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Nicolas Samuel wrote:

Hey everyone!

As Johannes already pointed out (I think), we'd rather not give a detailed explanation of who they are, since that sort of kills off all the fun in theorizing about them. As for the Veiled Woman, I've thought about adding a new mission in the DLC (If we should have the time and resources to do it) that sheds some more light on her origins. As for the Aged Man, I personally thought that there were enough clues throughout the game (particularly in the manor) that explain his role in the Cycle, but then again, I'm the guy who wrote it, so I'm obviously not a good judge. All I can (and want) to say is: Read the letter, and talk to the woman in the water. Then take a look at how the main quest unfolds. There was a user in the German forums who got fairly close to what I had in mind when I wrote him.

MyLongestJourney wrote:

Edit.OMG is the Aged Man Tel'Imaltath the first shadow God?

Makesin wrote:

MyLongestJourney wrote:

Edit.OMG is the Aged Man Tel'Imaltath the first shadow God?

Okay, I'll only say one word. One word only. What?

Just how did you come to that conclusion?

In these twilight worlds, the creators of their elements sent corresponding creatures to guard and keep the threads of destiny and of the world.
As legend goes, the creatures of light were called Eliath and reveal themselves to the humans in the temple of the creators, whereas the creatures of darkness remain in hiding; hardly any human eye set sight upon them. It is believed they exist in the depths of the oceans. According to legend, these creatures formed the land when the world was young and then left it to take care of itself.
Neither the Eliath nor the creators seemed to intervene directly in the happenings in the world. It seems as if they are spectators of a theatre play they wrote themselves where the plot was not entirely determined, but the general outline of predestinations were fixed. They supplied the framework and then watched to see how the figures acted withing that framework.
The only entity that intervened in the worldly happenings were the Gods. However, the world is older than them, and they too can only move within the given framework.
As it seems, the Eliath had the power of changing the framework when errors came up in it, however they could not create a whole new one. The threads of prophecies build a pattern, a kind of material, and when there are holes in the material the Eliath seal them again.

The primeval energy of darkness also unearthed such creatures, though. I could never find a name for them; historians seemed to refuse to give names to these beings. Perhaps their task is different to that of the Eliath. I am surrounded by speculation, but my theory is that they push the plot of the theatre play onwards, not tolerating idleness and making sure that something is always happening.
They sow seeds of hatred and disharmony into the heads of the people, set them up against each other and initiate wars so that the world remains forever changing but still moving within the given framework, for the Eliath watch over its adherence.