August Poll Results: Vantage Victorious!

We've been working very hard on quite a few different things over the last month which I am eager to share, but to ring in the new one, allow me to announce the results of our last poll. Every Draak-Kin from Golden Treasure who could possibly have survived and joined Darktooth's exodus was listed.

Many were surprised at the result. Bryce thought that Bloom was a shoo-in, and even Twist had its supporters, which was very pleasing. Eventually, two front-runners emerged: Whisper, a beloved anti-hero and dark assassin of the Kin, and Vantage, the cunning trapmaker and manipulator from the Ruby Clan.

It has therefore been decided: Vantage will be included as a major character in the game, and feature prominently in the events of Hierophant. The will of the community will be respected, and this will be added to the design document.

For those whose vote did not win: take heart! The definite inclusion of one by no means rules out the possible inclusion of others. Vantage is in, but no one on that list is definitively out!

(As the creator, I do have some personal leanings, of course. It is difficult for me to envision Tempest, Overarch of the Empire of Reeds, leaving the land it loved so dearly; it would have fought against the coming doom with tooth, claw and mind to the very end, I feel. Bloom was also deeply connected to Earth via the many other beings it befriended, and would, I believe, rather have fought to protect the Green from the Grey Future than to have safely escaped, and I doubt that Flare survived its encounter with that true master of a hunter. But sometimes unlikely things happen, and sometimes characters surprise me, and prove that I did not know them as well as I thought I did.)

As a bonus, please allow me to share an image of Vantage in combat sans background. Feel free to use it in any way you wish.

More to come soon!