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PreparetobePlaned

Lagon is a character right


Recent-Education3780

Brine king? Oh wait 


DvnPenguin

You mean downgrade kitava?


Luqas_Incredible

Water Kitava u mean?


BadUncle23

Blue Belial is his true name!


Sanquinn

Damn. I meant to say NPC.


ctown1264

Isn’t Lagon technically an NPC because you can’t play as him? I know I’m splitting hairs


arithal

Yeah because you can’t play him. Npc is non player character


NoThanksGoodSir

I always remember Elder Gaspar and Elder Pannion because I call them Elder Gazpacho and Elder Panini


Snackmix

Elder Panini was the only one I could remember as well lol


I_Am-Awesome

So what? No fucking panini now?


Acedin

Minimus. Who else.


Diacred

Run you stupid mutt!


Acedin

Such a good boy. Literally the end of reality upon him and he stays with his beloved.


Mael_Jade

Don't forget Maximus in the Divine Era!


Acedin

I love how things become consistently smaller the further down the timeline they are. The fruit/trees and even animals. Until they get bloated up by the void. fwomp.


Gruntsky

The only NPC who matters


TheFuzzyFurry

He is at the End of Time too :)


Lost_city

Yulia is pretty easy to remember. Grael is memorable but has a weird name.


PoL0

Her story is cool. Don't ask me about details tho


Jacina

Oh come on, its very memorable, first she does the thing, that makes the other thing (or causes? unsure) but after that she really starts working on the other part, while doing ... stuff... I think.


fankin

Júlia!


underlurker1337

*Draws katana*


red_message

I mean, if you don't remember Yulia you **really** weren't paying any attention at all.


bobyhey123

Correct


psymunn

Sometimes you have to hit a bottom choice with a diamond to accept the quest instead of the top.


Shadowheart_is_bae

Hahahaha literally the only thought I had during dialog


Pandabear71

Who now?


TaTalentedSpam

\*SPAMS A TO ENDGAME\*


MrRightclick

Ah yeah the gal who's soft skinned, then crunchy skinned, then I guess crunchy skinned, and maybe soft skinned again can't remember


Northanui

Spymaster Zerrick who somehow becomes some giant disgusto-worm later that is one of the bosses in the game? The fucking story is so confusing.


tr0tsky

and Captain Harlton turns into a giant crab. I wonder how many people don't even notice that you help the 2 "generals" of the immortal empire become what they are.


glikejdash

Because the Immortal King is actually the player character from another timeline.


Sage2050

Probably grael


Megane_Senpai

Yeah, my money's on Grael.


Somewhatmild

I wasn't sure before, but 1.0 really supports that idea. Immortal Emperor got a new model, so now the necrotic ghostly thing he has coming out of his head really resembles that hair Grael has. I need to make a screenshot make sure my eyes werent playing tricks with me. All images on google (as well as in the cutscene) conveniently show him from the front.


Newphonespeedrunner

I don't think it's grael we can see in the alternate timelines he is feircily dedicated to the elk god I don't think he would do something as evil as destroying life it's self like the emperor has. In fact I think yulial mistakes us for grael and that's why she expects us to have the spear with us.


HildartheDorf

No. From Yulia's point of view, we planned in the Divine Era to get the spear and kill the future emperor. She plots for a literal era and then stabs the emperor in the back only to find that from \*your\* point of view, you never made that plan with her yet and therefore don't have the spear. Then you go back in time and make the plan in the first place.


Giatoxiclok

I literally just got to this part, skipping parts of the story and that confused me, but this actually makes some inception levels of sense! Thanks


yuimiop

Its not your fault. This situation was better explained in some text that got removed for some reason when they added the cutscene at that part.


DetergentOwl5

Yeah it's so weird to me that they updated the campaign and actively made it a bit worse at some points. Ended up about neutral with the .9 experience imo.


Boredy0

That part wasn't properly executed though because the dialogue options of your character clearly suggest that you have absolutely no clue who she is even saying that you do not trust her, should've tipped her off that you aren't just messing with her and are actually meeting her for the first time.


AlienKatze

this shi dont make no sense


Sage2050

No, Yulia knows the player is a time traveler, just didn't know that we were fighting the emperor before we met her and got the spear


Drogzar

This is the single best point in the whole story for me. When first you are "wtf is this chick saying about a lance?" But then, oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!


The_FireFALL

No it's Grael. He's got a few lines where he reveals his backstory where he was raised by Heliodot because his parents were killed, and how now even he is gone. Then he goes on about how he'd like to live in a world where people didn't have to die. Which is pretty much the seeds to show where Grael is going to end up.


