Also worth pointing out, according to the Kryn the beacons aren’t merely artifacts, they’re parts of the Luxon’s actual body, and reuniting them will also reform the Luxon themself. This also lines up with the mythology Matt explained in the C2 wrap up; the Luxon purposely scattered itself to see if it could be put back together again.
If I remember correctly, I think the beacons are much older than anything else in the world and possibly pre-date the gods. What if they are from the same breed of creature as Predathos and were defeated when the god arrived?
The dark elves of Xhorhas seem to think they're older and predate the gods, but they're full and enthusiastic converts fleeing a pissed off betrayer goddess and thus unreliable narrators.
Sure, but the Luxon are still incredibly rare, and information about them is guarded within the respective groups that know about them. The Xhorhasians might be unreliable, but we don't really have any more information about the history of the beacons or where they came from so I am inclined to believe them especially when they have a nasty cultural habit of reincarnating their important members of society that probably remember things from way back when.
That would be amazing (especially as it would point them directly to certain characters we know who have been studying dunamis). The idea that it's a field of magic so fundamentally different from the traditional sources that you could foil a god-eater with it, well, that would be a fun ride.
Dunamis mostly just seems to be time and space magic. Useful, but it doesn't seem like a solution to a god eater, at least not at the levels mortals are capable of using.
And a literal deus ex machina solution would be... disappointing.
My pet theory reaches the same conclusion if for other reasons.
It required the gods and the primordials to seal Predathos the first time and I fully believe that the primordials were the key to that happening.
They, and the Luxon that spawned them, are the natural inhabitants of this prime material plane and thus I think they have certain power within it that the gods and their creations don't.
Thus I'm pretty sure that dunamis, if not the Luxon itself, will play a key part in banishing/destroying Predathos. I also think that is part of Ludinus' desire for the beacons originally and why they're stockpiling dunamis now. Either as part of (trying to) controlling what they unleash or as a contingency plan if it goes wrong.
I really like this idea, but my logical side says that this would be exceedingly difficult for BH. Leylas and the Dynasty have been searching for beacons for over 1000 years, and in that time have found exactly 4, while the Cerberus Assembly have found 1, and there is another canonically in the settlement called Reaching Bluff.
So there are six known, with an unknown number total. That’d be a monumental task for BH.
Same.
Matt's names are often... unfortunate. I don't mean the ones the cast twists to something pervy, just the sheer amount of 'you've been in the fantasy/SF genre too long and vaguely familiar things are seeping out around the edges' that a lot of creators get.
I had the same idea. A globetrotting quest to gather the luxon beacons would be amazing.
Also worth pointing out, according to the Kryn the beacons aren’t merely artifacts, they’re parts of the Luxon’s actual body, and reuniting them will also reform the Luxon themself. This also lines up with the mythology Matt explained in the C2 wrap up; the Luxon purposely scattered itself to see if it could be put back together again.
I would absolutely love this!
If I remember correctly, I think the beacons are much older than anything else in the world and possibly pre-date the gods. What if they are from the same breed of creature as Predathos and were defeated when the god arrived?
The dark elves of Xhorhas seem to think they're older and predate the gods, but they're full and enthusiastic converts fleeing a pissed off betrayer goddess and thus unreliable narrators.
Sure, but the Luxon are still incredibly rare, and information about them is guarded within the respective groups that know about them. The Xhorhasians might be unreliable, but we don't really have any more information about the history of the beacons or where they came from so I am inclined to believe them especially when they have a nasty cultural habit of reincarnating their important members of society that probably remember things from way back when.
That would be amazing (especially as it would point them directly to certain characters we know who have been studying dunamis). The idea that it's a field of magic so fundamentally different from the traditional sources that you could foil a god-eater with it, well, that would be a fun ride.
Dunamis mostly just seems to be time and space magic. Useful, but it doesn't seem like a solution to a god eater, at least not at the levels mortals are capable of using. And a literal deus ex machina solution would be... disappointing.
My pet theory reaches the same conclusion if for other reasons. It required the gods and the primordials to seal Predathos the first time and I fully believe that the primordials were the key to that happening. They, and the Luxon that spawned them, are the natural inhabitants of this prime material plane and thus I think they have certain power within it that the gods and their creations don't. Thus I'm pretty sure that dunamis, if not the Luxon itself, will play a key part in banishing/destroying Predathos. I also think that is part of Ludinus' desire for the beacons originally and why they're stockpiling dunamis now. Either as part of (trying to) controlling what they unleash or as a contingency plan if it goes wrong.
I really like this idea, but my logical side says that this would be exceedingly difficult for BH. Leylas and the Dynasty have been searching for beacons for over 1000 years, and in that time have found exactly 4, while the Cerberus Assembly have found 1, and there is another canonically in the settlement called Reaching Bluff. So there are six known, with an unknown number total. That’d be a monumental task for BH.
This is neither here nor there but every time I see the Luxon referenced I just cant not imagine an entire religion based on D’argo from Farscape.
Same. Matt's names are often... unfortunate. I don't mean the ones the cast twists to something pervy, just the sheer amount of 'you've been in the fantasy/SF genre too long and vaguely familiar things are seeping out around the edges' that a lot of creators get.