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Ahh, don't recall this having been mentioned in previous interviews:

[color:"orange"]The Divine One is unable to kill the Damned One as a baby, so the Divine One decides to bring-up and educated the child like his own son. He never teaches the child anything that had to do with might or power, and never telling him about he's origins or the abilities sleeping within him.[/color]

So the Divine One raised the baby, eh? Provided a good home, I trust... married the elf, maybe? So will nature or nurture prevail... the age-old question!

Now the only issue remaining from Divine Divinity is the matter of The Source... (will stay tuned.)

But then again was the nurturing good? One could view upon this from another perspective and ask this question: "If the child has not been educated in how to deal with it's heritage then what will happen if it finds out what its heritage is?". Did the Divine One fail and created the Damned One because of the wrong education? Or was the child just plain evil to begin with and would nothing have helped?

It begins to become interesting ...

will be interesting to see if the child meets up with our Riftrunner and Death Knight... and then has to face his heritage and make a choice that will determine the future of the Divinity Universe.

My guess is that it won't be decided in Beyond Divinity -- more like in Divinity 2.

Maybe in Divinity 2 you play as that child (then grown), and have to choose between good and evil. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Maybe you are said child?

hm what is in store for the Divinity Universe? more games!!

"Now the only issue remaining from Divine Divinity is the matter of The Source... (will stay tuned.) "

Yes, what is with the source. How can it be restored??

I think it's more the case of batteling the child.

But this brings the issue of the whole balancing the world back. Does evil magic create evil people just because it's evil.

I'd think that once the divine one turns grey and his power begins to weaken, demons will try to corrupt the dammed one. They couldn't do this before because the divine one's power was to strong. My guess they'll let a humen assasin kill the divine one when he is weak right before the dammed one's eyes. Anger over his slain father he unleashed his powers to kill the assasin.

[dramatic twist => see trough the eyes of the divine one how the dammed one fire a devistating blast towards the assasin]

divine one: no I have faile......d
[divine one dies]

the dammed one is search for vengance starts to develop his powers.

ofcourse in his quest for vengance the dammed one becomes corupted. His quest of vengence is steered by the black ring cult. When he realises what he has done it's to late.


well that's just my take. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" />

@Morbo: yes, I can see that happening... but if good can be corrupted, or, in this case, inherent evil can win out, why can't evil be "corrupted" (or at least: diluted) also?

Scenario: The child is now 21. Dad and Mom have gone off to visit her people at the elven village in the Dark Forest, and for the first time, their son has stayed behind. He has a party later that night. Although they usually live in Stormfist Castle, they were spending a few weeks at their cottage in the woods to the west of Glenborus.

The child is immersed in the journals of Coram Bloodclub. A demon appears, reveals to The Damned One his background and heritage, and tells him now is the time to step forth and follow his destiny.

Damned One: "Wow! Cool! What do I do?"
Demon: "You start by performing this ritual to bring down fire and pestilence and destroy Stormfist Castle."
Damned One: "Hey! Sounds like fun! .... uhh... now?"
Demon: "Yes. Now."
Damned One: "Uhh... will it take long? We're having a party tonight at the Dwarven Bread Inn... everyone will be there... Denizen is playing... Uncle Zandalor is doing fireworks out back..."
Demon: << impatient >> "It'll only take a couple of minutes. Just light the candles, chant the words, and the rest will take care of itself." << proffers a book of spells, open to page 666 >>
Damned One: "Ok, ok, gimme that book..." << starts the ritual >> << stops suddenly after only two syllables >>
Damned One: "Wait a minute... there are CATS in Stormfist. I'm not about to kill any cats... Arhu has always been my pal!"
Demon: "The cats have allied with the humans. They must be destroyed."
Damned One: "O just forget it!"

The demon, thoroughly disgusted, blasts himself back to the Underworld. The Damned One goes back to his book.

Damn straight! As far as good and evil are concerned, cats always come first. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kitty.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mage.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kitty.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/party.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/party.gif" alt="" /> yey yey arhu for president /king/emporer

So it's a love story that made the dammed one loose it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

What wast that quote again from yoda.
Love leads to anger, anger leads to ...

I like the Zapp version better: <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to anger... no wait... Fear leads to hate, hate leads to the dark side... hold on... Hate... no First you get the women, then you get the money, then you get... okay forget that


Ok it's the "I turn evil because my dad killed my girlfiend". Love It <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> . Can't we all relate to that.

So one day a hamster bought a bean and ate it with his shark friend good game see you -_-