DragonPaladin

I very much disagree on the Awakened being weak - they're the ones that brought out shaping serviles to give them magic, which plays a pretty important role in G4 (at least, it does if you play a servile like me). What they were, was moderate - and they had no place in the current politics up until the rebellion showed just how dangerous it really was with the Unbound. Before the Unbound, the common people wouldn't have seen any purpose to the Awakened; they were arrogant enough to believe that the serviles would never rebel, or at the very least, wouldn't do it successfully. But now that they've been shown the horrors the Rebels have at stake, this is the perfect time for the Awakened to return - giving the people a moderate group with the good of the people in mind.

As for the Bharzites, I would argue that the Drakons are becoming just that. The Rebels are going to be split between the extremists - the Drakons, who believe in ending Shaper rule at any cost, with little to no care for civilian life - and the moderates - the Awakened, who see that the Shapers are desperate, that the Drakons are out of control, and that the people, the refugees, need someone to stand up for them.

Ellhrah's dream isn't dead. It's just asleep, waiting for someone to rally the serviles and the people together.

I would like to see a continuation of the current factions, instead of just meshing it all together as was done in A3. I miss the Awakened.

 

On that note, the ending for G4 sets the perfect stage for the revival of the Awakened. Now we've seen how horrific the Drakons can be, and we know how horrific the Shapers are, and the Trak's have no problems letting everyone suffer from their safe hidey holes (Yeah, it's REALLY hard to talk about how horrible shaping is when it's protecting your arse). So right now is the perfect time for the idealistic Awakened to make a come back. The refugees are tired of the constant fighting, and they've seen that the differences between the Shapers and the Rebels are minute at best - both want nothing more then absolute power for themselves at whatever the cost.

Edit: Har, forget I said anything. It was an ID-ten-t error. That is to say, the error was somewhere between the chair and the keyboard.