I finally, finally had time to sit down and enjoy the prologue yesterday and ahh ;-; It's lovely and completely surpassed my expectations! Honestly when I saw it was a "prologue", I expected it to be a couple of minutes long with maybe one vague mysterious scene - but it's wonderfully fleshed out, with beautiful animations, beautiful details and multiple scenes that won my heart!
To anyone who might be holding back because it might be short, I promise it's not at all and extremely extremely satisfying. It's great meeting all the characters again! :D
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First off, I think the writing is immaculate! I find Thyia's interactions with her child to be adorable - especially where Kayda asks for a cookie and how Thyia keeps it in mind and asks Sapphire if she has any for her child? The little detail was so sweet I broke into a smile >w< I also really adore that you can give her a nickname - I called her Kokoro because she's my heart :D I originally romanced Raelan in Oathbreaker, so I imported those details into season II. The fact that he noticed the little details about Thyia's seat in the throne room, how it always made noise and how she'd swing up one leg: that felt so realistic and means so so much to me - to see him truly miss her and the little things she did.
And Theoren! I admit I'm a little rusty with the lore and couldn't remember what a Champion was - and how they compared to Warlocks? But I adore him and his bluntness? and how he could match everything that Thyia threw at him. Throughout the story I always felt like he and Thyia had some chemistry going on, so I'm happy to know he's offered as a route OvO! The way he treats Kayda too is just really nice. And I hope I can see more of his familiar!
One last comment, mostly about Virion, that scene where Thyia senses him and her first instinct is to run away, only to be TACKLED to the ground by a super angry and emotional elf - wow, it felt so in character and told me a lot about their dynamic :') His words to finding her were so powerful, first in half in disbelief, then anger at her death and the fact that some might be dishonoring her - it was like I could feel the waves of pain and hurt that were radiating off of him. I went back to see if his reaction would've changed if Thyia had romanced him, and gosh ;-; it just it just swept me away, especially where he says - I don't care what you are, just please don't leave me again 0: I wanted to bawl too - and and his reaction to meeting his child - How dare you say that this isn't mine >:< - is just - really great xD And then he pouts?
Super looking forward to chapter 1, thank you for your hard work on the game! :D