#forspoken speculation

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Since the familiars are magical constructs created by the Tantas, how come they never got Corrupted like everything else?

#forspoken #Forspoken speculation #Forspoken worldbuilding #Forspoken cats #Tantas familiars

[cruelfeline]

Because I am Totally Normal about this game and its characters, I spent the better part of my free time today considering Cuff's senses; namely, his sight.

It's occurred to me, after thinking about various dialogues and in-game situations, that I don't think he can actually see anything on his own. At least not, like, in terms of our concept of vision.

Cuff can sense things. His "compass" ability seems to work almost like a sort of echolocation, except with tiny birds instead of sound. And he appears to have some ability to sense magic, or power. He can, for example, sense the power of some of the necklaces Frey puts on and says as much. He can likewise sense the power in the Breakshards Frey collects after battle.

Actual sight, however, is different. And it's initially a little hard to pin down because, in certain circumstances, he appears very much able to see things that have no magical signature he could otherwise sense.

He can read, for one thing. At the beginning of the game, Frey cannot read Athian, but Cuff can, and so he reads things for her (while also teaching her, which I find perpetually precious!). Clearly, he is able to see with enough clarity that he's able to accurately make out Athian letters and words. He does this with generic signs and books: nothing that might have some sort of magic he could sense and decipher. It's all just plain old written script.

He can take note of various enemy characteristics, commenting positively or negatively on their appearances. He can see the paintings Frey finds on her journey and comments on them, too.

Then, of course, they're this fun example:

Essentially: Cuff appears able to visually see things when he needs to.

So! Why do I think he can't see on his own? And what, exactly, does that mean?

Well, take a dialogue like this:

Besides being deeply endearing to me, it's also quite interesting in that it appears to imply that Cuff is totally unaware of his currently very small surroundings. Frey and Cuff are in a Pilgrim's Refuge. It's a small space. There's not really anywhere for anything to hide. An enemy would be exceedingly easy to see. So why is Cuff momentarily panicked and asking Frey if there's something there?

Furthermore, why does Cuff, in various battle-related dialogues, ask Frey if they're surrounded, or how many enemies there are? A simple glance around would tell him, wouldn't it?

My personal headcanon is that Cuff sees through Frey's eyes. We know, after all, that he senses what she senses via the following:

What I believe, however, is that he only does so when he specifically focuses on the action. It's not automatic; he has to expend some effort and concentration in order to do it.

It would explain why he's able to do something like read to her: she's already looking closely at the text, and so he's able to reach through their connection and access her own sight. Same thing with something like the tower: she sees it, and he's able to briefly reach out and see it with her.

In other situations, it's simply not convenient or viable for him to look through her eyes. In sudden combat, it's quicker to ask if they're surrounded than to access her sight. It may also be a matter of... how to say... the stability of the image. If Frey is focused on reading and is looking at words on a page, her vision is more stable than if she is in battle, eyes flicking from place to place. In said battle scenario, it may be quite disorienting for Cuff to borrow her eyes, so it's easier for him to ask. Not to mention something like combat featuring much more stress and activity, hampering the concentration that may be needed for accurate sight-borrowing on very immediate notice. Especially if Cuff is more focused on, say, scanning or guarding.

In terms of the moment with the torana-teasing: I expect that, safe in a Refuge, he relaxed a bit and wasn't focused on gleaning information from Frey's vision. When he heard her supposedly opening a torana, he assumed there was an enemy immediately near and either felt he didn't have time to reach through their connection or - amusingly - was too panicked to focus enough to do so. Thus, he asks Frey if there's something there.

This is all just speculative, of course. But it makes sense to me! It offers what I feel is a reasonable explanation for why Cuff seems perfectly able to see at certain times, yet appears totally unaware of his surroundings at others.

It's also just... interesting to me. That this could be yet another way that he's so reliant on Frey. That without her, he's limited in what exactly he can sense and identify and interact with. To his perpetual frustration, I'm sure!

#forspoken spoilers #forspoken speculation #cuff #frey holland #SoundCloud

[mistress-light]

Is it just me, or did Jennesh seemed to be acting extremely cunt-struck in a way? Could he have been in love with Cinta?

