Does anyone know if the play with the three wizards who betray one another has some meaning elsewhere in the game.
This is something I've thought about also.
One thing that stood out to me was the idea that the characters in that story felt like my companions. One pale, for instance, with sharp teeth. Obviously made me think of Astarion. But I don't recall the wording exactly. It's something I'll have to go back and look at.
I really wish the texts of these books in the game were available somewhere online. I hate having to load the game and go somewhere to read the book. Especially having to go to the Arcane Tower. There's no close waypoint for that location, and I hate having to make that side jump from Selune's Temple.
Side note. 1492 is current date. 1481 is 11 years, almost twelve, earlier. Why say, "about 10 years ago?" Why not "almost twelve?"
Sure.
I just like having a rough idea, in general. Something to ballpark, and I don't mind playing a little loose with the date until there's a need for more precision.
But if it matters, I'll try to say 12 instead of 10.
Serious question:
Where did you find any connection between Mage Tower and Tadpole, or Illithids? O_o
It's a good question.
The best answer I have for you is that this is the way stories tend to work. There's connective tissue built throughout. Within mysteries, one searches for clues here and there, looking feverishly for what will one day feel obvious in hindsight.
Sure, these things could be completely unrelated. But I don't think it's a big leap to say that groundbreaking research into an anti-magical flower might have some connection to a stasis field that's impacting the main characters in a story, especially when all of these events are so provincially linked.