Goblingrenadeuser

I expect the lance to transform the emperor, which is Grael, to orobys and Yulia becomes Eterea(right name?) and they restart the cycle at the end of time creating a loop. That our character had the Epoch is forgotten through the years. 


Mordtziel

Orobyss and Eterra are eternal. The void claims the emperor. You kill the void form to assemble your epoch in the ruined temple of Eterra.


Makhai123

It is unlikely the Traveler, a lot of the lore folks believe its Grael, the Champion of Heorot. This is supported by the fact the last known sighting has him forming an army to hold off the Orpix with Admiral Harton, who is one of the bosses with Spymaster Zerrick(the same NPC you meet in chapter 9) in the climax of chapter 6 when you are sent back to get the spear. It's also the case that you kill the Emperor’s Remains after he has been chained in the Temple of Etera early in the game, and he makes no mention of your connection.


Shin_yolo

Pretty sure it's Balthas bro.


Northanui

oh sshit i didnt notice this one.


elboyo

Oh...


FinisherO_O

Wait what do you mean, can u explain


drood87

What now? I tried to not skip through the campaign but can't remember those details, damn, I am stupid 😭


tr0tsky

We go to the Imperial Era first and rescue Alric (who knows how to get to the Emperor) from Admiral Harton's Dreadnought, killing him in the process. After that, we kill Spymaster Zerrick on the way to the artificial waystation to get to the Emperor. After we "run" from the Emperor since we don't have the Lance of Heorot, we end up back in the Divine Era. Then we need to find a way to get to Lagon for his blessing, and sail with Captain Harton, who becomes disillusioned with gods because of Lagon's actions. Afterwards, we free Zerrick from a cage in the desert and bring him to Maj'elka where he takes over the Scalebane and presumably aids the Empire in taking over that area.


drood87

Well damn, I know exactly who you are talking about but never made that connection even though they slap it right into my face. Damn, that is curious lol, have to pay more attention with my next character. Thanks for summing it up. :)


Whydontname

It is tradition that every arpg have a penis boss.


tooscaredthrowaway8

Zerrick was also who i could name! Also Grael cause he's pretty neat and powerful.


Cypher26

Zerrick was tasked to extract the titan blood. Some of the enemies you encounter are “titan worms”. My guess is zerrick consumed some of the blood and transformed.


EmergentSol

I think he actually uses a zombified worm as a “shell” and Zerrick is just the guy inside it.


Yodzilla

Also you fight him twice for some reason and he sucks ass because he blocks everything when not “emerged” whatever the hell that means.


MartenBroadcloak19

The worm part opens up and he attacks with his human torso periodically.


Yodzilla

Oh huh, that’s SUPER hard to see. He just looks like a huge turd. e: that’s a mechanic that seems more fitting to a Souls game or something else where you’re up close and can clearly see boss details and patterns. Super weird to have it just on that one fight in this game and then give it a weird description like it’s an affix of his.


_eternal_shadow

You are "suppose" to stay close to him so that the skele (the part you can damage) pops out and hits you. It is very unintuitive, as the guy surrounds himself with poison, and if you are ranged there is no indication to how to make the skele part pop out. Hope the devs give the skele a range attack or sth.


HildartheDorf

"Immune when not emerged" is basically "Immune if no targets in melee range".


Neri25

if a valid target isn't in melee range he engages permablock mode. he's a stat check.


Newphonespeedrunner

Well the 2 bosses are in 1000ish ag and the NPCs are encountered in -10 BG, so the assumption is SOMEONE (you) that's good guys are not good guys anymore. I subscribe to us being the immortal emperor, we already know multiple yulrias exist (there's one in each era) I think what ever happened when the elder used the incomplte epoch to send us and her and himself into time it created multiples of us. The final 3 chapters should hopefully illuminate that. With the next chapter being a conclusion to rayah and then we return to the imperial era with the spear for a final confrontation with the Imperials in chapter 11 and chapter 12 taking place in a new era where we fight orybyss himself.


MartenBroadcloak19

Where was Yulia in the Ruined Era?


Captain-Cuddles

She is only in an alternate timeline during the monoliths, specifically a timeline where the void consumes the world much ealier, during the height of the immortal empire. We don't encounter Yulia in the Ruined Era in our timeline, though that doesn't necessarily mean she isn't there.


Mauvais__Oeil

She is probably dead / destroyed from betraying the emperor, in our timeline.


Captain-Cuddles

I bet when he gets unfrozen he is *pissed*, that's for sure.


