Tenderfoot Thahd Matrowl Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 So I just finished killing Lord what's his face and half his minions after he wouldn't come quietly. I have to say I'm confused with the descriptions of carnage in the village-- especially the implication of burning homes. Obviously I'm supposed to feel like I did something wrong, but i don't recall lighting fire to any homes or slaughtering women, children and puppies. In fact, i killed the same or maybe less hostiles as on any other mission. Is there a piece of narrative I missed here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Dhorla's neighbors will invade it now since Lord Castanja is gone and if you return there later you'll see that what's remaining of population are now hostile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Runner Kellen's dialogue is the clearest about all this. Hunter Salom also talks about it a bit. Carsta'Arl sent out word before you came, and most of the village has already fled. The remainder took up arms to stand and fight. They believe that without their lord, they'll be crushed by the rest of Khemeria very quickly. And the ones you did have to fight... you're not just killing random spiders or something; these are the main warriors of a town, and what would otherwise be ordinary pest-elimination is, here, quite a lot of killing of regular people. I can't find any reference to burning buildings in the scripts, but I admit that I haven't searched thoroughly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Questionably Legal Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Lord Casta'arl, not castanja. Just use this mnemonic: Lord Castor'Oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I figured "castanja" was a portmanteau of Carsta'Arl and Antje, sort of like Kimye or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 In any case, I am not sure that the objective is to make you feel that you did something wrong. Ultimately Castor Oil was a nasty dude who needed killing. Unfortunately, there was not a way to get it done without a lot of collateral damage that will end up including a bunch of innocent men, women and children when their neighbors who are only slightly less nasty dudes than Castor Oil get done with the situation. To me, the objective is to see that even doing what is right can cause a lot of suffering and that not every mission is going to end with happily ever after. Avadon and the Pact just go in, kill the problem and then leave. The other option is to go in, kill the problem, occupy and defend the place, install a new leader and see what happens. This takes a lot more resources and the locals tend not to be any more grateful than if you had just let them all get slaughtered by their neighbors in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Matrowl Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 The reference to burning buildings comes from the stone cutter's daughter, who meets you on your way back to the pylon. At any rate, I'm not complaining. I love the story, with all its politics and intrigue. Can't wait to finally be finished so I csn play Avadon 2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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