Lore AMA... coming soon...ish (COMMENT THREAD)
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Airhammer,
Posted on: 2012-09-05 05:44 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Who says they are not the same guy?|
Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I asked what Prometheus gave mankind that Ermeeth didn't give mankind first. Ermeeth, apprentice to Tielekku, is the one who taught mankind the art of magic, which Tielekku felt should be only the realm of the gods. With Magic, humans could match the gods in power and create great empires. It is because of magic that the nation of Oranbega first came into existence 14 000 years ago. Judging by all of those Fire Thorn Casters, it seems to me like people wouldn't have had much need for someone to specifically teach them fire as separate from their magical abilities.
Why I ask this is that Ermeeth already WAS the City of Heroes Prometheus, and bring in a literal Prometheus just feel like telling the same story twice, not to mention that it puts the two gods' gifts in competition. The best I could guess is this goes is this goes along the lines of the Incarnate re-write where the source of super powers became abstract and the story tried to explain people being smart as them having some link to a source of potential. I guess you could argue that Prometheus gave humans "potential," but it just seems to me that Ermeeth got there first. |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40
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I actually was also thinking they could be the same guy.
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Originally Posted by Lord_Kalistoh
Who says they are not the same guy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40 |
@Rorn ---- Blue Baron ---- Guardian
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Or perhaps while Ermeeth was the one who taught them magic, Prometheus was the one who got them started on science and technology. Would also explain why he granted his flames to Positron, other than Posi = Mike M = trying to gain points with the big guy.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Why I ask this is that Ermeeth already WAS the City of Heroes Prometheus, and bring in a literal Prometheus just feel like telling the same story twice, not to mention that it puts the two gods' gifts in competition.
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I asked that question among my submissions earlier, if Prometheus and Ermeeth were one and the same.
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Originally Posted by Lord_Kalistoh
Who says they are not the same guy?
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I hope the fact that we haven't heard back on our questions is a good sign ... (crosses fingers)
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(Moving my question from the Loregasm thread here where Posi intended it be in the first place)
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I agree the Scirocco story sounded like it would have been really cool. A couple of questions about it, if you don't mind:|
Originally Posted by Dr. Aeon
Regarding the Scirocco arc - it was something I was very excited about (which is why I wrote such a long winded response).
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1) What were the plans to incorporate the PC player in this, if at all? Was it just envisioned as playing out a Signature Character story using the mechanics introduced during the later revisions- ie, swapping out a character model for your character and giving them "temp" powers to represent Scirocco (a la Tyrant, Anti-Matter, and the Skulls arc in i24?)
2) Where do you envision Ice Mistral and Scirocco's relationship? Is she in love with him, or is it a more platonic mentor/student relationship? How much of her feelings- if any- are due to his tamperings with her mind with the Malleus Mundi in his patron arc?
I'm incredibly grateful, and I'm also sorry, in advance, for the mind-numbing amount of work that answering all these questions will surely be.
Now, get back to work.
--Virtue--
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