I mean, the way he talks about her? Her love and dedication to Athia in the beginning, as he so describes. How Junoon was the greatest of all realms according to him?? He probably knew he could never have her, as he would expect. He held her in the highest regards nonetheless.

But oh boy when he found out she got pregnant. His disdain for Frey. The way he talks about 'her eyes', the same eyes he knew way before she was born? Of course he saw it as a failure on Cinta's part and her obligations as a Tanta to Athia. But the way his anger is turned towards Frey is really something else. How her father made an impression on Cinta? Jennesh seemed to me as really betrayed. Not only as a part of duty, but personal too.

Also, his attempt of looking for someone? Could it have been her?

#forspoken #mistress plays forspoken #Jennesh Hekkadi #just some speculation on my part #he seemed to me at least lmao #I dunno but he acted extremely bitter #more so than the others #even robian #and mind you robian was married but robian congratulated cinta #food for thought #i just love the drama that's all

[zigmatism]

Some cat shenanigans. The one animal in Athia that truly unnerves Cuff.

Bonus:

#my art #daily sketch #Forspoken #Forspoken cuff #Bird!Cuff #Cat #Familiar #I was on vacation! #But y'all's speculations have given me more ideas lmao

[bornt-urnge]

Okay so another big thought I had about Forspoken and the Break. Someone else may have already had these thoughts but I wanted to format it all myself.

(spoilers below obv)

So, keeping it short:

The Break is a mix of Tanta magic and Susurrus' magic (as explained by Cuff)

Despite having both of those now, Frey and Cuff still can't just voosh the Break away, which means there's more to it than that

In ITWT, we see that the Rheddig invaders' magic was noted to be similar to Cuff's magic, as well as effects of the giant tree in Visoria resembling Breakshards

It does seem like the Tanta of Rheddah was not allied with whatever faction invaded Athia, and instead wishes to help Frey defeat the Break, implying that she both 1) has experience with it, and 2) knows at the very least how it actually works (rather than Cuff's speculation)

Breakshards are able to be used as an ingredient to create things that enhance Tanta magic, implying Break magic can be beneficial if controlled

This leads me to think that perhaps the Break was the original form of the power that Tantas wield. A chaotic, swirling mass of energy that transforms and imbues power into anything it touches—dangerous to the weak of constitution, devastating to wildlife, but also transformative and lethally useful under very specific circumstances.

I think maybe the first Tantas gained their magic by separating the Good Parts of the Break from the Bad Parts, and then sealing those Bad Parts away somehow, to prevent the Break from happening again. This is what the invading Rheddig had: they unlocked and wielded the Bad Part of the Break, utilizing it to summon Susurrus, and either intentionally or unintentionally causing both parts to re-mingle and cause the Break to re-form.

#Forspoken #forspoken spoilers #itwt spoilers #Zac rambles #GOD I'm so upset that we most likely won't get another game #I WANT ANSWERS DAMMIT

[govindhtech]

AMD Fluid Motion Frames to Enjoy Gaming

AMD Fluid Motion Frames Technology

The long-awaited introduction of AMD’s Fluid Motion Frames technology has finally taken place in the Adrenaline preview driver, which offers compatibility for a total of twelve different games. This event has been the subject of much speculation and anticipation.

Because to FSR 3 and Fluid Motion Frame Technologies, AMD’s “Upscaling” Capabilities have undergone a substantial improvement in recent years.

Team Red has made great strides in the development of its upscaling technology with the release of FSR 3, as well as other games such as Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum. This is especially true when taking into consideration how recently FSR 3 was made available to the public. In comparison to AMD’s Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF), which provides support for a broad selection of games such as Starfield and Red Dead Redemption 2, the number of games that are compatible with FSR 3 is significantly smaller.

Radeon’s software and hardware are both compatible with one other

The most recent version of the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition Technical Preview Driver for AMD Fluid Motion Frames, which is version 23.30.01.02, is compatible with the AMD Radeon RX 7900/7800/7700/7600 RDNA 3 GPUs.

