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Honestly I just saw his quest as him trying to keep an old promise.

I never had a companion leave. How do you guys manage to trigger that?

There is no good reason to remove it for PotD. If you think it makes the game too easy then don't use it. The same reason I never do iron man or expert mode is because they deny two things I like: saves in case of bugs and important gameplay info. I don't demand them removed, I just don't use them.

There are two women arguing outside of his manor, they give the quest to steal some tablet. Yeah... I ran into them on the way out after burgling the place... You too, huh? I just went into the bathhouse and BAM a secret lab! I had to loot it. It's not my fault.

After slaving for the factions to improve all of them I was quite annoyed that they decided to try and force me to choose just one of them... So I peaced out and went at it alone. The Deadfire ended up in complete chaos, so probably the worst option I would say. Then I tried the Huana path afterwards, though I have to say that is some underhanded and evil **** they did there. At least the Valians have the balls to stand by what they are doing, and their way of doing things is decidedly the least evil even if it is based on profit.

Honestly, I think the simplest version would be that whatever the Engwithans did to create the Wheel also destroyed the previous process (who knows if even that had been natural?) that existed before. It would not just hijack the process that came before the Wheel, but replace it entirely. As for souls getting destroyed then either is probably true: a certain frosty fellow is eating them or Eora is not a closed system.

This would be nice.

I am currently making dinner. Like real food. I fel like an adult and it is scary. At least now I can dedicate the next few days to an RPG.

... And I just finished my final PoE save this weekend.

In the meantime you can use cheat engine to fix it. It's a nifty tool like that.

Well, now I am certainly looking forward to playing through the game again whenever this expansion thingy gets out.

Thaos makes the same argument. The gods are man-made, but they are also real. The entire argument behind having these gods is to put the argument to rest - they are real and can interfere. They are not like the fictional gods which spread chaos on the world before them. With one pantheon of real, powerful gods you can bring order to the chaos left by the void of false gods. However the thing is that for a god to be real to people it also needs to have a mysterious or unknown origin. Thus you keep everything secret - whatever the cost - and that is where the Leaden Key comes in. And quite likely the savages protecting the ruins as well. So, I wouldn't say the gods aren't real, rather they are artificial.

I killed those villagers with Aloth, but nobody cared so I guess it is not too bad? Oh yes, also I let the Adra Dragon take over that dragon hunter. I felt a bit guilty but I had no option of digging the Adra Dragon out and dragons are adorable.

After the Godhammer incident Eothas was understandably more cautious. A subtle vessel was needed. His soul had already been fragmented into pieces, he couldn't risk a repeat of what happened on the bridge. One of his soul fragments entered you. And merged with your soul. This is why you are referred to as the 'Ancient One'. This is why you were destined to fight Thaos and Woedica. That still does not fit with his persona of honesty. Remember that gods are bound to ideals. The ideals of Eothas are benevolence and honesty. A deception, like the one you describe, is completely opposite to him.

I strongly doubt it. However if you play a priest of Eothas it would be pretty cool. That's pretty much what I did in my first playthrough. Benevolence and honesty to the max, also every Eothas dialogue. But anyway, as I said, I strongly doubt it. One of the aspects of Eothas is honesty, he wouldn't hide in you like some thief afraid to get caught. He would show himself as he did before.