Some Loose Ends That Went Unanswered In Avowed

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Some Loose Ends That Went Unanswered In Avowed



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Set in the same universe as the beloved Pillars of Eternity series, Avowed takes place three years after the events of Deadfire in a world that has changed greatly. Playing as possibly the last surviving godlike in Eora, the Envoy is sent to the Living Lands to stop the strange plague known as the Dreamscourge.

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Along the way, you discover that you’re the godlike of Sapadal, an unknown god of the Living Lands, set to either free or destroy her, depending on your choices. However, by the time the end of the game rolls around, there are still some questions that remain unanswered.

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Why Is The Envoy Not Born In The Living Lands?

As we follow the story, we learn that all the godlikes of Sapadal were born in the Living Lands. This makes sense, since during the time of the Ekida, Sapadal was the island’s patron god, and later, in Nandru’s time, Sapadal was chained and contained in the Garden.

However, our hero, the Envoy, was shown not to be born in the Living Lands but somewhere in the Aedyran Empire. It begs the question of why Sapadal chose to share her divine spark with someone based in another continent entirely, rather than just do as she did before with her godlikes.

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How Did Sapadal Come Into Being?

A screenshot of the ethereal silhouette of Sapadal.

If you’re really into the Pillars of Eternity series and its lore, then you’ll know that Sapadal is an oddity due to how she came into being. Compared to the 11 gods of Eora (such as Woedica or Ondra), Sapadal was a god born instead of made.

However, the game doesn’t answer how Sapadal, possibly the first instance of true divinity, was born, nor what triggered her materializing into existence. Sapadal did mention that she had no memory of how she was born and that she merely woke up one day, and the goddess’ birth was left deliberately vague.

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Why Did The Godlike Disappear?

Different characters created in Avowed's charatcer creator.

From the beginning of the story, it’s established that the godlike — a race that is already low in numbers — have vanished from the face of Eora. You’re assumed to be the last living godlike in the world, although this is false because of meeting Sargamis in the Dawntreader side quest.

Godlikes are basically emergency vessels of divine power for their respective patron gods, with Sargamis theorizing that the gods absorbed their godlikes due to what Eothas did in Deadfire. However, Sargamis admits it’s just a theory and has no idea what befell his kin.

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Is The Envoy Considered A Traitor Now?

Although our purpose for going to the Living Lands is to stop the spread of the Dreamscourge, we quickly become embroiled in politics and the fate of the island. Based on your choices, you could sympathize with the Living Lands’ inhabitants and choose to turn them into a unified Living Lands that does not belong to any empire.

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If you choose the Steel Garrote, kill Lödwyn, and take her place, you can also essentially rule the Living Lands as its king. In either case, it flies in the face of the Aedyran Empire’s interests and authority, since you’re a servant to the Emperor, and this surely paints the Envoy as a traitor to Aedyr. However, the game’s endings don’t seem to consider the consequences of both scenarios and if Aedyr will stage a violent reprisal.

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Are There More Godlikes Of Eothas Out There?

Sargamis with his construction behind him in Avowed.

As mentioned in a previous entry, the godlikes have disappeared, yet Sargamis has remained. Sargamis is a godlike of Eothas, the same god that wreaked havoc in Deadfire and caused thousands of casualties. However, by the end of Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, Eothas is assumed dead.

Since the gods may have absorbed their godlikes to replenish their powers, Sargamis was saved due to the possible fact that Eothas was dead. In that case, there could be a possibility that other godlikes of Eothas have survived as well, and could be in hiding somewhere. You could convince Sargamis to leave his harebrained scheme behind and devote whatever lifespan he has left to find other godlike, though there’s no confirmation if he found any.

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How Does The Dreamscourge Spread?

The Envoy aims their dagger at a Dreamthrall Bear in Avowed.

We understand that the Dreamscourge essentially turns the afflicted into zombies. Firstly, the infected will be slightly delirious, and this mental fog will continue until they lose all grasp of their reality. They will also have either fungal or floral growths on their heads and faces, turning into dreamthralls and attacking indiscriminately.

However, it isn’t clear how the Dreamscourge infects one person and spreads to another, and in fact, seems to target its victims randomly. It doesn’t seem to be airborne, nor does it transmit through touch, since some characters remain unaffected despite being around an infected person. Although we now know that Sapadal was responsible for the plague, the way it spreads remains a mystery.

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Is Sapadal More Powerful Than The Other Gods?

When delving into Sapadal’s days as the patron deity of the Ekida, we discover that after Woedica annihilated the Ekida, they proceeded to imprison Sapadal. But we know Woedica wanted to kill Sapadal, since that’s what she essentially commands you to do for the good of the world.

But if Woedica was able to kill Sapadal, then she already would have done so the first time she tried. The fact that she failed makes you wonder how much stronger Sapadal is and whether it could be because of the way Sapadal came into being that makes her so much harder to kill. Of course, if it were true, Woedica (or the other gods) would be the last ones to admit it.

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Could There Be More New Gods Like Sapadal?

An cutscene of Sapadal in Avowed.

The existence of Sapadal confirms that gods could be naturally occurring, rather than artificially made, like the gods Berath or Eothas. There’s a possibility that other gods similar to Sapadal could have been born in other parts of Eora and have not made themselves known as Sapadal did.

After all, Sapadal mentioned that she reached out to the other gods expecting a welcome, and that’s how they knew of her existence. If Sapadal hadn’t done that, perhaps the 11 gods wouldn’t have known (or would have eventually). It could be that other gods like Sapadal simply chose to remain hidden, or are newly born and discovering the world as she did, but we cannot know for sure.

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