🚀 go-pugleaf

the hermit <s010...@cc.ysu.edu> writes:


>	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

That or you could say that the Guardian derives pleasure from the
suffering of others (including the Avatar's). 

>really is.  While he seems bent on conquering worlds, why is he doing it?

Why not? :)
Maybe he also derives power from the worlds he conquers.

>	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.   

Hmm... the reincarnated form of Mondain? Correct me if I'm wrong, but
isn't the essence of Mondain enshrined as a Gargoyle (principle?.

Cheers,
Adrian