At this point, the feature is being tested in preparation for its imminent preview release, and AMD is actively requesting input from players (using its Bug Tool) to help it become more helpful in the future.

Now, please brief me on AMD’s Fluid Motion Frames technology. I’m eager to learn more. There are a lot of individuals that think of it as an alternate to what NVIDIA has called their “Frame Generation.” This feature accomplishes, in layman’s words, the highest number of “frames-per-second” that is practical by conducting frame interpolation on the driver side.

In combination with FSR 3, AMD Fluid Motion Framesplans to enhance a gamer’s experience without the player ever having to be concerned about the performance output from his or her Radeon GPU. This is part of AMD’s overall goal to improve the gaming experience. Although it is expected that AFMF will provide support for all DX11/12 games, the preview driver presently only provides support for 12 DX12 games for the time being. It is anticipated that AFMF will give support for all DX11/12 games.

In recent years, AFMF has become a topic of discussion as a result of the fact that it does not require support on a “developer level” because it is already incorporated into your graphics drivers. This integration is what makes it a unique feature. In spite of this, it is necessary to highlight the fact that if you were to compare it to any of the aforementioned technologies, it would not even come close to being as excellent as NVIDIA’s DLSS 3 “Frame Generation” or AMD’s own FSR 3 with “Frame-Generation” if you were to do so.

AMD Fluid Motion Frames in 12 Games

AMD Games with Fluid Motion Frames Support

Installing AMD’s preview driver will allow you to activate the feature; however, it is crucial to bear in mind that the AFMF is still in its developmental phases, and as a consequence, you may have interruptions while you are using it. bear this in mind before activating the function. We put the technology through its paces by employing it in Forspoken, and it was successful in performing its primary function, which was to boost your frame rate by a factor of two through the use of interpolation:

In the not too distant future, AMD plans to restrict access to its AFMF technology to only the Radeon RX 7000 line of graphics cards. This capability is not officially supported by any other Radeon GPU at this time. It’s possible that AMD’s choice will just be a temporary one given that AFMF is still in the testing phase. If this is the case, then in the not-too-distant future we could see it gaining support for architectures other than RDNA3.

Because of this, it is reasonable to say that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has actually increased the amount of work it is putting into bringing its upscaling technologies closer in line with those of its competitors. Because this component would place them in a better position than others, it will be intriguing to watch what types of performance increases FSR 3, specifically AFMF, brings in supported titles.

#govindhtech #technology #technews #news #gpu #amd #amd radeon

[64bitgamer]

[makapatag]

1-11 of PRINCESS MURDERS THE HERO has released, and so has the audio version of 1-2! Check it out, link 📷

PRINCESS MURDERS THE HERO is if Fullmetal Alchemist, Sabriel, and overblown Philippine Polytheistic Religion had a baby in Precolonial Philippines/Southeast Asia, with a dashing of K6BD.

1-11: https://princessmurdersthehero.com/2021/11/06/1-11/…

1-2 Audio: https://youtu.be/m1_IOjfDuls

More info under the cut:

It is a web novel set in the archipelago of The Sword Isles, a fantasy setting inspired by Classical Philippines. This is a bayani genre web serial, inspired by Filipino folk epics and martial art heroes. The singing star unfurls. The trembling star awakens. The hero has come. From the nest of crime and excess that is Ananara, capital of the Lakanate, begins the travel of the man known to many as the Mendicant Bayani. This Auspicious Beggar Hero is known more to others as… “THE HERO OF PROPHECY.”

Sent by all the gods themselves, this Hero of Prophecy travels the islands to gather the Six Godly Regalia of the First Rajah, which will be the key to create a powerful Empire that will finally conquer and unite all islands under a single throne, thus achieving peace and prosperity. The islands are alive and aflame in speculation.

What do they do now? That a hero of prophecy has arrived? The hero that will unite the Islands, forspoken by ancient singers.

That Hero who will call to arms the banners and mandalas of the various scattered peoples. The Hero chosen by the gods and ancestors. The people rejoice. The people have been awaiting him.

The prophet that first sung his story, however, was a demon goddess. And this demon goddess has other plans.

