![]() ![]() Since she couldn’t read the future, she read the mother’s mind, and told the mothers what they wanted to hear.Īt this point, the player can call the Grieving Mother out, telling her that lying to these women is wrong. Because of this, many of the women she helped would come to her later and ask her to read their child’s future. The player discovers that she was a midwife and used her abilities to help mothers deliver healthy children.Īs the player learns more of her backstory, they discover that she once believed herself to be a Watcher-a person who can read people’s souls. ![]() The player learns part of the Grieving Mother’s backstory as soon as they meet her, accidentally looking into her memory. Even the player character themselves almost ignores her. Anyone who looks at her sees a simple village woman and tends to ignore her. In her case, she creates a glamour over herself. Grieving Mother is a cypher, a psychic class that can affect characters’ minds. ![]() The very first place I noticed this second theme was in conversations with Grieving Mother, a recruitable companion. A Mother’s Grief & An Archaeologist’s Lament That the memory of an event and how you interpret it is just as important as what really happened. The second theme is more subtle, but is just as important as the first one. The first one I had already picked up on ‘Tell the truth in all things’. There wasn’t one central theme of the story, but two. As I played through the first game this time though, I started noticing how some of the dialogue seemed to conflict with what I thought the central theme was. I had my assumptions challenged as I played the game and the expansion more and more often until I realized I was wrong. Since then, I’ve been replaying Pillars of Eternity, trying to get a character ready to import into the sequel. Spoilers for Pillars of Eternity and The White March Ahead!ĭuring the Steam summer sale this year, I picked up a copy of Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. ![]()
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