I feel like the boss of the Shadow over the Sands (or whatever) sidequest was tougher than the danger level 40 the dungeon suggested. Really nice reward though.
So, thoughts going into these Chapter 4s.
Cyrus: Was pretty clear from the beginning the book was going to be used for some nefarious plots, but I didn't think it would be the Headmaster behind it. I was kinda thinking it would tie into the same people behind Ophilia's plot, but I guess Yvon could've been one of them, though. After the second demo people thought the cloaked figure following him was one of the Crows from Primrose's story, but nope lol.
Ophilia: Started out more boring than I expected given the religious lore backstory stuff, but Chapter 3 steered it around back to what I was hoping for. Was kinda lame the bosses there were just some random mooks. Ophilia herself is meh, though. Like she's kinda too goody goody, and her Chapter 2 and 3 really didn't have any kind of development for her. She's just nice and does nice things and is doing just swell on her quest. Woo. Mattias is probably the villain, lol.
Cyrus: I'm satisfied with where it's going. Of course the old friend would be involved somewhere. I like the conversations at the end with Cordelia and Heathcote. I also liked that which person you chose to steal from in Chapter 3 slightly affected how the next scenes played out, so I saved and did all three, but then I was disappointed when the rarest steal didn't end up with something cooler. Hoping the dragonstones are being sold to the evil religion people to tie things together, but not necessarily expecting something so grand.
Tressa: I had no expectations for what her story would be, so I can't be disappointed or anything. Her Chapter 2 was cute with Ali, but I found her Chapter 3 to be boring, as I don't care about the Captain guy. But I will say I got more gay vibes from him and Baltazar's relationship than people are getting from Alfyn/Zeph. The erudite she just uncovered probably has magical properties or something and now she'll be sought after by evil people next chapter. She's like the character on an ensemble TV show cast who's usually doing her own filler (casual-friendly) plots with very little ties to the main plot but then somewhere near the end of the season she gets dragged into it and it's kinda jarring because it's not her usual thing.
I think I'll go in order of Cyrus, Tressa, Therion, Ophilia for their Chapter 4s. ---