Spoilers for 7.4 MSQ obv, but I had to put my thoughts to paper [or post, rather].
There's a moment at the end of the MSQ, where Krile's newly revealed-to-be long-lost aunt calls out to us. "A word of caution, Keeper of the Key". As she proceeds to describe to us about the fate-driven nature of the Key, a track plays that we know from earlier in the game: Lost in the Deep, or the music that plays in Skydeep Cenote.
Hearing that song, combined with this profound revelation about the nature of the Key hit me with an emotional wave that I was not expecting. It was almost a sense of nostalgia, combined with a realization of how much this Key has impacted so many we've met in Dawntrail so far.
This was the Key that allowed the ancient Lalafell through into the 9th. That was passed down through generations and shaped their culture as Millala. That was then spirited away back through a gate built by Alexandrian hands to save her people. A gate which would become the cultural keystone for a multiethnic kingdom between continents, and lead to the Mamool Ja sacrificing hundreds of their young with the hopes of raising the perfect one to lead them.
Everything that happens in Dawntrail happens because of that Key's existence. Without it, Tural would've never been the same. So many hopes, so many dreams, fears and trauma was born out of the history left behind in the wake of this Key, and the actions of those who wanted/held it.
Dawntrail has many genuine flaws, but I'm realizing now that it had many things about it that I loved too. I'm glad we had it, even with its imperfections.
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There's a moment at the end of the MSQ, where Krile's newly revealed-to-be long-lost aunt calls out to us. "A word of caution, Keeper of the Key". As she proceeds to describe to us about the fate-driven nature of the Key, a track plays that we know from earlier in the game: Lost in the Deep, or the music that plays in Skydeep Cenote.
Hearing that song, combined with this profound revelation about the nature of the Key hit me with an emotional wave that I was not expecting. It was almost a sense of nostalgia, combined with a realization of how much this Key has impacted so many we've met in Dawntrail so far.
This was the Key that allowed the ancient Lalafell through into the 9th. That was passed down through generations and shaped their culture as Millala. That was then spirited away back through a gate built by Alexandrian hands to save her people. A gate which would become the cultural keystone for a multiethnic kingdom between continents, and lead to the Mamool Ja sacrificing hundreds of their young with the hopes of raising the perfect one to lead them.
Everything that happens in Dawntrail happens because of that Key's existence. Without it, Tural would've never been the same. So many hopes, so many dreams, fears and trauma was born out of the history left behind in the wake of this Key, and the actions of those who wanted/held it.
Dawntrail has many genuine flaws, but I'm realizing now that it had many things about it that I loved too. I'm glad we had it, even with its imperfections.
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