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To hell with it, Markus is a witch hunter.
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To hell with it, Markus is a witch hunter.
[X] Live
The Enemy Within (WHF Witch Hunter Quest)
- Thread starter Maugan Ra
- Start date
- Fantasy
- Location
- Washington
So, I think I'm not going to vote because I'm a bit of an outsider having just found this quest (this is literally my first 'live' update), but I feel like that also gives a particular perspective that has value.
At this point, this actually makes a very good endpoint as a "complete" quest, which is not something every quest gets. Basically every emotional setup has paid off the majority of the way, Markus is dying having accomplished more than he failed on a reasonably satisfying endpoint (having killed the only antagonist I've developed any emotional investment in him defeating, rather than dying in a fight with some rando).
Wizard? Started on the road to mentorship.
Family? Reconciled.
Chaos witch who kicked off the bad things in his life? Killed the shit out of.
Daemonic interest him? Ironically, dying here just straight up resolves that. Whatever they wanted out of him, they're simply not getting.
It's not that there's nothing more to extract out of those setups, but that none of them are leaving me going "but wait, it mean's we're just completely dropping _____". The plot threads that ARE completely unresolved fall more into idle curiosity than anything else because they simply... haven't been very on-screen so far. Yeah, something's going on with the purple hand, but to me, eh, no biggee to not get to that. (Maybe I'd feel different if I had any familiarity with the module this is apparently based on, but I'm not, so I'm treating the quest as an independent work.)
If it ends here we basically ends up with the story a man whose combined formal and self-appointed responsibilities ended up exceeding his current skills because he insisted on doing the right thing, but he went down doing that right thing despite that and brought his enemy down with him, which is a perfectly fine story to tell in Warhammer Fantasy.
Again, I feel like this is too pivotal of a vote to come in and contribute to the full on decision of how the quest will go for people much more invested than I am, but if it ends right here it'll end as a pretty damn good complete work that I'd unabashedly recommend to anyone looking for something to read, which is more than you can say about where a lot of quests end up at.
At this point, this actually makes a very good endpoint as a "complete" quest, which is not something every quest gets. Basically every emotional setup has paid off the majority of the way, Markus is dying having accomplished more than he failed on a reasonably satisfying endpoint (having killed the only antagonist I've developed any emotional investment in him defeating, rather than dying in a fight with some rando).
Wizard? Started on the road to mentorship.
Family? Reconciled.
Chaos witch who kicked off the bad things in his life? Killed the shit out of.
Daemonic interest him? Ironically, dying here just straight up resolves that. Whatever they wanted out of him, they're simply not getting.
It's not that there's nothing more to extract out of those setups, but that none of them are leaving me going "but wait, it mean's we're just completely dropping _____". The plot threads that ARE completely unresolved fall more into idle curiosity than anything else because they simply... haven't been very on-screen so far. Yeah, something's going on with the purple hand, but to me, eh, no biggee to not get to that. (Maybe I'd feel different if I had any familiarity with the module this is apparently based on, but I'm not, so I'm treating the quest as an independent work.)
If it ends here we basically ends up with the story a man whose combined formal and self-appointed responsibilities ended up exceeding his current skills because he insisted on doing the right thing, but he went down doing that right thing despite that and brought his enemy down with him, which is a perfectly fine story to tell in Warhammer Fantasy.
Again, I feel like this is too pivotal of a vote to come in and contribute to the full on decision of how the quest will go for people much more invested than I am, but if it ends right here it'll end as a pretty damn good complete work that I'd unabashedly recommend to anyone looking for something to read, which is more than you can say about where a lot of quests end up at.
- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Revenge for Star Wars
Sertorius
Rebellious Legate
- Location
- Roma Invicta
Had the thing ended right after the fight, I would have been content. But it didn't.
Markus lives and can live on. He woke up, which means he can still fight on, whatever he'll decide later.
I want to see him return home and to see Spatin and the rest of our daemonslaying party members.
We still have that lovely suit of Dwarven Armour waiting for us.
Markus lives and can live on. He woke up, which means he can still fight on, whatever he'll decide later.
I want to see him return home and to see Spatin and the rest of our daemonslaying party members.
We still have that lovely suit of Dwarven Armour waiting for us.
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Always Late
Lacking in coffee, sleep, and brains
- Location
- Ohio
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Welcome to Warhammer Fantasy: Sometimes, you do just about everything right, you spit defiance in the face of evil...
And you lose, hard.
This is just part of the job description for a Templar.
Welcome to Warhammer Fantasy: Sometimes, you do just about everything right, you spit defiance in the face of evil...
And you lose, hard.
This is just part of the job description for a Templar.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Rest
Let the poor bastard go.
Let the poor bastard go.
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[X] Break
I'm looking forward to seeing our family and friends reaction. Plus we still have to tell Liza about Elvyras passing(can't leave a kid waiting for nobody).
[X] Break
I'm looking forward to seeing our family and friends reaction. Plus we still have to tell Liza about Elvyras passing(can't leave a kid waiting for nobody).
- Location
- The Darkness,USA
[X] Live
[X] Live
[X] Break
I really can't decide which works better. Either way I hope we meet Spatin again.
There was no perfect plan, the dice can roll badly and Markus' resources are painfully limited. If something like this wasn't inevitable in or out of universal it was always a likely outcome. Witch Hunters have a terrible lot, even when they try to do they best they can.
[X] Break
I really can't decide which works better. Either way I hope we meet Spatin again.
There was no perfect plan, the dice can roll badly and Markus' resources are painfully limited. If something like this wasn't inevitable in or out of universal it was always a likely outcome. Witch Hunters have a terrible lot, even when they try to do they best they can.
Dutch
Bored Spearman of the Wind
- Location
- CET
What part of trying to be both a savior and a hunter caused problems here though? None as far as I can see.
Unless you mean the part where he wanted to kill Etelka. But that has little to do with him being a Witch Hunter, that's just him being him. He could have been an armored were-clown and the thread would have mostly voted to do the same.
If anything, in this scenario accepting that he "cannot be both a hunter and a savior" seems like giving up on being a savior rather than a hunter. Because it is the former's path that ultimately led to this.
