Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 Divinity - Original Sin 2 - General The story so far (and spoilers of course)

So I just arrived in Arx (well in the outskirt to specify it more) and what I learned in the Academy, makes me wonder.
According to the Voidwoken Emissary Was the Emissary pulling my leg (being a Voidwoken makes him a bad guy, so a little lie here a little lie there might be part of his strategy), or is there a little continuity error/paradox?
The story is awesome, but this is something, that I really can't wrap my head around. Lots of people in the game lie to achieve their goals, preventing me from reaching my, or to push me around towards their goal, then laugh at me, but the Emissary didn't even try to stop us, he only spoke to Fane, then to me and left the scene peacefully.

The gods created the races in their own image. Rhalic doesn't look human; humans look like Rhalic... apparently.

I get that the gods created each race in their own image, but they originate from them at the same time, they were mortal once. So the races were there before, but it's all about interpretation, like in Doctor Who, the Time Lords don't look human, it's the humans who look like Time Lords.

I just hijack my own topic, since it's already about the story. XD
I'm almost in the finale (well, saved just before entering the hatch to the room with the lever puzzle and the annoying Source puppets) and I watched some videos about the endings. Which path should I take? Yes, I know the choice is mine to make, but I would like to make the ultimate choice, the one, that is considered the best ending for all. At least for my first playthrough since I re-installed the game. I don't even remember finishing the game back then, with my very first character, which was a custom one, not an original. Now playing as Lohse and being close to the end boss fight (not the puppets of course, Dallis, Braccus and Lucian the Divine), there's that dilemma. What should I do, what should I do? *repeating for some drama creating moment*

If you are not playing on honour mode, save when you get the choice, and try all of them.

Yea, I intent to do just that, but still what choice should be the ultimate one? I get that releasing the Source to all in Rivellon won't exactly do it, there's too many people still corrupted, or plain evil (Black Ring), so passing the power to them doesn't sound like the best idea ever, did Ifan really put some thoughts into it, as he claims he did?
Purging, well, it has drawbacks in that the heroes become Silent monks? Malady saves them, but then you spent the rest of your un-life in the Hall of Echoes, I guess? Becoming the next Divine seems a good idea at first, but then again, this happened to Lucian and how did he end? Malady seems to have a new powerful ally (like the Godwoken wasn't her ally already and they weren't powerful on their own account, or something) in the new Divine, yet she won't ask them for help, like what's wrong with her? And Windego in this ending isn't quite the happiest, still suffering under the God King's Covenant, being the main narrator of the whole story, she should probably survive. Which takes us back to the Purge ending, the only one, where she gets her "and they lived happily ever after" ending. She makes up for her sins and tells the story. Good, everyone is happy, no one is a Sourcerer anymore. But what about the heroes? It still doesn't feel right, for all the effort, you sacrifice yourself instead of becoming the Divine. Gaining Divinity was your main goal for half the game and you just throw it out of the window for the greater good? Really I don't know. An ultimate sacrifice may sound noble and stuff, but is this, what the Godwoken fought for? Does it eventually save Rivellon? I think there was something about Driftwood being attacked by the Voidwoken coming from the sea, not sure though. Wouldn't that mean, that the Voidwoken still pose a threat and there are no Sourcerers to deal with them anymore? And no Divine, although it seems Lucian is alive, but as a mortal, powerless. Doesn't sound right to me.
Also do the endings affect anything, aside from achievements, because I play with mods, so achievements are disabled and I don't really care about them? There's no NEW GAME+ option, so after you get to see the credits, you can start over with another character and unfold the story anew, unaffected by any of the previous progress, right? This would mean, that I would have a save just after the final boss fight, before the final choice and there's no point of saving later (like on board the Lady Vengeance after the choice was made to see the final cinematics).

I wonder if the studio even knows? It may come out after working on Divinity 3 (if that is still in the works). You know, a work/story in progress.

I think the writers do have a canonical ending selected, but I don't recall what was mentioned, and that could easily change anyway once the story for D:OS 3 starts being developed.

The endings don't affect anything besides achievements and the final cutscenes. Nothing carries over into a new game.