Maybe the (totally not a DOS2 repeat) scene at the end of the intro where a mysterious force saves you from dying is supposed to imply the shadow magic being inserted into the tadpole?
I thusfar suspected Gale for being responsible for that, but I have no other reason to think that, besides; "A Wizard did it" - Oh, and tht he mentioned me lying somewhere, so he thought I was dead. He could of course mean, on the ship itself.
I have a suspicion Gale was never on the nautiloid.
Because Gale was an Act 2 character and they forgot to reflect this in his push to Act 1, lol.
Isn't it implied that the Absolute saves you? Maybe I'm reading the message wrong but you have 0 context otherwise and making up more outside agents just adds to the confustion.
