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When we enter the Augur's home, we're met by a gathering of spirits. From the way he refers to them, the Augur most likely views the spirits as the souls of the deceased. They resemble wraiths, but I assume that's just from not wanting to create a whole new model for such an ephemeral meeting. But I can't buy into that, which is a shame. I want to believe the spirits were the souls of long-since-passed Avvar, but I can't. What we've seen in DA makes it near-impossible for me to believe that.
Consider everything that's happened in DA. A lot of things lead back to the Fade and ultimately, spirits and demons. Ancient problems rose from the doings of spirits and demons; things that should be outside the normal "Chantry-established" boundaries still look like demons, act like demons. We've learned so much of the Fade and of its inhabitants, so much that's turned out to be true, that it seems like that's the only truth. If it's supernatural, it always falls within our known parameters. If a culture interprets something supernatural as something other than the work of a spirit, it seems that they are in the wrong and we are always right.
It's saddening in the face of the new DLC; Hakkon himself turns out to be nothing more than a "demon" possessing a strong host. Like that, a god is reduced to a demon. It strikes me as "Oh, that's one of your gods? Actually that's a demon, which are well-documented in the civilized world. It seems you have misidentified it. Well, off to kill it."
Am I missing something? I haven't played Jaws of Hakkon myself, but I spoiled myself with snippets of some of its scenes. Does the Augur have more to say about his gods?
Consider everything that's happened in DA. A lot of things lead back to the Fade and ultimately, spirits and demons. Ancient problems rose from the doings of spirits and demons; things that should be outside the normal "Chantry-established" boundaries still look like demons, act like demons. We've learned so much of the Fade and of its inhabitants, so much that's turned out to be true, that it seems like that's the only truth. If it's supernatural, it always falls within our known parameters. If a culture interprets something supernatural as something other than the work of a spirit, it seems that they are in the wrong and we are always right.
It's saddening in the face of the new DLC; Hakkon himself turns out to be nothing more than a "demon" possessing a strong host. Like that, a god is reduced to a demon. It strikes me as "Oh, that's one of your gods? Actually that's a demon, which are well-documented in the civilized world. It seems you have misidentified it. Well, off to kill it."
Am I missing something? I haven't played Jaws of Hakkon myself, but I spoiled myself with snippets of some of its scenes. Does the Augur have more to say about his gods?
Endline: Everything fits into our accumulated view of the Fade; there seems to beg the question of "What is that, truly?" It's always a spirit or demon that fits the bills we know.
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