Rymrgand is awesome, terrifying, and strangely alluring at the same time. I like that makes all the gods uncomfortable as he enters the chat during your first meeting in Pillars 2 - they all kind of slink away or try to hide from him.
A point on the "killing Rymrgand" ending: Killing him really doesn't matter to him, if anything I'm sure he'd be fine with it. Seems to be he let himself be killed, as implicitly pointed out in the ending slides "perhaps too easily defeated". There's a point in both outcomes and him being a (or *the*) wielder of the void, he himself says he is not the void. If truly he's the god of what he's assigned to be, he likely has accepted all possible outcomes long ago, and his own death plays in part in it. Him being a representation of entropy, intrinsically means the end of entropy, because that's what it represents. It's irking to an extent, to see that people relegate Rymrgand as an edgelord, or that he deserves to be killed because he's smug or a jackass or what have you. He's all of these certainly, but I think the developers gave much respect to all the gods, and Rymrgand is no exception. What he represents doesn't seem to be fully understood by the writers, but well enough for them to be respectful, and it's proven by the ending slides that coincide with him (from Eothas destroying the world to killing Rymrgand), if it's not made clear by him acting. I've also seen people disproving what he represents by pointing out contradictions, yet that would only work if there was no contradiction anywhere. And as by the nature of things, even nature is contradictory. So to me, to point out something that's out of place when it's actually very much in place, and acknowledged (Honesty being favored and practiced naturally by both the Beast of Winter and his followers), is a hypocritical stance. However it's not really a bad thing I believe, even transposed in reality, as it merely points to a lack of knowledge in what is rather than a willing self eye-gouging of reality. Nevertheless, I also have to praise one last time the writers for Rymrgand (and the great voice actor), as it's quite easy to get along with him if you understand his representations. This also applies very much to the other gods, it's just that I have an inclination towards Entropy Cow. Finally, his followers are also quite interesting. Don't know much about them however, Pale Elves being rarely represented so far (understandably so), and most of their doctrines are thought through the player if he has the correct speech checks, as well as through Rymrgand's envoy guarding his realm. They are an interesting bunch, and are more about balancing inevitability and living. Berath's followers with a twist, a... surprisingly healthier one perhaps, though the harshness of the White that Wends might be a likeness there.
There is also an ending, available if you have Rynhaedr's armour in your inventory. Rymrgand will offer you to be his "frozen champion", which, judging by the ending, involves disposing of various people or organisations Rymrgand finds in need of destruction. I guess after death Watcher will, like Rynhaedr, arrive to Rymrgand's realm and serve him there for some time, until Rymrgand decides to take Watcher's soul for dissolution. The ending with a chime is a different, because Watcher's soul is destroyed when it arrives to White void, instead of the going to the Wheel, and Rymrgand won't give assignments (again, judging by the ending slide), although "you feel a constant presence of the Beast of Winter" as far as I remember.
This God of Eora is the most ironic, since in a previous video you mentioned they need the wheel to continue for their own sustainance but this guy wants it to end then how will he live?
He won't live, thats the point, his sphere is complete oblivion. That's why he doesn't try to stop Eothas like the other gods, while he doesn't care for the reasoning, what Eothas does with destroying the wheel is exactly what Rymyrgand wants.
This is off topic, but now that Castlevania is over, how many WOTR players are going to play as a Dhampir Magus named Alucard? Or a human kineticist names Sypha? Or a human Slayer named Trevor?
Probably my favorite god, especially after beast of winter
Rymrgand is awesome, terrifying, and strangely alluring at the same time. I like that makes all the gods uncomfortable as he enters the chat during your first meeting in Pillars 2 - they all kind of slink away or try to hide from him.
A point on the "killing Rymrgand" ending:
Killing him really doesn't matter to him, if anything I'm sure he'd be fine with it. Seems to be he let himself be killed, as implicitly pointed out in the ending slides "perhaps too easily defeated".
There's a point in both outcomes and him being a (or *the*) wielder of the void, he himself says he is not the void.
If truly he's the god of what he's assigned to be, he likely has accepted all possible outcomes long ago, and his own death plays in part in it. Him being a representation of entropy, intrinsically means the end of entropy, because that's what it represents.
It's irking to an extent, to see that people relegate Rymrgand as an edgelord, or that he deserves to be killed because he's smug or a jackass or what have you. He's all of these certainly, but I think the developers gave much respect to all the gods, and Rymrgand is no exception. What he represents doesn't seem to be fully understood by the writers, but well enough for them to be respectful, and it's proven by the ending slides that coincide with him (from Eothas destroying the world to killing Rymrgand), if it's not made clear by him acting.
I've also seen people disproving what he represents by pointing out contradictions, yet that would only work if there was no contradiction anywhere. And as by the nature of things, even nature is contradictory. So to me, to point out something that's out of place when it's actually very much in place, and acknowledged (Honesty being favored and practiced naturally by both the Beast of Winter and his followers), is a hypocritical stance. However it's not really a bad thing I believe, even transposed in reality, as it merely points to a lack of knowledge in what is rather than a willing self eye-gouging of reality.
Nevertheless, I also have to praise one last time the writers for Rymrgand (and the great voice actor), as it's quite easy to get along with him if you understand his representations. This also applies very much to the other gods, it's just that I have an inclination towards Entropy Cow.
Finally, his followers are also quite interesting. Don't know much about them however, Pale Elves being rarely represented so far (understandably so), and most of their doctrines are thought through the player if he has the correct speech checks, as well as through Rymrgand's envoy guarding his realm. They are an interesting bunch, and are more about balancing inevitability and living. Berath's followers with a twist, a... surprisingly healthier one perhaps, though the harshness of the White that Wends might be a likeness there.
There is also an ending, available if you have Rynhaedr's armour in your inventory. Rymrgand will offer you to be his "frozen champion", which, judging by the ending, involves disposing of various people or organisations Rymrgand finds in need of destruction. I guess after death Watcher will, like Rynhaedr, arrive to Rymrgand's realm and serve him there for some time, until Rymrgand decides to take Watcher's soul for dissolution. The ending with a chime is a different, because Watcher's soul is destroyed when it arrives to White void, instead of the going to the Wheel, and Rymrgand won't give assignments (again, judging by the ending slide), although "you feel a constant presence of the Beast of Winter" as far as I remember.
As always love your videos ❤️
Literal depiction of heat death of universe.
I prefer to play this dlc during heat waves, always gives me a chill.
This God of Eora is the most ironic, since in a previous video you mentioned they need the wheel to continue for their own sustainance but this guy wants it to end then how will he live?
He won't live, thats the point, his sphere is complete oblivion. That's why he doesn't try to stop Eothas like the other gods, while he doesn't care for the reasoning, what Eothas does with destroying the wheel is exactly what Rymyrgand wants.
He wants the absolute end of all things. That includes himself.
This is off topic, but now that Castlevania is over, how many WOTR players are going to play as a Dhampir Magus named Alucard? Or a human kineticist names Sypha? Or a human Slayer named Trevor?
some?
i have to admit i have started using a whip in darksouls 3 after castlevania came out
it is quite fun