’t know that you shan’t approach a soft onion

digital crag
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boy never learned how to cook! his boyfriend did all the cooking!

marsh prawn
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An onion gone bad, the most formidable foe

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How is he supposed to know onion? He was busy

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ONION???

digital crag
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patroclus kept sneaking onions into their dinner and that lead to his eternal hatred of onions

marsh prawn
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Throw onion at enemy troops. Mixed results

digital crag
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1300 bce tear gas

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not very effective

visual ridge
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Hi, hum new here.. I don't know if it's a joke but how do you get the onion ?..

normal talon
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fail the heat room challenge by getting hit

visual ridge
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Heat room ?

normal talon
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if you have the pact of punishment active, there will be heat gates occasionally throughout each run

visual ridge
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Allright thanks ! I never play with the pact of punishment that's why. Is there any more value than unlocking the statue and gaining more crystal ?

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But thanks a lot for the answer ! I greatly appreciate

lyric solstice
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just the statues and extra darkness,might enjoy the extra challenge

visual ridge
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Thanks, meh i prefer going full berserk but i will try :)

harsh sleet
marsh prawn
ebon cradle
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onion isn't a meat or a weapon how is achilles supposed to know it

harsh sleet
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"onion isnt a meat" bold opinion.

lunar kiln
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fruit is technically tree meat growth

old frost
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fruits are eggs

lunar kiln
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bold opinion

old frost
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i was going to say something else but i think id get kicked

harsh sleet
old frost
rare torrent
harsh sleet
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increased thanatos encounter frequency yes pls

south sparrow
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Onion on a stick as a hammer is the next weapon guaranteed

marsh prawn
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Just Onion

harsh sleet
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you throw onions at people and you take damage

mystic tusk
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I so much love the intelligent discourse of hades spoilers

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I mean this very sincerely

marsh prawn
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Onion: meat, weapon, both?

mystic tusk
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oh neat, new patch

trim sail
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54 days to new big update why so long ?

mystic tusk
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going to have a new world after the hydra

marsh prawn
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šŸ™šŸ¼

harsh sleet
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more chances to see thanatos owo

sleek cape
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They say its gonna be their biggest update

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Yet

sleek cape
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So

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PagChomp

atomic forge
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yeah

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adding a whole new biome

round raptor
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I am exceedingly impressed by how the Supergiant team has found a way to craft the ultimate Early Access experience, but I can't shake the feeling that it won't hold up once the game is properly released.

We've spent several weeks fighting Meg, being told that Thanatos was away on a business trip, and using the same boons; now Hades sics the rest of the Furies on us, Thanatos comes home, and the Gods reveal to us that they had been withholding the greatest of their gifts until we had proven ourselves worthy. It's such an organic process, and such a rewarding one for that very reason.

How can this same experience be recreated for players who will get their hands on the final product all at once? Will Thanatos, Alecto, Tisiphone, Wrath powers and more only be unlocked after the player has gone through a fixed number of runs? How does this account for people who are simply very good at video games and will potentially break out of the Underworld on their first run?

Does anybody have any word from the developers on this matter?

fair light
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Hey -- this is a great question to ask during the #ask-supergiant session tomorrow at 10am PT.

digital crag
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than doesn't show up until several runs in

fair light
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Briefly -- we intend to keep this up during Early Access. We'd like to keep it up after the full launch! But we'll have to see how that goes.

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We developed the idea for this game from the point of view that it would be great to have a living world where the play experience and story could continually unfold.

digital crag
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greg we need more onion lore

fair light
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You can expect us to continue updating the game regularly for at least another year and change; and we'll figure out what's next after that once we're closer to it.

digital crag
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why is onion the only vegetable in the underworld i feel like this is foreshadowing something very significant

round raptor
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Hey @fair light, great to hear from you! I'll try to be there for the Q&A, which in my time zone (I'm part of your Italian community) should be around 6PM.

marsh prawn
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Ask about Onion tomorrow

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We will Get Answers

digital crag
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why achilles's unreasonable distaste for onions

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i feel like i can't love him anymore we just

marsh prawn
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does hypnos bite into raw onion?

