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So what lore do you expect or want from these new lore drops will be getting tomorrow. Personally I think there’s to much we don’t know about the formate of the drops to say anything definitive. The like is it gonna be QnA style thing. Is it gonna be just a bunch of raw info about a certain idea or event. Hell for all we know he might just give use a in world document like a diary entry. So I don’t think we can know what to expect till the drop but I do think he will cover a few things.

1 I think we’ll get some clarification on some ancient asura lore. Like we’ll probably get some stuff on the wraiths like their magic type. Will also might learn more about Antioch and arkunas and why they fought the natural beasts. However I don’t think we’ll get much on the deva if TM is planing a continuation. The key piece of lore I want out of this section is the lore behind the 4 statues seen in the last Ellie pov. If we get that I’ll be happy.

2 I think we’ll get some lore on how the world look after v12. For example I think we’ll get some lore on how the political system is now arranged as that was left somewhat vague in v12. We might also get new lances or at least the lances will be overhaul to better accommodate the new world order. We might also learn the capital cities of all the great 8 clans and where they are on the 3 rings. We’ll also probably get a statue report on are main characters and maybe a description of the twins. I don’t think will get much on what the deva or geolus are up to but we might get some sequel baiting.

3 I think we’ll get some interesting but inconsequential lore. Like we might get the names of the first 6 lances and the names of their rulers. We might get more information on the leywin clan before Arthur and why they had a sudo fall from grace. We might get a more filled out family tree of not just Arthur but other characters like the lances and maybe even the asura’s. Another idea is he might reveal the names of asuran weapons and their creators like kezess’s unnamed sword.

IDK. It’s food for thought. Tell me what you want revealed in the lore drops and what lore you’re hoping to get the most.

So since we’re getting some new lore I’d like to voice a theory I’ve had for a while but since no new content was coming out for tbate I had no real reason to post. I think this theory could have a high likelihood of ether being confirmed or disproven by these lore drops so I’d like to take credit for it if I’m right.

So for my theory in short, I think the deva played a hand in making the natural beasts. Now I don’t think making the natural beast is the soul thing they did but I they are at least a byproduct of the deva’s medaling. In ether case I think they played a hand in their making.

Now why do I think this. Well first we know the deva and the natural beast were around before the removal of epheotus because of Arthur’s conversation with kezess in V11. Also TM has never confirmed when the natural beasts came about So it’s not impossible in premise.

Second how the deva are described and what they did are fit well with how the natural beasts are described. Here’s what is said by kothan about them “And beings of light descended, bringing with them magic unimagined. Bringing with them power too terrible to behold. And they called themselves deva, and they, in their power, were terrible and unimaginable. They marked the world with their power, and then they left, never to return.” So this description describes what they did as effecting the world itself not necessarily something more straightforward like killing a bunch of people. Now I want to bring up how Verhun describes the natural beast to Arthur. He says “You know, of course, of the walking mountain, Geolus? This was something like that: a force of nature, a living act of creation. Aquinas, the World Serpent” verhun doesn’t describe natural beast as mere beings of the world but more like they are a fundamental part of it. If the natural beast are a part of the world and the deva had a hand in effecting the world then its not unrealistic to say these things may be connected. So these descriptions makes it seem as though these two things are connected.

My third reason has to due with their likely inspiration. So the natural beasts are likely inspired from monsters described in the Bible. I made a whole post explaining why I think this but in short Aquinas is the leviathan described in Job 3:8 and Geolus is the behemoth described in Job 40:15–24. Now why does this matter. Well these monsters are talk about in Job to show the power of God(now that’s not the only reason but it’s the one we care about) so just as God made these monsters to show his power perhaps TM is trying to say the deva made the natural beasts for the same reason.

A good finale piece of evidence is in how the asura’s view the natural beasts as a whole. It’s not an understatement to say the natural beasts are held in high regard. Every clan head has talked about them like they are far above anything seen today. Them being held in so high regard and them being stronger than say the modern asuras would make them being merely a product of the deva more interesting and would explain the fear surrounding them.

So overall I think this theory has good bones and confirming it would only make a potential continuation more interesting or at the least make any bonus chapter focusing on ether the deva or natural beasts more interesting. But thats just my opinion comment your thoughts and any theories you want confirmed or disproven in the lore drops/new chapters.