Garrulous Glaahk Lord Bob Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 So, I beat A6 last night and I was thinking. Which characters made it all the way through the trilogy in six parts? I can think of three, they're all dragons, and we haven't seen any of them since A3: Khoth, Athron, and Sulfras. Am I missing anybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Marak Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 X and Solberg, who have extended their lifespans using their mastery of magic. On the downside, both are pretty much half-undead at this point, and are well on their way to becoming full-fledged Liches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Lord Bob Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 Originally Posted By: Marak X and Solberg, who have extended their lifespans using their mastery of magic. On the downside, both are pretty much half-undead at this point, and are well on their way to becoming full-fledged Liches. I deliberately said "through", not "into". Solberg dies in the game and I'm willing to count X as dead because I'm that sort of guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Marak Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Ahh well then, no body. Unless you count the Dragons with their "we live for centuries unless killed off by bands of 4-6 Adventurers first" lifespans. I don't remember the exact timeline, but at the time of A6 Avernum has been around for (I'm sure someone will yell at me here for being a few decades off) over a century. Unless someone was exiled as a baby in the first 2-4 years of Avernum and somehow survived to a ripe old age of 125 years old in the caves, everyone from the original days of A1 is long gone and it's their grandchildren and possibly their great-grandchildren that we're dealing with in A6. Although, I guess it's possible some smart Lich or Vampire or similarly intelligent Undead has survived thru the whole series by not ever letting themselves become hostile to any of said Adventuring groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Athron isn't seen directly, but she sends constructs to give messages to her son Melanchion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Lord Bob Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 I actually think I missed a human, in hindsight. Kelner was the apprentice who gave you directions to Solberg in A1, wasn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice ex post slarto Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Solberg, X, and Kelner are the only characters who appear in person in both E/A1 and A6. Solberg may be gone, but he retains the dubious honor of being the only character to appear in all six games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Lord Bob Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 So I guess the Avernum series's subtitle is now "The Kelner Chronicles". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Monroe Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES Solberg, X, and Kelner are the only characters who appear in person in both E/A1 and A6. Solberg may be gone, but he retains the dubious honor of being the only character to appear in all six games. Yeah, when Jeff said Avernum 6 would be the last Avernum, I rolled my laughed and assumed there would be more anyway. Only when Solberg finally went down did it begin to sink in that there really might not ever be another Avernum game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Someday there might be: Avernum: The Previous Generation The continuing prequels to the Avernum Saga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Monroe Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 True, even in Avernum 1, Solberg was already a storied hero. There's still hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Firecage Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Don't forget the presence in the undead spiral.....its been irritating me from A1 to A6..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody madrigan Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Presumably there are many Vahnatai who were alive long before A1 and will be alive a long time after A6. But perhaps you meant characters that the PCs actually see. I thought Athron was dead and was communicating from the other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice ex post slarto Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 As far as characters the PCs meet in one or more games who are presumed to have been alive during both E/A1 and A6, we have: - The aforementioned Solberg, X, and Kelner - Athron, Khoth, and Sulfras (confirmed by Melanchion to still live as of A6) - Most Vahnatai; of the important/recurring ones, just Prossis-Bok, Elohi-Bok, Abra, Bohen, Iglit, and Ghall-Ihrno - Avernite children who we've also seen grown up: Alice and Angarahad - Pythras the dragon and Morog the lich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd CritLockit Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Do the GIFTS appear in this game? If so, Spider is possible, even if it is highly improbable and impossible to prove. =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 It's pretty much impossible for a GIFTS to live that long. There is one elderly spider in A3 who was a child during A1, so they apparently have a shorter lifespan than humans. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Originally Posted By: lordofdc Don't forget the presence in the undead spiral.....its been irritating me from A1 to A6..... The undead spiral isn't so bad for A1 & A2. In A4, the Cauldron Bones tend to eat me alive. I haven't seen the A6 version of the spiral yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Who is Kelner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Kelner is an apprentice in the Tower of Magi in A1. He's willing to break his vow of silence to direct adventurers to Solberg's secret message to save the tower from demons. By the end of the series he's gone from apprentice to archmage, and he's a fair bit more sane, grounded, and reliable than his predecessors. —Alorael, who is sure the man is bitter about watching adventurer after adventurer do great deeds while he babysits mad demon-summoners and then cleans up their messes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Firecage Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Who wouldn't be bitter about it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Barzhal Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 The legacy of cheeseball seems to survive. Granted, the cat doesn't make it, but his name does (ten times at least). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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