Erin M. Evans关于The Sundering的重要剧透

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以下是《The Adversary》作者Erin M. Evans在candlekeep回答书友问题时透露的关于5E大事件The Sundering的很多重要剧透。

1. There are a lot of Chosen (or really "Chosen-like folks"). They're imbued with a tiny spark of the gods' powers and are meant to serve the gods' interests on the plane, because...

2. Ao has plan in mind, but the gods don't know what those plans are so far as anyone can tell. It's clear their divinity and worshippers are at risk--maybe this is the endtimes, maybe this is just when Ao reassigns portfolios. No one's sure, but everyone has an idea. This is what Sairche is alluding to on p. 249. Asmodeus is interpreting this as the time to gather up as much solid power as possible, because "last in first out" and besides, things are not going great for him. The proliferating Chosen are part of at least some gods' attempts to navigate this--they might be to gain more worshipers, they might be to fight rivals' worshipers, or gain artifacts or even just safeguard a little of the god's divinity. Those are other stories. (And oh, so many good stories in there...)

3. Also, folks who want to get their own godhood,such as Szass Tam, are paying attention. Because if there's any time to do it, its now, when things are being shaken up. After all, it's possible that Ao's going to just lock in whatever the situation is with powers and portfolios at a certain point.

4. Which means Thay is entering the fray, and is as interested in the Chosen as Shade is.

5. Cormyr is locked in a rapidly escalating war, as are the Dalelands.

6. Dead gods are coming back to "life." (Again, there are so many good stories in here. For one, I would love to tell a story from Phalar's POV.)

7. A littler one, but the Weave beginning to be repaired and the Spellplague receding means that the magic that kept the earthmotes going is getting patchy and failing. That's something they wanted me to mention, and it only mattered a tiny bit. (The earthmote in the prologue is actually part of the top of the Lost Peak--see weird blue flowers--which is why Sairche's portal went awry.)

So that all might have been apparent, yet still not as much as you were hoping to see. The Sundering is a process that's going to take until 1487 DR to complete, so it's true the farther along you go, the more big and obvious the changes will be. I know in The Reaver you'll get more of the large-scale changes and some more of an idea about what specific gods' plans are. And The Heraldis a doozy as you might expect. During that first story summit they divided up what should happen in the larger Sundering event. I can tell you I was assigned (and I say that because they divided it up while I was home with my newborn) earthmotes falling, Harpers getting involved, the Chosen becoming more widely identified, Thay gets involved. Also they suggested I do a Chosen of Selune, but I ignored that.


此外在书友问道为什么黑暗精灵神祇维伦在死亡后还会存在他的选民，Erin做了如下回答：
As I believe has been said elsewhere, the gods are all coming back, and here is some proof of that (among others...). And I was quick and snatched Vhaeraun.
总觉得这个“all”用的相当不可思议.......