Here’s where I first talked about the XoR choice of failure, before I’d even posted a draft to the forums. 
Readers of XoR will note that a few things changed in the writing, including the idea that Ch 5 would feature your arrival in Grand Shayard and encountering your rescuer. Also, other benefits of “failing” your first big test developed in later chapters: greater ease of surviving the winter and access to spears sent by your Laconnier rescuer.
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