The Potential Scions of OblivAeon

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I don't know if it matters really. I can't see why it would. But there is only 2 confirmed instances of OblivAeon being hurt, so as far as we can tell the presence of the oblivion shards in the early parts of the story came from the time our friendly-ish scion hurt him. Keep in mind Scholars first apperance is Mystery Comics #1, so it had to have happened before that.

You'll have to search through the transcripts of them all. I don't recall which one it was from, but I think it was from not this past Q&A but the one before that. It was something I asked though.

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I found it then which I had missed before and it should be listed in this thread 

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> Gtgbigfoote: @Gtgchristopher do Oblivion shards come from OblivAeon himself or do they come from the Void? Neither?
> GTGChristopher: @Gtgbigfoote They are parts of OblivAeon. They occur when OblivAeon has been dealt a LOT of damage. They all are tied to specific events.
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> Gtgbigfoote: @Gtgchristopher So, your saying that OblivAeon has been damaged way before the final events of this Expansion? Or is this Timey-Whimey shenanigans that explain shards appearing early in the story
> GTGChristopher: @Gtgbigfoote Definitely. You recently read about one of those times, even. http://sotm.wdfiles.com/local--files/sotm-arg/scionsaid.jpg
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> Gtgbigfoote: @Gtgchristopher Im still curious about the oblivion shards coming from OblivAeon being damaged. Is it the case that OblivAeon was hurt indirectly by hero actions in earlier parts of the story and they just didnt know it? Trying to figure out how Cap Cosmic found thier stone.
> GTGChristopher: @Gtgbigfoote Why do believe that Scion's Aid happened that early?
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> Gtgbigfoote: @Gtgchristopher OK I see what you are saying. So is it the case that previous battles with Scions (unknown to the heros at the time) kind of indirectly damaged OblivAeon?
> GTGChristopher: @Gtgbigfoote Yes! There. You've got it now.
> GTGChristopher: @Gtgbigfoote Though most Scions have not damaged OblivAeon.

 

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Also, the "fixed point" thing is interesting. Maybe I get it the wrong way, but it seeems to me that for the multi/universe to continue to exist (past the Oblivaeon events), a "fixed point" event has to occur in every timeline (Vanessa Long having powers in this case). Perhaps the reason for this "fixed point" to occur is to allow the defeat of Oblivaeon, as Dark Visionary might be one of the only powerful enough entity to deal with this cosmic being.

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Random but related thought… if Benchmark is the only hero of the Supply and Demand universe, what’s the story with that universe’s Vanessa Long? We know each Vanessa has powers we don’t know they’re all heroes…

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It was my understanding that the Fixed Points in time were what OblivAeon was using to destroy everything and condence it. It seems like the fixed points help him mroe than hurt him

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Nothing says Supply & Demand might not have decided that the world was better off with The Dreamer dead if he couldn't rescue her. Heroes make hard choices some times.

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Or she got powers but she's not a superhero.

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Yeah, signs point to "world of evil supers".

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Okay everyone, last night I found a leak to one of the Scions. This might be the one from Scion's Aid--I think I recognize this. Spoilers ahead. Check it out before this gets taken down.

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This is terrible news EvanDan55

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I'm pretty sure this is how OblivAeon travels between the Multiverses and the Void.

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How many Aeonmen do you think can fit inside?

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Interesting, and I admit it would make sense. Do you have any evidence supporting this theory?

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From Christopher himself in this post https://greaterthangames.com/forum/topic/the-child-is-the-center-8623

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So, Kickstarter updates tell us there are ten Scions.  And "about half" are familiar villains, so sayeth the twitch feeds.  Thus, 4-6 Scions are established villains (in an "exact words" kind of way, others could be known heroes, but I'll disregard that for now).  Of those, we know about Progeny - despite us having first met him already functioning as a Scion, he's still an existing villain going into OblivAeon.  We can also be reasonably confident about the Celestial Ajudicator, though it wasn't a villain per say - I'm not sure whether it counts within the "about half".

 

That means we're looking for another 2-5 Scions.  The ones mentioned in this thread are:

  • Chokepoint
  • Empyreon
  • Galactra
  • Kaargra Warfang
  • Miss Information
  • Rahazar
  • Ruin
  • Voss

Miss Information is on this list, because although I mentioned the possibility in a different, similar thread and nobody else seems to agree, this post is self-referential.

Ra, Visionary, and The Scholar are the heroes I've seen discussed, but as I mentioned above, we don't have any statements to go off of regarding Hero Scions, so I am leaving them out of this list.

Looking at the list itself, it breaks down very neatly into 4 "main character" villains and 4 "mini-Nemeses" from Vengeance-style decks.  looking for 2-5 things out of a set of 4 should give rather predictable results, so if GTG overwhelmingly favors either type of villains over the other, most of the relevant entries could be correct!  A mix, of course, would be harder to anticipate.  Since our available data is one solo villain and one Environment target, however, I don't have a solid theory on that yet.

Without that, it's down to rampant speculation.  Of these, I would be least surprised by Miss Information (well, she is my pet theory, after all), and most surprised by Chokepoint, who has already transformed from mini-nemesis out to solo villain with a minimum of fanfare - it doesn't seem like the character is sufficiently popular to push further.

What do others think about the options?

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What about Voidsoul? He was drawn on the stream, called a Scion.

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and sanction.  I think ,aye he included them without saying them not sure though. 

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Sanction is mentioned in the first paragraph, as Celestial Adjudicator.  I note there that I don't whether that gets counted against prior villains or not, since it technically wasn't one.  That's why the number we're expecting is 2-5: 4-6 for "about half" of 10, minus 1 for Progeny, minus 1-0 for Sanction.

 

Voidsoul, though, I don't count.  It seems unlikely to me (though it is possible) that Christopher meant half of the Scions are characters we've seen in art before - I assume he meant actual cards.

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I mean, during the art stream, Voidsoul was referred to as a Scion. Adam asked Christopher "Should I tell them the Scion's name?" before revealing the name Voidsoul.

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i think he's counting it, just not as a villain we've face before.