A long one this time.
So apparently Hellgate and Dead River lead to the final location... So instead I went back to town.
Meru was waiting for me and his request to lead an expedition to Al-Akia, a ruin, long hidden in the desert. I took his men and went to the excavation site. The main guy apparently was too scared to go down there so I had to volunteer. I did offer up one of my guards, but they insisted I went.
So going down into the ruins, I saw a big facility, looking a lot like a Vault from the original Fallout to be honest. Exploring the vault I found several important things. There were more healing machines in there, like the one that improved my perception, but unfortunately, I could not use any of them... I also found a large ritual chamber, which looked like it could probably still work.
That was it, I explored and was supposed to report back. Going back outside, I noticed several Aurelian guards had killed all of the expedition's team members. So I decided to attack !
I killed all of them thanks to my nice armour and my almost full combat build.
I went back to town to report back to Meru, but instead saw the town in siege.
I thought it would be better lie low for now and I saw an opportunity when some men were entering a tunnel. I followed them in and saw them smuggling something into town. Part of the Thieves' Guild, I imagined. The moment they saw me, they attacked. They were no match for a Legatus of the Imperial Guard however and quickly succumbed to my superior tactics and strength.
Their leader saw me and offered a deal. If I kill some guards of Meru, he would show me a way back to town. So, I was quite happy to assist, as I don't particularly like Meru (with this character, I might make a pro-Meru character at some point). He then helped me get back to the city.
Meru didn't seem to care too much about Al-Akia as his city was under siege and asked me to parley for him with the Imperial Guard, offering them the title of Templars and protectors of the faith.
As a mercenary, that felt like a good way to work with my fellow Imperials and so I tried convincing Paullus, the Dux, or boss of the Imperial Guards to help Meru. Unfortunately, Paullus wasn’t interested. So instead, I went back to my dear ‘friend’ in Teron and convinced him to help Meru.
I am not so sure if that was the best thing though. So I might go back, as I had to spend a lot of points in persuasion for this to work, while I still need crafting and lore to access the hold in the Old Facility.
Continuing on that path however lead me back to Ganezzar with an easy victory over the Aurelians. Meru was pleased and so was Carrinas who now became more powerful than ever oculd have imagined. Unfortunately for Paullus, this created a rift in the Imperial Legion.
I then headed to Hellgate and had to lose some max HP to get through. I ended up finding the lost Temple of Thor-Argoth or Agatoth. When speaking to Agatoth, I found out he wanted to be a God again and for men to serve him. He said if need be he would kill a few thousand here and there. Even as a mercenary, I was not happy with this. I decided to attack him and before the latest patch, I killed him in two tries. But Oscar, the developer suggested I tried again after I said that killing a God was too easy. I did and he kicks my butt.
I am basically at the end-game though. So I have a few save games I will want to try out.
As it stands, my end was to let the temple lie in peace and not tell Meru about its existence, I believe that’s also the most spoiler-free ending. I will try out a few other things when I come back next week. But for now, you can consider this playthrough to be over.
I might post a few things, but it might be me starting over from scratch. I think I will try and do something like this in a more RP fashion, where I keep to my ideals more and try not to play around with too many combinations. I was very curious this playthrough, which made me try lots of things, but next time, I will try and go with the flow as much as I can.
)). After the obligatory initial patches hit, I'll be plowing into this one!!
