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^Thank you for that!

Act 2 gives us a bunch of sidequests, most of which are actually good and seem important. On our way down to get a sneak peek of Nhysa, we are given a bunch of info about the True Kings. Some of them are described as freaky mysterious horrors that have rarely if ever been witnessed or comprehended by a human eye, and then there's just some big boar who openly wanders around the world in straight lines carving out land. My fav is the freaky moon watching everyone. It's possible these guys will be endgame superbosses, but some of them seem too abstract to fight so I'm guessing they exist more for worldbuilding.

One sidequest gives us an amnesiac pirate for a crewmate, and another sends Glenn into the Maelstrom (a Sea of Stars, if you will) and teaches us more about the Door and the nature of Ether. It's all neat, though I feel bad for the guy who poisoned his own daughter to spare her the horrors of war then tried to kill himself, only for us to reawaken him and send him off to jail.

On the main quest we recruit Amalia, and meet another cool freaky dude who grants death wishes/curses. Not sure what Amalia's was, though it seems to result in her not being able to speak nicely to people. I assume there's more to it than that. Kylian thinks himself Delita from FFT, and time will tell how successful he is but I'm liking his scene with Glenn in New Wyrnshire. Certainly seems like we're not gonna get him back on team, RIP that skillset.

Before you know it Glenn begins to assert himself and we're invading Tormund to steal the Grand Grimoire thanks to Lady Bran, who I have zero faith in. Cameron tells us we can destroy the Grimoire by detonating it somewhere where nobody would die in its radius. The gang seems onboard but I don't know how we could actually do that, given that we know it absorbs ether from stuff like birds too. We might have to toss this thing into space and hope the Moon God doesn't retaliate.

I didn't realise this would be the Act 2 finale already but man, this is easily the best sequence in the game so far. We learn Gwayn is the voice Glenn hears in his head, and then there's a hilarious fake boss fight with him and June (what is her deal anyway). Then we witness the generals annihilate the invading fleet using the power of the elements, before our confrontation with Lenne's brother. I don't think the game wants us to completely hate Frederik, so it's strange that he insists on making life miserable for Valandis's citizens. He claims there's a reason for this but I don't see how that could work. Anyway, we have a way too easy boss fight (oops, may have spent too much time on sidequests...), followed by a truly awesome set of scenes. Following Gwayn's advice, Glenn opens the door and we get very brief flashbacks of every cast member, showing us some curious new details- Sienna used to work for the military or a king or something (that explains how she can ride a Sky Armor), Ba'Thraz used to speak in singular terms before his family was slaughtered, Victor was in Nhysa as it was sinking, and Amalia poisoned an entire court. I really like these teases, I'm sure we'll get some of them elaborated on but even on their own it's enough to spark the imagination. Anyway, Lenne is killed (!), triggering three giant beings calling themselves gods to rise from the ocean and declare the world doomed, only to sacrifice themselves upon seeing Glenn can still move. Time rewinds a few seconds and Glenn saves Lenne, we steal the Grimoire and flee.

Wow, this was a powerful end of act. The game's artstyle is nice if a bit uninspiring sometimes, but they do the freaky god stuff very well. Great music there, too. Gwayn interestingly mentions that he's saving Frederik's life in his actions, and weirdly seems on the side of the Vaen despite wanting to kill gods earlier. Worryingly for Lenne, everybody (including Ba'thraz!) was mentioning that she wasn't supposed to die "now". Meaning, at some point, she is presumably fated to die and release the gods for whatever plan is going on. And her flashback was to the little maiden Lenne. How much of Celestia is actually Celestia? Ah well, onto Act 3!