Follow, then, as an ostracized princess of the Rajah and her faithful royal guard travel the islands of violence, with a destiny that they themselves must choose to fulfill. This is not a story where the hero saves the day. Where a farm boy becomes a noble king who serves his subjects faithfully. This is a story where the PRINCESS MURDERS THE HERO.

This web novel series is inspired by various Fantasy Novels (notably: Earthsea, the Bas-Lag Trilogy, Tigana/Lions of Al-Rassan/Under Heaven, and Sabriel), Asian dramas (Amaya, Scarlet Heart Ryeo), Comics and Manga (Kill 6 Billion Demons, Full Metal Alchemist), and video game narratives (Tactics Ogre). It is lighter in feel, and a lot more shounen than my other works, although it will still butt heads with hard ideas. This is a content warning for the following: slavery, murder, genocide, classism, family death, violence.

#gubat banwa #filipino #fantasy #precolonial #web serial #free #writing #martial arts #also holy shit i just figured out how to end book 1 and its fucking great

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Question:

Why is the magic around Frey when she uses Flow gold?

Shimmy and Leap are properly purple

But Flow is pure gold, not a speck of purple to be seen

And she's coated in it when she first breaks into her sprints! Look at this, the only place it doesn't touch is her face:

Looks familiar, too, doesn't it? Where have we seen gold in these patterns before?

Oh. Ooooooh.

I'm sure it's fine :)

But it's really interesting, right? Flow isn't Frey's magic. It's Cuff's. All the rest of Frey's magic has purple in it—after all, Frey's magic is purple magic. But Flow is the only magic in her entire arsenal that has no color other than gold.

Trust me, I spent two-ish hours today going through every single spell.

I'm fascinated that of all the magics Cuff could have given her, it's the ability to run and escape. It's the one thing we don't see him do when he's fighting her as Susurrus. He could have given her flight, laser beams, forming weapons out of gold filament, fancy gold armor, summon 6d12 breakbirds per round, anything. But instead he gives her the power to flee, and that's before he really learned or knew anything about who she is as a person.

What an interesting and missable bit of characterization.

#Forspoken #forspoken photo mode #forspoken speculation #forspoken spoilers #itwt spoilers #frey holland #forspoken cuff #Thalia Solarius #tree of offering #Forspoken magic #Forspoken magic: Flow #Frey's magic: Flow #bobbi's being weird again

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Anyone else notice how the text in Cuff's scans is all warped? And the Athian text kind of wiggles and pulses sometimes, almost like it's glitching? I wonder if that's a result of the damage that's been done to him, the same way he doesn't sit in nice and neat coils on Frey's arm.

#forspoken #Forspoken cuff #cuff scan #Forspoken speculation #forspoken spoilers #← just in case

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Not even the best phone fresh out of the box will hold a charge on its battery for six months, no matter how minimal the use is. How was Frey taking pictures for the kids throughout her whole journey?

One could reasonably argue that she kept her phone turned off except when she was taking those pictures, but I posit a different theory:

Athia's ambient magic keeps it charged

#bobbi's being weird again #forspoken #forspoken speculation #I need this for plot reasons you see

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Can't help but to think that Cuff has a soft spot for Junoon. I have nothing really to back that up, but that video with the bridge dialogue made me think of it.

Oh, and worth sharing. The little shit even wanted to call Junoon Vambracia at some point asjasd. Also by wandering around Junoon. I was so offended and Frey too.

Gosh, I love how much there is still to discover.

I'm gonna have to run around Junoon more, I never got that dialogue either! Cuff was holding out on me while I was running around photographing everything in sight!!! XD

He does seem to have some good feelings for Junoon, yeah. It's kind of sweet, and I have so many headcanons about why. Mostly of the "being bonded to Cinta and feeling her love for Frey second hand was the first time he ever experienced positive emotions, and just being in Junoon brings those feelings back" flavor of headcanon, tbh. But he also has an eye for beauty and fashion, which Junoon was known to cultivate, so maybe that has something to do with it, too :) He's such a precious birb, I love him so much 💜

#forspoken #forspoken spoilers #asks #mistress-light #Forspoken headcanons #Forspoken speculation

[phoenixiancrystallist]

So does anyone else ever think about the fact that Thalia must have had the "you'd make a good mom" talk with Cinta, because otherwise Frey wouldn't have been able to have that talk?

