Debacle wrote:At the end of the intro of episode 1, the camera stays over a giant - compared to Rhue's size - skull formation under the stream.
I never figured out how does it relate to anything in the game, might be just a random 'cool' detail.
Yeah, I think Lun was just showing off his Bryce 3D skills.
Debacle wrote:It's hard to tell how much Traziun knows about what is going on with Rhue or at least that he has a Shadow Sword. Out of nowhere he seems really interested in Rhue and right after Rhue mentioning Serena, he asks "So, where did you get this fine sword?". Although there are hints he could know, most of the dialogue sells him as clueless as everyone else about the situation.
Maybe Traziun figured out Rhue had a shadow sword (the series kind of goes back and forth on whether or not properly attuned characters can "sense" a shadow sword), but I never got the impression he ever got "really interested in Rhue". Traziun for the most part seemed focused on his own goals and helped Rhue out because he's a nice guy, and it's nice to have at least one friend on The Way. His entering of Rhue in the tournament in Lide just struck him as trying to help the obviously clueless Rhue gain a bit more survivability. If you consider the entire series, he's basically the only true friend Rhue had all along.
Debacle wrote:What is Scatha's part on the Night Reaper issue? She's after the sword or after Cetsa?
Yeah, this is one of the bigger unexplained character relations. Some of Cetsa and Kygar's dialogue hints that she's been a problem for them previously, so it may be the latter. How or why is unknown. Maybe she was just trying to keep the shadow sword out of their possession. On the other hand, I always interpreted the first we see of her in E3 (trying to get directions from a monster) as searching for the shadow sword. Either for herself, or for Jopaga's research.
Debacle wrote:Another thing that wasn't very clear for me was who killed that guys you find after plunge against Rosmar.
You find the bodies, then you think it was the PS. Soon after, you find someone tried to bury the bodies but had to run, so it wasn't the PS.
Then you find Gaius fell on a bridge trap by someone else, but he could be lying and we know Gaius kill criminals he senses.
Then we find a bunch of Blue Scarves, which would explain everything else if someone later didn't comment on how the Blue Scarves don't kill people, they just beat wanderers up and rob stuff.
Eh? Cetsa claims she only used violence as a "last resort", but A) she was almost certainly lying (she's constantly reviled as a mass murderer), and B) the Blue Scarves are called "murderous" from the very first scene of E1 onward. I never thought there was any doubt they did all those shenanigans at the start of E2. I don't recall any comment where the Blue Scarves as a whole are said to not kill people. It's categorically untrue anyway, considering they launched an unprovoked frontal assault on a fortified settlement (Turnway), and there's no way to defend that as not having an almost certain chance of involving plenty of murder.
Debacle wrote:Lastly, Gaius very old and not accurate map at Marna dialogue sort of sells the idea that The Way is a loop and has been being traveled many times (enough for geographical change).
I suppose that could be one possible implications, but clearly not one that any wanderers have ever picked up on. I imagine to them, someone could've conceivably mapped out the area and sold the map to someone else for a high price. It would certainly explain its rarity, at any case. Maps of stretches may be rare, but they're still something that's known to exist, and if an old map is all it took to deduce the way is a loop, you'd think more people would've figured it out. Granted unless Tetzel has total control over the possession of all maps on The Way, you'd think someone who'd been passed down a map through the generations would be in for a surprise eventually.
The real proof the way is a loop comes from Estrana being on top of Janwen, and Rhue having a memory of the "End" of The Way. Though now that I think about it, as much as Sacrifa and other characters babble about "The Truth" of End of The Way, nobody ever outright says it's a loop. Probably intentional by Lun, but still curious.