Act 4 · 18 · playing as Clive
Barnabas, the Fallen and Origin
In this chapterBarnabas Tharmr, king of Waloed and Dominant of Odin, reveals that Ultima plans to turn Clive into Mythos, a vessel for possession.
Barnabas reveals Ultima's plan to make Clive into a vessel. Clive defeats him with Shiva's help and destroys Waloed's Mothercrystal. Joshua discovers that the Fallen created the Mothercrystals and humanity itself to prepare a body for their return. At Origin, Ultima kills Dion and wounds Joshua. Joshua transfers his Eikon to Clive, who absorbs Ultima and destroys the last Mothercrystal, ending magic.
The final conflict makes the war about the nature of humanity: if people were bred for a purpose, can they choose another? Clive's final act is both a victory and a loss, since the end of magic removes both the oppression of Bearers and the tools that kept some people alive. Joshua's sacrifice closes the brothers' story, in which each saved the other.
What unfolds
- With Jill's Shiva powers, Clive defeats Barnabas and destroys Waloed's Mothercrystal.
- Joshua's research shows that Ultima's predecessors, the Fallen, planted Mothercrystals to drain aether and created Bearers and humans to breed a vessel powerful enough to resurrect them.
- Clive, Joshua and Dion assault Ultima's sky fortress Origin; Ultima kills Dion and mortally wounds Joshua.
- Joshua sacrifices himself by transferring his Eikon to Clive, who absorbs Ultima and destroys Origin's Mothercrystal, ending magic in Valisthea.