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Deep Lore

digital crag
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we just feel so differently about onions

marsh prawn
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uh oh

harsh sleet
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hypnos biting into raw onions

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thats raw meat ty

lapis isle
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murder turn again

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šŸ¤” šŸ”«

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ehh, she feels OP a bit

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but not when I have spear with deflect attack

atomic forge
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why are the new chicks harder then the Bone Hydra lmao

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i haven't died to them yet

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but they are harder

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even for an earlier boss

lapis isle
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yeah I think that too

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but most player is more experienced

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so im happy with that

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some extra challenge

atomic forge
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the bone hydra is easy but she just takes more time to do

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Meg is still the easiest boss

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and she will always be easy

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i did have a hard time killing her when i first fought her

harsh sleet
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rooFeels i havent beat the bone hydra yet

atomic forge
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but once i got the shield

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she was so easy

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shield is the best weapon imo

harsh sleet
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i agree

lapis isle
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i don't like shield so i did not play much with it

atomic forge
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i didn't like it at the start

sleek cape
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Spear is da best

atomic forge
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but i decided to give it a try

sleek cape
lapis isle
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+1 for spear

atomic forge
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oof

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anyways

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i hate the spear and the bow

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the sword is ok

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it does the job

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and the rail is fun

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i feel as if the bow is the worst tho

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just the slow charge

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uhhh

lapis isle
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holy lol

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deflect spear with critical hit deflect duo

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poor hydra

somber gull
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I was a foole and played bow right after sword today

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Mistakenly dashed into enemies several times

atomic forge
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hmm

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did somebody found already Ares + Artemis Duo Boon ?

somber gull
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Had it earlier today actually, yeah

gritty dagger
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What are all the tag team ones?

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The only one I've found is Zeus/Pos

somber gull
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It makes your cast home towards people

harsh sleet
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we found them all earlier uhh

atomic forge
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hmm

harsh sleet
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i forgot which chat

somber gull
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Probs gameplay

atomic forge
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Ares + Aphrodite -> Weak effects refresh curse

harsh sleet
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right

atomic forge
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Ares + Artemis -> Ares Cast homes onto targets

harsh sleet
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ImranRamdzanToday at 16:36

  1. Zeus + Dio
  2. Athena + Artemis
  3. Ares + Artemis
  4. Zeus + Poseidon
  5. Aphrodite + Dio
  6. Aphrodite + Ares
atomic forge
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Zeus + Poseidon -> Poseidon effects also inflict lightning damage (about 25)

harsh sleet
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there u go shadesmile

lunar kiln
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it's 20 i think

atomic forge
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possible, I wrote that from my memory...

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so it might be lower

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that being said...

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isn't it strange that pressure points doesn't work on any dash effects ?

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even though it says that ANY damage it can deal can be critical ?

digital crag
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quote of the patch: hhhh

marsh prawn
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i suppose it refers to base damage kinda things like special and attach and such

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quote of the patch: thanatos mwah

digital crag
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quote of the patch: oops we done goofed

marsh prawn
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uh oh

harsh sleet
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quote of the patch: onion

cold canopy
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quote of the patch: mmmmuuuuuur

marsh prawn
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quote of the patch: šŸ‘šŸ‘„šŸ‘

harsh sleet
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have i mentioned today that uh: i love thanatos

marsh prawn
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say it more

harsh sleet
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im gonna

marsh prawn
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i havent encountered him yet

harsh sleet
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oh you poor thing..

marsh prawn
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soon hopefully only did a couple run today to farm keys

cold canopy
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in this house we love thanatos

marsh prawn
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its okay i had to start from the very beginning cause i didnt have the game on this computer

harsh sleet
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oh no

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every run w him is gorgeous

marsh prawn
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its good enough for me that i almost got the hydra on like the 8th run lmao

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He’ll come he gotta

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One man boyband visit me please

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Or maybe he Knows that im a hypnos lover and will never come lmao

harsh sleet
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,,,,

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that made me think something

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now mistakes are being made

marsh prawn
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UH OH

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thanatos is all the backstreet boys but its one man big spoiler deep lore

harsh sleet
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omg

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even for spoilers chat thats too much

potent cove
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Only been able to find the Artemis+Athena Duo Boon thus far but I bloody love it!!

marsh prawn
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Nice

potent cove
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Mind you, it would be lovely if we could see a short exchange between the two when we pick a Duo Boon

You know, Aphrodite and Ares flirt,
Ares and Artemis... talk about weapons or something

etc. etc.

