Lone Wolf 30: Dead in the Deep- SPOILERS INSIDE discussion
Mar 15, 2022 16:36:11 GMT
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Post by marcheurdescieux on Mar 15, 2022 16:36:11 GMT
Rusty,
what did you think of the Killers of the Black Moon concept? Teakkro and (the other one whose name I can't remember) are two beings who are much older than they look, one has a Durenese accent. Then we have the Drakkarim Death Knight Black Moon Guards. They leave it up to our imagination that they date back to Vashna's death. I'm still uncertain about it, really. Like I have no issue with the Nengud-kor-Adez giving Vashna's spirit more power but some of these characters date back to when Vashna's spirit was seemingly an impotent spectre crying out from an ice-cold chasm. So we go from Barraka and some Acolytes to people who have disciplines that counter and fool and negate Kai GRAND DISCIPLINES. I don't know how I feel about that. I enjoyed the story immensely but we don't need power creep or things like "negation of" the powers given to Kai Lords by the God Kai himself. Now, I'm sure there is a solution to this and it's more "blinding/overloading" the senses than it is nullifying them. It just troubled me a bit because the Chasm of Doom, when you come down to it, is just a renegade noble with his own small army and a bunch of cultists. Then it turns out somehow that Vashna has granted powers or at least long life to a number of individuals. Perhaps through sacrifices to Naar, perhaps it happened slowly over time (long age first, then the anti-Kai disciplines) but I don't like having to justify it off-text.
Regarding all the new characters introduced, I have no "supension of belief" from the assassins, as Naar has 20+ years to evaluate the threat of Grand masters and to find counter measures.
But like you, I was more annoyed with the great priest of Vashna (don't remember his name), as he was never introduced in Book 4 or book 16 (where there are plenty of vaschna disciple), nor the BlackMoon DeathKnights : if there are so ancients, where were they at Helgedad, or Kaag, or during Vashna 2 attempted ressurections ?
Many powerful ennemies are introduced as if they were ancient threats.