I agree with them all being equally threatening, but they're different kinds of threats. Fafnir has eitr, something resembling Stoker State, and great physical prowess, and per IF on Discord, Grendel and his mother are basically Steelgiants (ie: standard Steelfather resistance to harm, plus giant stuff), and the Witch-King has minions and magic and becomes a much bigger threat if he gets ahold of his sword. Their motivations also differ and will likely cause them to cause very different story beats.
Which is to say I agree and people should pick the antagonist they want, but that includes the specific kind of abilities and plot threads included.
For me, I think the personal risks for us (via eitr making death so much worse) and our loved ones (because there's a grudge with our family) are by far the biggest with the dragon, which is why I prefer the other two. I also don't like the thematics of our ancestor's work getting undone (I don't care about other people's work being undone nearly as much).
This is fair enough, although I'd note that it's possible that the other two may also have dangerous abilities which are concerning from the perspective of passing stuff down to future generations. A necromancer seems like a prime candidate for fucking with Charred Soul or enslaving our dead soul to him as a Draugr, which is arguably worse than fragmentation due to Eitr, although this is completely conjectural on my part.
Also I suspect Beowulf is also our ancestor given our close connection to Gotland. Honestly since this seems to have been triggered as a sort of karmic debt incurred by Abjorn learning about Odr cultivation, probably all three of them could be old foes of our ancestors. Not saying this should necessarily change your vote, just noting it.
It's also probably worth pinning this down.
@Imperial Fister, for the purposes of the vote here, would you mind telling us straight up:
- With the three baddies here, is it basically an "equally scary and dangerous in different ways" kinda dealie?
- Furthermore, do any of the other two apart from Fafnir have abilities which might prove problematic for us passing down Charred Soul if they kill us?
I'm willing to offer reward dice if it helps, and consider them spent if it does, I just think it would be good to establish this. I would also suggest that if the answer to both is "Yes", that you maybe extend the vote a few hours to give people the chance to change votes if they wish?
Since I think that a significant fraction of votes right now are on the basis that we know Eitr is scary, and know much less about the other two options.
