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  1. First of all, thanks to everyone for the discussion that helped me understand the main plot better. The plot was murky and the set-up with the Gods could have been better. It's obvious they tried to make invest more into the Gods and the lore surrounding them (gaining the gods' favor and the whole Durance side-quest were designed with that in mind), but it just wasn't enough to make you really appreciate the revelation (which, in that world, would obviously have been a major one) at the end. After reading this topic, I'm convinced the driving force behind the main plot events is Woedica trying to grab the throne and become an all-powerful God. The motivations behind it and the implications it would bring are unclear, and could be better explained if you ask me, but maybe that's something for the sequel. However, it's obvious it would disrupt the balance of the pantheon. Also, Woedica needs souls to empower her power-grab, and thus, she has stolen countless souls from the cycle, causing the Hollowborn epidemic. Therefore, she has to be stopped. At some point, Eothas found out about the plan and used Waidwen to try and stop it. Whether he was actually Waidwen himself or merely used him as a plan is open to interpretation (although I find the second more likely), the fact is, he failed due to the Godhammer. It also seems likely that Magran had blessed the Godhammer, but whether she was in on the Woedica's plan or merely tried to prevent Eothas from overstepping (again, second one more likely for me personally) is once again not specified. Thaos has been guarding the secret that Gods aren't "real". Some of the reasoning might seem broken at first glance, but if you think about it, it really isn't. The Engwithians sacrificed their whole civilization to create Gods and bring order to a world it desperately needed at that point. However, that order would have crumbled if people found out that Gods had been constructed by kith. Thaos had been tasked with keeping it a secret for those reasons and that's what he has been doing for countless generations, using whatever means necessary. For him, he simply cannot risk letting people know the secret, because he and his people have sacrificed too much and he has devoted too much time to all this. He has done horrible things to fulfill the impossible task he has been given and due to this, he has become a twisted man who is willing to do anything just to keep doing his job. I think the role of animancy has been overplayed in this thread. I don't think they would have found out the secret any time soon, but Thaos was just trying to disturb them so he would be the only one in control of souls. Also, if animancy would have progressed further, they would have found a cure to Waidwen's legacy and thus destroyed the soul-stealing plan along with Woedica's plot. As animancers were dealing with souls and distrusted by the population anyway, it was easy to make them take the fall for the Hollowborn and provide cover to the overall conspiracy. It's also unclear at what point, and why, did Thaos and Woedica decide to align with each other. This, along with the fact that there are TWO parallel major conspiracies (Woedica's power-grab vs. Leaden Key secrecy about the Gods being fake) seems to be the main thing that makes the endgame murky and confusing. It's almost as if the developers had two separate ideas and then tried to press them both into the game, tying them together loosely. While both the plots are excellent on their own, using both of them just creates confusion. Many of these holes might be filled with an expansion, and there has to be some room for speculation and mystery as well. Overall, the game and the writing are still wonderful, and the fact that we're here discussing the finer points of the plot simply proves that point.
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