Black Cloak Story Arc
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:25 pm
Okay, so, out of curiosity (because I'm writing a fanfic which is supposed to be a novelization of the whole KQ series (a la the Companion, except probably not as well written :P) with the fan-games in place of the original games -- I blame Baggins at the King's Quest Omnipedia for laying out the challenge :P), I've been analyzing the Father plotline. And I'm just curious to see how accurate I am, or how incredibly far off my imagination took me. (I'm probably not changing what's coming in my fanfic either way. :P)
I'm going to put spoilers (for the game and my story :P) in white, don't worry!
So, you have Morgeilen and Legenimor (the first king of Daventry) fighting this huge war, lots of people die, at the end of it Legenimor gives up his immortality and leaves the throne to Granthithor (as referenced in the Kolyma library).
Fast forward!!
So, Graham leaves for Kolyma in search of Valanice after seeing her in the mirror.
Let's be honest, either the Father was manipulating the mirror or foresaw that the vision would come to Graham and plotted accordingly. Or perhaps a bit of both -- my theory is that the Father foresaw Graham going on an adventure to find his one true love, and decided to first put Graham in such a strong mood that the mirror would react and show a vision of the woman. Then, he would sabotage the adventure and have the king killed. Just a guess though!
Meanwhile the Father is searching for the Item.
Here's what we know about this search:
1) The Father needs the Crown of Daventry (as referenced in the Cloud Test vision).
2) The Crown of Daventry must be given to the Father, he cannot simply take it.
3) The Father is Morgeilen.
My guess is that Legenimor had to bind his power into something, it couldn't just vanish. I think he actually bound his power into three things, though -- a shield, a chest, and a mirror! Then, with the last of his power, he enchanted the Crown so that someone who was worthy could find the items if they were wearing it. Morgeilen, likely, has misinterpreted "worthy" to mean, rightfully wearing the crown.
I think I wrote that out so it all made sense. :P Anyways, just curious if that is at all close to what the writers of KQ2+ had in mind with the Item. If it isn't, I think we'd all like to know what the overreaching story was -- unless it's going to come out in some other way, in which case I'll wait. :P
I'm going to put spoilers (for the game and my story :P) in white, don't worry!
So, you have Morgeilen and Legenimor (the first king of Daventry) fighting this huge war, lots of people die, at the end of it Legenimor gives up his immortality and leaves the throne to Granthithor (as referenced in the Kolyma library).
Fast forward!!
So, Graham leaves for Kolyma in search of Valanice after seeing her in the mirror.
Let's be honest, either the Father was manipulating the mirror or foresaw that the vision would come to Graham and plotted accordingly. Or perhaps a bit of both -- my theory is that the Father foresaw Graham going on an adventure to find his one true love, and decided to first put Graham in such a strong mood that the mirror would react and show a vision of the woman. Then, he would sabotage the adventure and have the king killed. Just a guess though!
Meanwhile the Father is searching for the Item.
Here's what we know about this search:
1) The Father needs the Crown of Daventry (as referenced in the Cloud Test vision).
2) The Crown of Daventry must be given to the Father, he cannot simply take it.
3) The Father is Morgeilen.
My guess is that Legenimor had to bind his power into something, it couldn't just vanish. I think he actually bound his power into three things, though -- a shield, a chest, and a mirror! Then, with the last of his power, he enchanted the Crown so that someone who was worthy could find the items if they were wearing it. Morgeilen, likely, has misinterpreted "worthy" to mean, rightfully wearing the crown.
I think I wrote that out so it all made sense. :P Anyways, just curious if that is at all close to what the writers of KQ2+ had in mind with the Item. If it isn't, I think we'd all like to know what the overreaching story was -- unless it's going to come out in some other way, in which case I'll wait. :P