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The Hermit (s010...@cc.ysu.edu) wrote:

: 	It seems to me that there is one question posed by U8 that really
: _must_ be answered in U9.  In the intro, we see the Guardian holding the 
: Avatar in the palm of his hand.  Why doesn't he just crush the Avatar right
: there?  Or, alternatively, drop him onto a planet with no atmosphere?
: Obviously, the designers didn't want the Avatar to die; the sales of U8 would
: have been truly pathetic.  But I feel that they, if this will be the 
: Guardian's final appearance, must settle this once and for all.
: 	
: 	To understand this, we must also find out who the Guardian 
: really is.  While he seems bent on conquering worlds, why is he doing it?
: I read an interview with Richard Garriot in Ultima: The Avatar Adventures 
: suggesting that the Guardian was some member of a race of superbeings from 
: another dimension.  As a story element, not only is this out of tune with 
: the series, but it isn't even very good, IMHO.

: 	Also, I have heard that U9 or U10 will be the last of the series.
: If this is true, it would seem fitting to return to the series' origin.
: Why not make the Guardian the reincarnated form of Mondain?  Gives the 
: character a fitting history, suppplies his motives, and could possibly
: explain (drawing from U6) his reluctance to kill the Avatar.  As has been
: pointed out before, fallout from U1 has permeated the entire series.  I think
: that this could make for a better conclusion than "go out and kill the big
: evil superbeing".  It would be interesting if you could achieve the final
: victory in a way befitting the Avatar.   

Nah, I don't like it.  It doesn't seem right to make him Mondain.  This 
is not a soap opera.



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