Sylus Main Story Update
I think it’s safe to say that we’re about to get another Main Story update. And I really believe it’ll be Sylus in this next update. Here’s why:
The content in Sylus’s card’s Darkbound Souls card mentions so many previous cards and content (NDZ, Shared Bliss, LAR, Beyond Cloudfall) that it makes sense for Sylus to also be in the Main Story update. The talk about desire, satisfying it, and caution about being enslaved by desire.
We see in Sylus’s new card that MC’s desire is to get revenge on Graymist. And no amount of sleep, food, or games could satisfy her. That only occurred when MC got her revenge. Even with Sylus whispering temptations in her ear, MC searched to see if she truly desired to permanently get rid of Graymist. And she didn’t want to be ensnared by desire.
This new card is truly Shared Bliss in reverse. When Sylus was dealing with his Aether Core acting up due to the spatial anomalies, he had to be very careful. And the auction, food, and games didn’t satisfy him. He mentioned that his Aether Core is its own being and had desires of its own. And it can be so voracious that it can consume an entire planet. So Sylus has to make sure to keep it under control. And we see this for a split second in DAR, when Sylus had to down alcohol to suppress the Aether Core’s desire for MC’s Spatium Core that she absorbed.
And if you reread Beyond Cloudfall, when Sylus was a Dragon, his Aether Core took over and he wanted nothing more than to consume Sorceress MC’s soul. Sorceress MC had that voice telling her to “eat and devour” Sylus. We hear this for the first time in LAR, that voice saying to “possess him, devour him” when MC saw Sylus’s Aether Core activate when they first met. I believe that was the voice of MC’s Aether Core telling her to devour Sylus.
I think this card is a preview of what’s to come in the Main Story. MC may have a situation in which her Aether Core takes over and she crosses a line. And then she may have to leave the Hunter’s Association and go to Sylus. And he said he’ll help her get used to wielding such great power at the end of his chapters in DAR. He may also show her how to control her Aether Core as well. And this may be where she joins Onychinus and Sylus will be her second in command. He’s been trying to get her to join since Magnum Opus.
It’s just a theory I came up with based on what I’ve been able to put together. I’m really hoping Sylus is in this next Main Story update.