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Event Wrap-up: Cast In Shadow
Hey Team,
It's a bit delayed, but we wanted to share with you the planned ending for the Cast In Shadow world hop.
Baku
In Japanese mythology, a baku is a supernatural creature that devours dreams and nightmares. Originally it was a spirit that children called on to eat nightmares so that they could return to sleep. However, the legend goes that calling on Baku too frequently and leaving it hungry could result in it devouring their hopes and desires as well.
In the event:
Baku was a being created from the hearts of those in Valinta and their desire to do away with the hardships of life. Essentially, they were a budding god of Complacency, meant to work in tandem with Agatha, who was a goddess of Choice. However, because of her domain, Agatha had no ability to enforce a choice on her people, and Baku being a newly created god, had no concept of sharing. The child NPC was the first to see Baku properly, claiming that the creature was his invisible friend that chased the bad things away. As time progressed (within the event), the population of Valintas began to unconsciously rely more heavily on Baku, who gained more power. Baku began to devour not just bad feelings, but all feelings, leaving the population of Valintas to wander through their lives without care or complaint--but also without much else either.
Once strong enough, Baku appeared in Mensilvas, where they staked out a domain in the deepest part of the forest. The characters would have been able to confront them there, and possibly fight them if it came to that. Defensive and a little hostile, Baku would have insisted that this is what the people wanted, and what they as a being were created for--to fulfill the wish that the people had inside their hearts. It would have been up to the players to convince both Baku and Agatha that there's more nuance in the wants of people, and more value in having just one or the other of them.
Possible endings:
1. Baku pushed out of Valintas, the hopes and desires of the people return to them. Agatha regains control and goes back to administering her domain as she did before.
2. Agatha and Baku share the world as dual gods, balancing their domains of Choice and Complacency.
3. Agatha disappears as a result of Baku taking over Valintas. The people remain in the state that they "wished" for.
Given the potential endings, we will be taking a poll on which you guys would have gone with if your characters had been able to play things out. Please cast your vote in the comments below. The poll will close Saturday, March 23rd, at 11:59 PM PST, and the ending will be handwaved for those who participated in that event.
VOTING HAS CLOSED
Poll Result
Characters have selected Option #2. Agatha and Baku ended up sharing the world of Valinta as dual gods, balancing their domains.
It's a bit delayed, but we wanted to share with you the planned ending for the Cast In Shadow world hop.
Baku
In Japanese mythology, a baku is a supernatural creature that devours dreams and nightmares. Originally it was a spirit that children called on to eat nightmares so that they could return to sleep. However, the legend goes that calling on Baku too frequently and leaving it hungry could result in it devouring their hopes and desires as well.
In the event:
Baku was a being created from the hearts of those in Valinta and their desire to do away with the hardships of life. Essentially, they were a budding god of Complacency, meant to work in tandem with Agatha, who was a goddess of Choice. However, because of her domain, Agatha had no ability to enforce a choice on her people, and Baku being a newly created god, had no concept of sharing. The child NPC was the first to see Baku properly, claiming that the creature was his invisible friend that chased the bad things away. As time progressed (within the event), the population of Valintas began to unconsciously rely more heavily on Baku, who gained more power. Baku began to devour not just bad feelings, but all feelings, leaving the population of Valintas to wander through their lives without care or complaint--but also without much else either.
Once strong enough, Baku appeared in Mensilvas, where they staked out a domain in the deepest part of the forest. The characters would have been able to confront them there, and possibly fight them if it came to that. Defensive and a little hostile, Baku would have insisted that this is what the people wanted, and what they as a being were created for--to fulfill the wish that the people had inside their hearts. It would have been up to the players to convince both Baku and Agatha that there's more nuance in the wants of people, and more value in having just one or the other of them.
Possible endings:
1. Baku pushed out of Valintas, the hopes and desires of the people return to them. Agatha regains control and goes back to administering her domain as she did before.
2. Agatha and Baku share the world as dual gods, balancing their domains of Choice and Complacency.
3. Agatha disappears as a result of Baku taking over Valintas. The people remain in the state that they "wished" for.
Given the potential endings, we will be taking a poll on which you guys would have gone with if your characters had been able to play things out. Please cast your vote in the comments below. The poll will close Saturday, March 23rd, at 11:59 PM PST, and the ending will be handwaved for those who participated in that event.
VOTING HAS CLOSED
Poll Result
Characters have selected Option #2. Agatha and Baku ended up sharing the world of Valinta as dual gods, balancing their domains.
Ending Voting
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If a tiebreaker ends up being needed, I can handwave Jasper having gone so he can vote too.
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VOTING IS CLOSED