Maculo
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Personally, I think that depends on the god. Now that I think of it, the gods are really inconsistent.Oh, Thaos was wrong on every one of his points and a massive hypocrite to boot, that's not in question :p He was wrong even before the gods existed and is even more wrong in hindsight. That doesn't fix the problem of where the gods are placed in a dramatic sense now that Thaos is gone. What is their function in the story going forward? The least dumb idea I can think of is that they are something like the laws of physics, they allow the universe to exist, without them everything will end. We have no proof of this, however, because when Eothas died nothing happeened to the world, we saw that the Hollowborn crisis is not due to his death. Maybe he never truly died, though, which brings us to the no proof thing.
- Eothas and Woedica technically took an active role in the Drywood. Eothas may not technically count, because PoE begins after he took mortal form and started a war. As far as gods and mythology go, I cannot think of any myths where a god takes a host to rule a country and start a war. I am certainly no scholar on religion or mythology, but I thought Eothas and Woedica did not fit the typical mold of a Greek god relative to say Magran or Galawain.
- Ondra dropped a meteor on an ancient civilization to destroy its secrets and unleashed the Eyeless (does that constitute dramatic effect?).
- Abydon appeared in physical form to block said meteor. Moreover, if you "rehabilitate" Abydon, it sparks interest anew in exploring ruins, and so he had some subconscious influence on the people. The latter affect reminds me more of the subtle influence that the chaos gods have in Warhammer or perhaps divine inspiration.
- Magran passed along the knowledge to make the godhammer and tried to kill Durance, but nothing more direct. Both she and Galawain seemed to indicate that their role as gods would soon be over.
- Berath acted through Bleak Walkers, and even brings Raederic back from the dead.
- If you align with Hylea, an abnormal amount of twins are born in the Dyrwood.
- Wael actively seeks to create more mysteries and teach through mysteries, even at the expense of his own followers. Hirvias' relation to Wael arguably is a parable about journey.
- Skaen manifests just to tell you to side with Woedica or to grant his followers boons (Skaen temple).
Getting back on topic, my personal take is that there is some entity or cycle behind the scenes that even the Engwithans (however you spell it) were not aware of. Eothas made the first move when he took a mortal host and began to gather an army. Why else would a god need an army? Maybe Woedica/Thaos/Ondra are correct and animancy does create some unforeseen consequences.
I can tell you this, any time I tried to guess a story outcome, I ended up 100% wrong. So everything I just wrote will not come to pass.
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