And that’s why I’m still really disappointed. Calia is just a gigantic “WHO IS THIS FOR?!” in the story.
And I really like Voss. I think she’s a perfect characterization of what a good aligned Forsaken should be. She uses black magic and dirty tactics. She has no problem using threats, that she can back up, of horrific violence to get her way. She seems to actually delight in murder and mayhem.
But she’s honors promises, never targets civilians, is quietly compassionate, is honest and actually bad at lying and seems to earnestly want to help people.
She’s not really styled as a leader yet. But I think SL would be the perfect spot for her to grow as a character.
We could have a reunion with her father in Revendreth and perhaps a new mom character in Bastion where we could go into her backstory more.
And seriously what’s her deal? It’s clear she was trained to be some weapon against the Forsaken but then somehow died and became the Crusade’s undoing. But how’d she die?
We see in the Priest Hall quests how the Scarlets deal with heretics. So my theory is she was growing too powerful for the Scarlet Crusade to control, and when she started questioning her beliefs either her father or someone else she trusted posioned her. And presumably the Cataclysm struck as they were going to burn the body, so it fell into the hands of the Forsaken and was moved into the Shadow Grave.
Many of the others you interact with in Deathknell know how they died. Ones still screaming because in his mind an Orc sunk an axe into his chest and now he’s here, with hands that aren’t his stiched on.
But Voss just seems extremely confused at why these undead aren’t attacking her, until you show her a mirror and she runs screaming into the woods.
So - there’s a lot of fertile ground for a backstory there and some reconciliation with her past. That could give her closure and sense of purpose to make her someone more comfortable with command.
Fertile ground that I worry will go unworked.
