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My bulletpoint fanfiction end game storyline

I like Path of Exile and I've played the game for 2500+ hours over the course of years. There are a lot of compelling story elements in the campaign and in the end game for me. But I find Sirus lacks impact in the story for players to be invested in. In contrast I felt Shaper, Elder and Zana had a good story interactions with family drama and a constant looming threat. Shaper and Elder still have presence, even though gone, through diaries and storytelling. The Conquerors themselves, even though are interesting characters, do not feel threatening. I'm not an actual writer, so I'll use bulletpoints to try and make my own end game story feel a bit more interesting and chaotic.

* The Elder Slayers did not actually slay the Elder, but think they have. Nobody knew they would need a specific sword to put him down.
* Shaper was there with the Elder Slayers against The Elder, but suffered nearly the same fate as Sirus. Shaper was able to protect himself better than Sirus in The Elders dimension, but his memories were gradually being devoured. He would find a way to protect them, but it meant he would have to remove and encapsulate them.
* In yellow tier maps Maven gets really interested in providing you a challenge and brings The Elder back by creating a hole to Elders dimension. Shaper escapes through the same hole Maven provided. The familiar story from olden days with the Shaper and the Elder commences with the goal of destroying the Elder for good.
* Later in the red tier maps The Conquerors are on a mutual agreement not to fight against each other and they all find you, Elder and Shaper troublesome. They plan to bring Sirus back as a force to fight and to bring them all together to rally their forces. They accomplish this with the Watchstones and the hole Maven created. Sirus leads through fear and dominance and is present in red tier Conqueror influenced maps.
* Sirus witnesses the Shaper fight where you restore Shapers memories. He makes a plan to cause as much of suffering as possible to Zana in a test to see if his heart can be moved by seeing people he cared for suffer. Sirus is the reason Elder finds Shapers Stronghold. He aligned the Watchstones to the Stronghold calling the Elder. This creates the Uber Elder fight.
* Sirus reveals to Zana that the only reason he did this was to hurt Zana and taunts Zana that this is all her own doing. This has stirred Siruses emotions and he feels more powerful now than ever.
* Zana wrought with emotion is now going to fall to a trap laid by Sirus. Sirus needs Zanas affinity with the Atlas to open the portals to Oriath, but he needs to bring Zana to the map device in the storm. Zana is afraid that Sirus has found a way to open a portal and is there to prevent that, but gets Dominated by Siruses power and opens the portals for Sirus. Kira sacrifices himself to save Zana, Sirus is empowered by the slaughter of his old fellow people and we get the familiar Sirus fight.

Thank you for reading this far. Originally this story manifested in my mind a few months ago, but I kinda got encouraged to publish it by the recent podcasts with Chris where he mentioned Elder and Shaper and spoke about 3.17 and what it/future might entail for the end game. I know this might not gain any momentum, but hey! At least it is out of my head and in the public and might 'stir something'. GGG should not take this as a feedback or as a critique, but as a compliment from someone who wants to share something from a game he likes.
Last edited by Celd on Sep 5, 2021, 9:01:07 AM
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