Because, like, Frey can't talk about Susurrus. She tries, and she chokes on the words. It's explained as her not being able to change the course of history, and I can see the argument that she could have the "you'd make a good mom" talk because she was gonna become a mom and have Frey anyway. But if that talk with Thalia wasn't what sparked the thought and desire for motherhood in Cinta, then what else could have? Tantas are forbidden from having children, she knows this. And until Thalia, motherhood wasn't something she'd considered. She had to think about it before she answered.

Makes me wish we got to actually spend time with Thalia instead of hijacking her body. I want to know what that conversation was like from the perspective of a born-and-raised Athian.

#Forspoken #Forspoken spoilers #in Tanta we trust #in Tanta we trust spoilers #itwt #itwt spoilers #Thalia Solarius #Tanta Cinta #Frey Holland #Forspoken speculation

[phoenixiancrystallist]

"Erected to honor the Tantas

Special Shelters

Pilgrim's Refuge

While ballow trees were long seen as sacred by Athians, making it a crime to cut them down or otherwise harm them."

...

I managed to get a good screenshot of the refuge book to translate, so let's talk about the Pilgrim's Refuge! Because I think they're nifty :3

Long before the Break reduced Athia to the zombie-infested wasteland we know and love today, people traveled from all over Athia to worship the Tantas. These people were known as pilgrims, and they built refuges to house them in their travels—a fact I'm sure Frey and Cuff are very grateful for today!

But what's interesting about these buildings is, well, many things, really. First, they're made from ballow wood. The ballow tree is sacred to Athians, and as stated on that pamphlet above, it's illegal to "cut them down or harm them." They seem to be very fragile trees, considering that simply harvesting their sap will kill them. But ballow wood has special protective properties, specifically the ability to keep "evil" at bay. Doesn't seem to work on Cuff, but that's a different post for a different time.

So the refuges were built to house people who traveled across Athia to worship the Tantas, and keep them safe from not just the elements, but from the wildlife as well. That pamphlet also states that the refuges were built for the purpose of honoring the Tantas. These pilgrims were all about their Tantas! And you can see on the refuges themselves that the people who built them put a lot of love and effort into not only making a sound structure, but a beautiful one as well. There's not a single inch of the outside walls that is not painted with murals of four women and depictions of the ballow tree that gave the wood for the refuge.

Here's the thing though: those aren't our Tantas. And the mural in the center seems to depict a fifth Tanta, or at the very least conspicuously leaves room for a fifth person.

Who are these four women? They appear to be representative of the Tantas we're familiar with, but they're not the Tantas we know. Or they're not exactly the Tantas we know. None of them are wearing their signature, iconic regalia. At least Sila's counterpart (bottom right) has a sword and appears to be wearing armor. And I can figure out Prav's (top right) because she's blindfolded, and as the saying goes: justice is blind. Olas (top left) and Cinta (bottom left), though? Olas's wears green and has darker skin than the others, and Cinta's might be petting a cat? Maybe? And those are my only clues for who these murals are supposed to depict.

So, considering that the pilgrim's refuges were built centuries ago to honor the Tantas and house the pilgrims traveling across Athia to worship said Tantas, it's reasonable to assume that the four women depicted on the refuge murals are our Tantas: Olas, Prav, Cinta, and Sila. However, no one knows how long ago the refuges were built, nor how long ago the pilgrims began their pilgrimages. It's entirely possible that these four women are the predecessors to our modern-day Tantas. In addition, that conspicuous empty space in the center mural could have been left open for the First Tanta—who knows how long ago she'd passed her mantle of Tanta onto her successors? The space may have been left to honor the Tanta who started it all, who saved Athia and brought it into prosperity so, so long ago that no one even knows when it all happened.

But that empty space also serves as an interesting look forward. It leaves room for a fifth to join the ranks as well.

