Frequently ENnie-Nominated Writer & Designer of Sandbox Toolkits, Narrative Designer, Horrorist. Also an ENnie-award winner. Communist.
Brian Yaksha (He/They)
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Kind of makes them cousins to humans, dwarves, gnomes, etc.
I dunno. I like the Amani, I think there's room for some reasonable discourse and a way to not frame the story as "this one is a bad one because he remembers all the times we killed his people/family" by killing the kid.
Brian Yaksha (He/They)
I'm willing to extend the grace that the writers won't say a tribal leader in a long-standing colonial conflict with beef against alliances of convenience, former turncoat allies and fickle deities - is inherently going to be evil, or even in need of redemption.
He needs clarity/hope for tomorrow?
Also seems like there's probably room for the long-standing animosity of it all to be made heavier; but we didn't get Hordefall in Kul Tiras - so I accept the deep deep enmity is a thing of the past.
But damn if the Amani don't have decent reasons to hate pretty much every single faction.
I realize the game isn't about the deeper politics of it all; but seems like there's room for this kinda stuff. I can't really fault a revanchist for being desperate, given all the above circumstances?
But eh. Its just background noise to hear out while I work.
Feels like Queen Talanji ought to be playing the liaison rather than Liadrin; which doesn't seem like its the case?
Maybe make some amends for Kazra'jin. The murder of Panogo, the diplomat of the Amani in Dazar'alor. The Blade of the King ordering the death of dissidents in Tal'Aman.
I dunno.
I mostly extend this grace because I think they're really trying to be less racist with Troll stuff vs the sins of yesteryear; and it'd be nice to get a corruption/atonement arc that is actually born of understandable intentions rather than evil purple old gods whispering burn book stuff?
Not that I have much of a dog in the race, but seeing the talking heads describing Zul'jan as being right-wing, rather than as someone with compounded legitimate grievances against a rival power which has directly harmed his family/sundered his people; I dunno.
Seems bad. Given the tribal coding.
One could make the argument that his ideology isn't great when one is facing down the barrel of an apocalypse; but eh.
I feel like if they want to do something with him that isn't as obvious, they'll have him be saved but altered, like Queen Neferess; and he'll learn that snake WMDs aren't the way.
