Let's get a speculation thread going on here.
Assuming Larian is being smart about this game, the title, "Original Sin," has some meaning with regard to the setting and characters and narrative of the game. But what might that meaning be?
"Original Sin" is a very loaded term. In the Abrahamic mytholigies, the term "original sin" refers to the temerity of Eve when she, after being influnced by the Serpent, consumed the fruit of the tree of knowledge (of good and evil). Attaining this knowledge went against the will of God, and resulted in the banishment of mankind from the garden of Eden.
This is an interesting starting point, because (in the Abrahamic context) the original sin wasn't something inherently immoral or unethical--Eve's "sin" was losing her innocence, or rather, her ignorance. The "sin" was the sin of learning. And through that process of learning, the "home" was lost. (It can very much be read as an allegory for transitioning from childhood to adulthood). So there's a great deal of potential weight with regard to the world of Rivellon (the setting for the Divinity games, in case you've forgotten).
[Of course, to me, the term "original sin" makes me think of the "first evil," which--again, in Abrahamic mythology--was the first murder (Isaac and Ishmael)].
What do you think "Original Sin" might mean in the context of Divinity's lore?
In very general terms, I think that the "knowledge of source magic" may very well be the analog to "knowledge of good and evil." But it's not a sin unless it's forbidden by God... and in Divinity, there are no Gods... they disappeared/died in their war against chaos. And it's also not a proper analog unless there's a "lost Eden" in Rivellon.
So... what if the knowledge of source magic is the "sin" that leads to Rivellon being banished from the "grace" of the Gods--in other words, what if the players' actions in bringing source magic back into the world directly contribute to the gods of order dying/leaving, and thus necessitating the concept of making mortals into gods--i.e. The Divine Ones?
What do you think the "Original Sin" might entail?