#forspoken #forspoken worldbuilding #forspoken speculation #athia #athian #athian translation project #pilgrim's refuge #ballow trees #tantas #the four tantas #tanta olas #tanta prav #tanta cinta #tanta sila #first tanta #frey holland

[phoenixiancrystallist]

It's 6am and I didn't have Forspoken dreams which, y'know, typical, I never dream about what I want to dream about, but!! I'm having Thoughts™. And the TL/DR of those thoughts is "I KNEW the DLC would wreck my self-insert bullshit!" XD

The absolutely fanatical devotion the Rheddig have to General What's-His-Butt (I'm bad with names; I'll memorize his later) and the invasion in general completely scraps all my OCs except Keen. All two of them. Which is fine, I fully expected that to happen, but the fact that the Rheddig are apparently a death cult has me reeling?

I can understand soldiers falling for propaganda. I'm an American, that's kind of our schtick. But the whole "honor by sacrificing to a tree" thing and especially "may their deaths cleanse them of sin" (or whatever the actual phrase was; again, I'll memorize it later) is... yeah, Frey was right to call that a cult. That's cult shit, baybee!

And then there's Cuff. Playing up and hyping up the Rheddig and their invasion as just and righteous, not even a little bit phased by the fanatical devotion, and even calling it "commitment." Honey, that's not commitment, that's brainwashing.

I can't tell yet if he's putting on an act to fuck with Frey, or if he hasn't fully grasped how completely un-goddamn-hinged his countrymen are yet. But the fact that in one breath he's all "ah yes, my righteous and noble brethren," and in the next he's encouraging her to go fight the tree and General What's-His-Nuts. Buddy, what is your angle? Do you even know? I can't wait to find out.

Especially ironic that he accuses Frey of being unable to understand what commitment looks like while she's just said "well if I need to die for Athia I'm down, and so is Thalia." I think she gets it just fine, bud. I think you're lying to yourself about what devotion and duty look like, because otherwise you're gonna have to examine some deeply uncomfortable things about yourself.

At least he has the decency to be "wait what?!" when Frey just... calmly accepts that dying for Athia is the right thing to do. She's right in this circumstance, it is the right thing to do, and I'm so goddamn proud of her, but also props to Cuff for having hang ups about that and acting on the instinct to keep Frey (and thereby himself, sure) safe.

Based on how he'd been acting up til that point, you'd think he, of all people, would understand why Frey and Thalia are sacrificing themselves for Athia. But he balks at this idea! And I love him for it 💜 The fucking hypocrite XD

...actually now that I've got these words worded out in my head I think I can finagle Knell and Flick into fitting with the Rheddig backstory and being what I need them to be for the self-insert bullshit to work. Just have them break from the cult. I'll have to scrap and/or overhaul everything I've written so far, but such is life. I'm keeping the zombie fight scene, though.

#itwt spoilers #itwt #in tanta we trust spoilers #in tanta we trust #forspoken #forspoken spoilers #forspoken speculation #forspoken worldbuilding #forspoken fanfic #self-insert shenanigans #general aldacor #forspoken cuff #forspoken susurrus #forspoken oc #forspoken original character #oc: knell #oc: flick #oc: keen #I was imagining the Rheddig as militaristic with slightly advanced magic-based technology #(advanced compared to Athia that is) #not a kamikaze bird cult #absolutely fascinated by this development :3 #it is now 6:35 and I have to make the decision: do I go to work or play hookie? #...I'm unfortunately a responsible adult and will go to work u_u #need time to finish ruminating on what I played yesterday anyway

[phoenixiancrystallist]

...hey guys

Who opened the Torana in New York that dumped Frey in Athia? Is that ever, like, mentioned or confirmed?

My pet theory (assuming I'm not missing anything) is that Cuff was/is able to access Frey's magic while he's bound to her, and he opened the Torana. Then he just kept acting as a bridge over the block on her powers that the other Tantas placed, and that's why she could use magic up until he revealed himself as Susurrus.

#forspoken #forspoken speculation #forspoken spoilers #bobbi's being weird again #or maybe this is all explicitly spelled out in canon and I just don't remember and I'm having this epiphany for NOTHING XD