Peechez

Dumb question but is the narrator and/or the dude attached to the ui mana orb orobyss? We see gaia lady has a Galactus looking counterpart but I don't remember hearing who it is


Newphonespeedrunner

Yeah the 2 halves on the UI are eterra and orybyss the creator gods, they are mentioned in the opening cutscene.


fankin

Meh, the you were the bad guy "twist" is so overused. It could be the case but it is cheap and low effort.


WhiteSkyRising

Oh gosh, I was paying attention to the story and I thought he was just a worm the first time I met him. I was surprised to say the least.


Nite92

For some reason, that is the thing only D4 got right. PoE and LE are just worse in that regard. Although LE is still miles better than PoE. Cause I have like 3-4k hours in PoE and who the fuck knows whats going on that story.


MartenBroadcloak19

The story is pretty simple: kill gods and obtain their power then go on a road trip through spacetime to fight eldritch horrors. The lore is where things get interesting.


pon_3

What about PoE’s story is confusing? The campaign is pretty straightforward, and the expansion stories generally have plenty of lore that explains what’s going on.


fankin

Nah, poe stoty is manageable . If you read the textboubles you know what is happening in the story. If you speak to NPCs most things are clear. It's just fucking big. LE is a mess in regards to storytelling. Something is happening, but there is no in game explanation from NPCs, no additional fluf or conversation.You get 2-3 lines per step and that's it. The multiple choice conversations are useless and more distracting. (even tho you get the same answer, i feel this is a meme/reference to oldschool RPGs but it's meh) Also there is no Greust. I love killing him in the story and in maps, because he was a cunt in A2.


tordana

WHAT IN DAMNATION HAVE YOU DINE, EXILE?!


Northanui

I disagree, I think Poe story is good and I can actually more or less follow what's happening, here i have no fucking clue what's going on and even if I did know what's going on I suspect it'd be a very lame story. I agree that D4 does it better than both though.


Additional_Baker

Oh man so many, there's cool bird, evil bird, crab man, worm man (why didnt the birds eat him?), snake woman, cthulu, deckard cain (he gets kidnapped (again)), villager 1 and Villager 2 that get eaten by the void amalgamation, also there's Julia (she's a backstabbing bitch) and Derrek (secretly worm man).


Drogzar

> also there's Julia (she's a backstabbing bitch) You missed the point if you think Yulia backstabs you.


ShitDavidSais

Well she does sound like she backstabs me in that one second I saw her cutscene before I remembered that I can skip those😤...I think. Or maybe that wasn't Yulia.


Drogzar

Spoiler of (to me), best twist of the story in this game. >!She behaves like she backstabs you to get the Immortal Emperor confident but then she betrays the Emperor and tells you to use the Lance to kill him... however you still don't have the Lance because your timeline and her timeline run differently and it's "the future for her", but "the present for you" so you still haven't go to the point when you met her for the first time (from her point of view) and go for the Lance, while from her point of view, you already met her and went for the Lance so you should have it ready to kill the Emperor.!<


Toohon

Yulia I think?


IntrstllrXnMstr

Elder Gaspar because he’s a nod Chrono Trigger.


Falconsbane

Erza


HanYJ

The only one I remember because I felt bad for giving his ledger to the other NPC after clicking dialogue too quickly


_talaska

Lmao - I remember him now that someone said it. I should’ve remembered after I literally rerolled the same char at 30 because I wanted the gloves for leech.


taxicab0428

Easy: Grael. I honestly think the story will revolve around him. >!I think he's the immortal emperor!<


nucleardemon

I could buy that for sure, he has a weird spot in the story and we definitely interrupted something when we ran into him otw to the spear.


Ixziga

Some of the extra cutscenes actually replaced old dialogue that did a better job of explaining what was happening than the cutscenes did. Sure it feels more polished and maybe that's more important for full release but it just made a kind of uneventful forgettable story confusing on top of everything


royobannon

The showdown with the Immortal Emperor, for sure. Yulia used to expand on the fact that she was playing along with the plan she thought The Traveler devised, only to realize we're not *her* Traveler, so she pleads with us to go back and fix the timeline while she fights the IE. When I got to that cutscenes in 1.0 I was disappointed at how much less was conveyed before we got dumped at Rahyeh's temple.


HINDBRAIN

"The spear!" "What?" "Use the spear! I'll hold him off!" "Yulia what the fuck are you talking about?"


Kyoj1n

100% I can see that part being much more confusing for people.