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Just some short but cool scene to show the relationship between the two Gods in question as they agree to work together

marsh prawn
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Thatd be cool

harsh sleet
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my friends been playing for 2 hours and just beat hydra i’m so mad

solar depot
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dionysus and ares...... fund it

runic terrace
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cyrus...TWO

harsh sleet
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shes rubbing it in my face rooREE

pine zealot
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hey question but is that static effect supposed to be here or do I need to f10

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I don't know if it's part of the new patch or not

marsh prawn
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Static?

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Idk what you are referring to but i havent had any visual effects that distort anything BUT i havent encountered the new furies nor thanatos yet so

pine zealot
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yeah I haven't either but it was when Hades was talking to me in those challenge rooms

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I figured I'd be seeing Thanatos- idk, grant us privacy? but nyope

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if I get it again I'll try and screenshot it

marsh prawn
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Ok! When hades does talk to you in challenge rooms there is a distortion. Red-ish tint and he briefly appears superimposed but just like before the patch

old frost
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^ Similar w than but green

astral swan
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That means when Hades and Than appear at the same time their lights cancel out and form a paradox

marsh prawn
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onion

old frost
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No it makes an ugly brown because they're complementary colors

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or... christmas.

harsh sleet
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or max pain

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i wanna make my pfp than but i jUST changed it

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i change my pfp too much

astral swan
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Grumpy Santa Hades and angsty Santa Than

old frost
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make it than

astral swan
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THAN

harsh sleet
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yall r bad influences

old frost
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UwU

astral swan
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OWO

old frost
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become than

marsh prawn
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backstreets back alright

harsh sleet
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ty im gonna need you to stop bullying him

marsh prawn
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Its praise tho

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Everybody era bsb was best era bsb

harsh sleet
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look at what yall have done

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hm,,, mayb he should be bigger

old frost
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Do an uncomfortable zoom in

harsh sleet
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pls

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hm,,

mystic tusk
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meg gets all cranky when zag compared her to tisiphone

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how dare she

marsh prawn
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Well she IS jealousy sorta so makes sense

harsh sleet
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i

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upset discord while testing than pfps

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i cant change it anymore,,

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i just remembered when i gave hades an ambrosia

runic terrace
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thanta claus

harsh sleet
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oh my g od stop

marsh prawn
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From so far away than is 1996 nsync

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Thantasio

harsh sleet
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i feel like the picture of that cat where it looks like its screaming

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this is why hes emo

runic terrace
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thanta claus: ho ho ho happy deathmas (climbs into ur chimney and kills everyone in the house)

digital crag
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everyone is on the naughty list

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because death is inevitable

old frost
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oh no

harsh sleet
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i mean

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ur not wrong

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my pfp is too zoomed out rooCry

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i wanna see his pretty face

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gasp

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it worked

old frost
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wha

harsh sleet
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my pfp

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it finally changed

old frost
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I can see himmmm

harsh sleet
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than: exists
me: oh wow! suddenly i like boy again

old frost
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Hades is feeding us so many good boys n girls

harsh sleet
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thats the TRUTH

old frost
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and One nb

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and their chest fetus

harsh sleet
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pls

runic terrace
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the most beautiful nb with their own fashion AND children chaosuwu

old frost
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You're so right

north sand
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did anyone know there’s a line when Zag triggers the Skelly keepsake? It goes something like ā€œBy the power of Skelly!ā€ shadeohboy

neat crow
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Interesting, don't think I've come across that one yet shadeohboy

north sand
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I thought it was really cool and funny at the same time and would like to share it shadesmile

harsh sleet
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that’s cute

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i wonder.. if there’s lines for anyone else’s keepsake [glares at thanatos]

neat crow
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If there is, I haven't noticed. It's entirely possible that it's my own fault for not noticing, though

harsh sleet
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i haven’t heard one for cerberus which is the keepsake i always use

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gotta keep that health up so i won’t die in the 5th chamber

stark tulip
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To be fair Skelly’s triggers, Cerberus is just a flat bonus

neat crow
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So then maybe Skull Earring has a voice line, too volfredthink

ember goblet
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so i just killed megra wiht out he mirror

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and nothing happened

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was i lied to?

tribal aspen
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What was supposed to happen?

digital crag
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she doesn't give you the satisfaction of acknowledging it :3c

tribal aspen
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Oof, that's a very in-character thing for her to do

neat crow
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Yeah, currently no dialog to follow up the taunt, unfortunately