Watching the intro, I'm sure we all notice a lot of in game locations. It gives us a lot of information that after playing through even half the areas, you get a better appreciation for what it says and DOESN'T say. I realize this is probably discussed before and I don't claim to have found anything new.
Now I am mostly analyzing the intro more than anything but to be safe anything in game I am going to enclose in spoiler tags just for the heck of it.
It tells about several beings and things, and while it does talk about them, there is a lot not said. As a quick example, [non-canon, not in game or even speculated by anyone] It doesn't say the Pygmy is the first-born son of Gwyn. Which may or may not be true, and is just an example non-relevant possibilities that could be true but is not stated. IT IS A SILLY EXAMPLE TO DEMONSTRATE MY POINT.
A spoil-y example would be
Anyway, it's pretty clear [from the intro even] that the Gods were at best simply powerful beings that used "the flame" to become Gods. [However you want to word that, or define any of those terms.] Think of the Morrowind canon on the Tribunal to see the sort of angle I am taking here.
They both have an orthodox 'church', a truth that leads to what is considered heresy [spoily example above], etc. And from my person opinion, were likely HUMANS before becoming at all powerful. For example the intro does NOT mention the battle using epic powers until AFTER saying they discovered the flame. It does show them in some stature but definitely nothing that is canon-impossible for your character to achieve within the limits of possibilities. That is, until after they find the flame.
Now I am mostly analyzing the intro more than anything but to be safe anything in game I am going to enclose in spoiler tags just for the heck of it.
It tells about several beings and things, and while it does talk about them, there is a lot not said. As a quick example, [non-canon, not in game or even speculated by anyone] It doesn't say the Pygmy is the first-born son of Gwyn. Which may or may not be true, and is just an example non-relevant possibilities that could be true but is not stated. IT IS A SILLY EXAMPLE TO DEMONSTRATE MY POINT.
A spoil-y example would be
- Spoiler:
- That Anor Londo is really dark and the sun is an illusion there.. it doesn't say that in the intro but that is a fact.
Anyway, it's pretty clear [from the intro even] that the Gods were at best simply powerful beings that used "the flame" to become Gods. [However you want to word that, or define any of those terms.] Think of the Morrowind canon on the Tribunal to see the sort of angle I am taking here.
They both have an orthodox 'church', a truth that leads to what is considered heresy [spoily example above], etc. And from my person opinion, were likely HUMANS before becoming at all powerful. For example the intro does NOT mention the battle using epic powers until AFTER saying they discovered the flame. It does show them in some stature but definitely nothing that is canon-impossible for your character to achieve within the limits of possibilities. That is, until after they find the flame.
- Spoiler:
- Plus why would they want so badly to extend the age of fire? If they were gods in their own right they would not need such a thing.
The Dark Lord ending really highlights this even more somehow. Kaathe calls it the age of humanity. No more gods, right? Also, in Deus-Ex game style, everybody has an angle and if Kaathe calls it the age of humanity it's because with the flame extinguished there are no Gods to challenge them.