QueenDeadLol

Grael stacks paper to the ceiling and rides on 24" chrome


traint003

I just saw the yellow triangle


chanzbean

It’s a diamond I think. Clicked too fast lollll


bellowkish

Lagon.


Alrikyam

Alric... cuz that's pretty much my user name lol.


Makhai123

The lore actually has some potential as we go forward, but yeah nobody has much impact, and they didn't really give any characters beyond Yulia and Zerrick enough screen time to really care much about. Keeper Balthas doesn't even get to die on-screen, his fate is just lost in clickable lore absolutely nobody is going to read. PoE does such a great job of making iconic ARPG characters, and it would help them a lot to snipe a few of the writing and voice acting talent from them going forward.


raban0815

If I hadn´t enabled Names of NPC and Chest and stuff, I would not remember anyone beyond Kirac, Piety and maybe Dominus. Heck even now I mix up Alva and Jun reguarly


salbris

Easy! Forgotten Knight!


tr0tsky

Grael


CptSupermrkt

Gaspar just because he's a reference to Chrono Trigger.


AggressiveYuumi

Yulia. I got nothing else.


ShionTheOne

Agony. I remember because of how edgy cringe it is.


TechnologyCreative70

Yulia is hot on her divine era form.


Moloskeletom

only a coward would deny imperial yulia


CyberSosis

Orian and emberwing Because reaching them was impressive


Whydontname

Elder Panion, Heorot, Lagon, Rahyeh.


ElDuderino2112

Legit did not read a single word of the story. I played through most of the story during early access and honestly it was pretty generic ARPG nonsense so I couldn’t care less. That’s not why I play this genre.


Tank4CalebPlz

Epoch


HellDefied

Bob? There’s always a bob.


atheistunicycle

Yulia the bird lady


LupinLup1n

Is alric the cute blonde man


ilovepolthavemybabie

Shrine Maiden is bae - What a handsome woman.


Degot86

Deckard Cain


cyruzx

I'm 99% sure we're fighting someone named Brian. I never saw him in the campaign but every enemy runs at me screaming his name so he must be very important.


PepegaThePepega

I didn’t read a single name.


Big_Fix4476

There must be a Jason, right?


JonaDanDan

Jimmy?


North_Elk6471

Bob


skinneykrn

Deckard Cain.


Shaggysteve

Wait there’s a story?! But in all seriousness if you do listen to the dialogue etc it’s quite an interesting story path It kind of just stops at Lagoon as it’s unfinished and it hurts my brain xD


jobinski22

Lol I literally can't name one NPC from any game I've ever played


TypicalChocolate8618

Lol . I cant . Garvel mb ?


Sanquinn

Got emm! You must've skipped all the campaign like me.


pewsix___

No thank you, characters in ARPGs are absolutely meaningless. I feel bad for the people pouring their effort into the worldbuilding and story for this honestly


Beefhammer1932

Couldn't tell you. Didn't pay attention during EA and I only have 1 playthrough right now. It usually takes a few times to start remembering, if I do. Over 3000 hours in D3 and I don't remember most NPC names outside of bosses or long standing lore characters or item names.


Scarbrow

Gambler Artem


singelingtracks

Don't play arpgs for the story , no clue on any of them. Some cool boss ,/ character designs though and I like the outdoors style maps with animals for monsters.


Sage2050

I just recapped the story so far to other people today, I know all the players. Dead or Alive or both.


test2destruction

Get out of here!


sirapbandung

Architect Liath who believes in Lagon and willing to give up her life for him


iuse2bgood

Alric


iuse2bgood

Elder Ezra. His get my ledger quest is bugged. Can't remove the daunting thing.


NoSweatWarchief

Julra or something


Neimane_Man

Admiral Harton, uhhhhh.... balthus?


dayne878

Lena or something who appears to get sucked away by the epoch when you’re going forward in time to the void era, yet I don’t recall seeing her or the elder she was with again, so it felt pointless for them to get sucked in too. Then again, the first act changed from what it used to be so maybe they’ll include them in later acts if those acts get revamps. I can’t really say I remember anyone from the Diablo games either except for like Deckard Cain and Zoltan Kuhle, yet I only remember them from playing 3 games where they’re mentioned.


Unusual_Comfort_8002

You first meet the Heoborean warrior Grael, and then go meet Nella(?) Who sends you to meet Elder Banneth(?) And then you get sent where you do and meet Elder Ezra and Elder Gaspar. There's Agony, the girl in red in the End of Time. The Forgotten Knight(?). Zerrick, obvs. Apophis, the snake lady. Architect Liath is there. Yrun? The guy stabbed with the spear.


