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The oath and the laurel wreath will pop up again in the future, yes.

I struggle a bit to phrase this in a way that's neither a spoiler nor so short it's unsatisfactory, but what I can say is that the Ruthless Route reveals that there are important, worthwhile things to be done in the valley, from which Asterion stands to gain. Some of those things, however, may require him to be there to be accomplished, no one else can do them.

The Ruthless route shows one of those worthwhile things, but there are more. The valley has many secrets.

Danero2 years ago

That works more than well enough. Thank you!

TrinexxSlayer2 years ago(+1)

oh, would there be another exploration chapter like the hinterlands but in the valley(or even elsewhere)? or is that mechanic one and done?

Minoh Workshop2 years ago(+2)

I want to do precisely one more section of "Hinterlands-like exploration" in the main story. I think we can still do fun things with that mechanic and I loved writing for it. But that will depend on how things go, it's a bit too early to tell if it'll fit the story.

TrinexxSlayer2 years ago

i hope it can be done, loved that segment. just might be better to have it's own dedicated update if another one is made.

Minoh Workshop2 years ago(+2)

We plan on adding a sort of expansion to the hinterlands later down the road, you might like that. We'll throw in the locations we originally planned but had to cut for time.

Prq2 years ago(+1)

Continuing along that thread... ahem... The contract with the wreath and lead band was phrased in such a way (I can't remember the exact wording) that always made me wonder what would happen if Asterion chose to go out in tongue valley by himself, not at the behest of the master. Since the contract forbids the master from forcing Asterion directly, or making another person force him, to go to the valley.

If Asterion went to the valley out of his own volition, due to some very important need, would that still amputate the master's arm?

Kenta2 years ago (1 edit)

It's stated that it would only happen if the master forced him to go out, even if the master is forced into making the command. it's also stated that asterion has to protect the master so the master isn't forced into making the command

Minoh Workshop2 years ago

If Asterion went to the valley out of his own volition, due to some very important need, would that still amputate the master's arm?

That's a mystery!

Prq2 years ago

Finnnnnne 😂👍

I figured you might say something like that

Kenta2 years ago

A follow up on this, if Asterion does go into the valley, a lot of the issues he faced seemed to be him getting badly wounded due to skin contact with the environment. what if they prepared for the journey if they needed to go out and gave him proper protection? I get the heat wouldn't allow certain types of protection like full plate (even though he's solid muscle and could probably skip in full plate) but surely leather or padded armour would prevent most of the environmental hazards while the master can command any of the hostile creatures to back off

Minoh Workshop2 years ago

Good point! Leather armor wouldn't actually do much against the sort of stuff that's starting to wake up at the valley...

I had an idea for this that might end up being cut. I wanted to have an R&D project that would produce a special sort of fabric that can only exist in the labyrinth, that's resistant against most of the environmental hazards of the valley while still being unintrusive and cool enough to allow for exploration. We'll see if we can put it in.

Prq2 years ago

I love the concept of the R&D portion of the game, and I really hope we get to see a lot more of it over the course of the rest of the game.

itch.io

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