You know what? I shall not give you an answer to this one. I’ve heard from lots of people who like Merchadi.
I think I will let you, the player and MC, decide what she feels in those moments. You were there with her. You, my dear Green Emperor, can own these feelings and thoughts since I would only ruin them.
It is as @Sujan_Dhakal says. Merchadi dying in the battle is part of canon, as is the Scorned Elf nation. Technically, if you never meet her (which is very possible) or if you do not help her, she is almost certainly killed by Forest Elves.
You may even, if I recall, kill her if the Scorned Elf nation rebels and they send assassins after you.
The Green Emperor would provoke extreme jealousy in most of the other gods and goddesses. Various gods would be angry, frustrated, and admiring, but more than this, green with envy. The Green Emperor proves, once and for all, that they dramatically underestimated Krog and the orcs.
However, the Crone of Fates would be delighted and fascinated by one who seemingly gathered the threads of fortune and wove a destiny even she could not have foreseen.
Dwarves do not have gods. They worship their ancestors and the ‘Stone’ itself, without anthropomorphising it. The walking beards meticulously record history and hold grudges.
Saying this, dwarves can choose to worship another god, but they have none of their own. EDIT: It would be frowned upon if they did this.
Ahha! That is the Crone of Fates, a goddess who needs no worship. She spends her time looking for individuals carrying the mark of potential destiny. Basically, she is the Goddess of Luck, of the most mundane things, like the toss of a coin, to cutting and knotting the threads of the very future itself.
I don’t think so, just a dragon, which, kind of stupid to say that but there’s nothing that seems to differentiate him from all the other stuff we run into
Really tall mountain plus in the ass end of nowhere plus during your initial encounter with him he doesn’t particularly want to kill you all seems to imply that all he wants is some peace and quiet
Haha, yeah, special in that this is still one of the last dragons. The quote hits the nail on the head. I often think of dragons this way. Big, ancient beasts who, clearly, are above the mundane lifeforms of the world and just want to dream until something more interesting comes along.
Correct me if I am wrong, but there are 4 dragons directly referenced in Green (perhaps I might add another in the DLC), and 3 are relics from the Age of Creation.
The first is the old, solitary dragon in the mountains.
The fourth is a young dragon, which may be gifted to our orc MC during the last battle.
I wonder if anyone remembers the 2nd and 3rd? One can be encountered when you join the Adventuring Guild, in a much later quest. The third… while not directly encountered (as it is long since dead), is heavily referenced in a job a wandering ‘odd job’ orc may be hired for.
Suffice it to say, dragons are virtually extinct in Behatland. You won’t find native young dragons here. That your orc can meet 3 living (barely in one case) dragons surely proves he is an exceptional fellow.
The mountain dragon we can find and kill, far to the west.
A forest dragon: during the Adventurer’s Guild quest, your party mediates between the elves and the dwarves in the northern Netherwood. Both face off with their own WMDs, the elves with their dragon and the dwarves with a work-in-progress gigantic golem. (The forest dragon is ailing and on the verge of death.)
As a wandering orc, you can help a troupe of actors in Grandardgard in retelling a famous poem about the founding of the city. You can mess it up so you never hear what is supposed to happen. But it tells the story of the ancient Ards killing a huge water dragon. On its death, the dragon fell in torrents and created the vast river (River Grand or Grand River) and the island where Grandardgard now sits today.
The young dragon is called Drekiana’s Gift.
The forest and water dragons are both named, but I cannot remember them right now. I should give a name to the acid-spraying dragon in the mountains, too, but it never came up. When I do a DLC I might edit those scenes so this dragon gets a name. Dragons should have names, as they are, without hyperbole, epic and awesome.
These dragons probably won’t be referenced, and definitely not in Book 1.
SPOILER: In Book 2, we will encounter the Dragonlanders. They will have dragons, some ancient, some not so ancient. There will be more dragons here than in all of Green!
EDIT: Although, who knows, as Book 2 is still an unknown quantity. Though I know the general direction of travel, details can only be confirmed during the writing process. Plans can only do so much.