If she can search Rivellon for vulnerable minds from the Hall of Echoes without needing Damian's presence it makes her seem far too powerful.
I remember that cutscene now alright thanks. When I finished FoV again on Saturday and was trying to make full sense of the story that's what I initially assumed that her and Damian were not working together but then as I began trying to write down how I perceived the story that was the only way I could get it to make sense in my head. And another reason I guessed this is because when you first encounter Damian he calls you "his sleeping beauty" which made me think he was somehow also manipulating you (interestingly he also calls Ygerna "my sleeping beauty" in that cutscene). I think the Ego Draconis ending would have been better if it didn't have that scene with the Divine and just made you think you had been killed and secured Damian's victory. However because you're captured you know it's not over for your character. Still dissatisfying but more of a resolution -- I know you quite like the ending though.
That seems very risky, allowing the Dragon Knight to live and enter the Hall of Echoes but then hope that they failed and Ygerna escaped? Seems too much to gamble.
What alternative did he have? A slim chance is better than nothing.
Well it seems if it didn't work and he'd lose a lot of power that he'd be better off not taking the risk, but again, I guess I can accept that he did take that massive risk.
Am I correct in thinking that in FoV Ygerna was manipulating the player to revive Behrlihn?
AFAIK Ygerna was done with you once imprisoned, and Behrlihn simply took advantage of your appearance, knowing he wouldn't be able to get the Divine to free him.
If you don't side with him then Ygerna says she will infiltrate the city and free Behrlihn, I figured it was too much of a coincidence that this was her plan when she had already captured you, but perhaps he was working independently too. But if he was it just seems like a stretch that he had the power to find you and free you from this plane of existence (though he does say he seeks the last heir of Orobas). Once again he seems like he's a bit too powerful if that is the case and it also seems like a deus ex machina if he frees you independently of Ygerna. Why would Ygerna not just kill you initially rather than capture you if she doesn't plan using you again? Trapping the Divine kinds of makes sense from Damian's point of view, but Ygerna doing the same for the you and putting you next to the Divine seems pretty dumb. How could she even know that Damian put the Divine there?
So then am I correct in thinking the following:
In Ego Draconis Zandalor's plan is to resurrect Ygerna because of the odd soul forging he hoped that Damian soul might go to the Hall of Echoes?
And then in Flames of Vengeance his plan was to resurrect Behrlihn to get the Eye of the Patriarch?
Both of these were extremely risky and in turn were both bad plans. For FoV why didn't he just seek out Bellegar first? It turned out that he was able to help instead. Regarding the plan to resurrect Ygerna, Lovis also says this about the soul forging and claims that it was also Talana's quest, but she didn't seem very far along and Lovis does not seem like the most trustworthy guy. Also it's Ygerna, not Talana who tells you to seek out Lovis. But I'm tired of trying to guess who was in line with Ygerna at this point!
Thanks for taking the time to read my spiel and reply anyway Raze. For some reason my friends play Skyrim and Dragon Age but won't give this a chance so I've no one to discuss it with! While I enjoy them all I found this the most enjoyable though the story confused me. From my googling and reading of these forums I do not seem to be the only one.