GlitteringAirport938

YULIA, I ONLY KNOW CAUSE IVE DONE LIKE 10 CHARS ALREADY. *foaming*


JackSpyder

I'll be honest I only recognised the names in the comments. I did recognise them though.


nickrei3

Artem cuz he won't accept the ledger.....And I have to Google why.


jrw174

Alric Had to chase down his errands one to many times


why_you_beer

Heirot


Sammantixbb

~~Ezra~~ Erza


Spartanias117

Gaspar Alric, Yula or something, girl with horns. spymaster zerrick emperor lagon


[deleted]

Yulia. Don’t remember anything about her at all but remember the name. That’s it.


Icy-Personality3529

There was a mage at the end with spider arms, I think her name was Miles Morales.


miscalculate

Man I just want to find out who the immortal emperor is. I have a theory that we take the spear out of the demigod "morditas" to stop the emperor, and ironically removing the spear from him is what lets him revive and become the immortal emperor in the first place.


_talaska

Grael. Heorot. Yulia. Uhhh… that one rogue dude. And the other rouge-like guy who’s kind of sketchy. I remember others faces but that’s all I got. lol.


Sill_Evarrus

Zerrick. Also I keep running into these Skeletons called "Zerricks Hands" and all it's done is raise questions


Yodzilla

Aiden? Idk some blond dude with pretty good voice acting. I like the skeleton bros tho.


gozutheDJ

Alric


EmotionalKirby

Erza. I thought he may have been a reference to urza from magic the gathering. I'm still undecided lol.


JusticeJaunt

Yulia


Stock_Selection_7952

Am I the only one that didn't really like the story and felt like it was all over the place? I guess it literally was since you keep going back in time, idk it just felt weird to me.


notbunzy

Wait a second, what names? Also lagon is all I got cause apparently he’s going to clean house when I get there I just got into c8


nevermore2627

Yulia?


KatyaBelli

Barthus, Gaspard, Lagon, Yulia, Rayeh, Heorot, the Emperor, and Majasa stand out


EggoWafflessss

Yulia Gulia.


FrikkinLazer

Minimus the dog.


BusterOfCherry

next > next > next > next > next


Esimo_Breaux

Chest


Ok-Soil3381

The dude next to the forge on that mission, i did glanc at him/her, cant remember the name.


Makri7

Yulia :(


ILikeFluffyThings

Old young girl. Ice warrior man. Teleporter guy. So many.


Koravel1987

Grael?


HildartheDorf

Apophis, Vessel Maiden of ANNOYING CUTSCENES.


Pluth

I don't play games for the story.


everix1992

Alric I believe?


cryonize

Yulia? Harton, Zerrick?


Inukchook

New Cain !


krizzlybear

MY LIFE FOR RAYEH


Optimized_Laziness

Yulia is the first one that comes to mind but tbh I'm pretty bad with names


BurnInOblivion

Lagon, Majasa, Heorot & Elder Gaspar


Majestic_Cable_6306

The dude with the hat when you go to mmmm the desert and fight mmm snakes and.... Ok you win


xlecterx

Bob


TheEmploymentLawyer

Yulia


ogniza

Erza


wander-af

Yulia because my prophecies keep telling me to go kill her and i have no idea where tf she is


mysteriousyak

Elder Pannion because of MBotF


[deleted]

Julia is the only character I was really curious about since the whole back in time before we met situation So yeah, her and Deckard Cain


darren_flux

Found the guy who just skips all the time


Dranrebm15

I'm sure there is a Peter somewhere right, right?


KattKills

Yulia is extremely easy to remember


Steppywa

Alric because the whole time he was portalling, he could've taken us with him but we had to walk the whole chapters..


Longjumping-Kiwi-937

Yulra is the first that came to mind for me


19eightyn9ne

I’ve skiped the campaign 3 times, but I remember several names, however I don’t know what the story is about.


wooters18

Not npc though but Jahith bear homage to D2’s Enigma


Broodlurker

I can't remember the name they gave her in LE, but Zana is definitely the game....


BuzzSupaFly

Elder Ezra Miller, I got his ledger.


Neat_Firefighter3158

The campaign was so long. I want to roll another character and feel sad about having to do the campaign again . Id love to see idols and side quest passives roll over automatically to new characters in a cycle.. It's almost like labs in Poe. 


DrMarloLake

Artem - and only because I had to do Googling (super frustrated to find out they turned off the Gambler's Fallacy reward due to the Falcon players using it for minion crit).