OH MY GOD I CANT EVEN, DO I HAVE A REVIEW FOR YA ALL!
Obviously, my post is going to contain spoilers so if you have not read the comic and do not wanna be spoiled STOP READING right now, I wont be putting every other sentence into spoiler brackets.
OKAY READY? HERE IT COMES:
First off, let me just say thank you for this comic, I fear this is the last we will ever see of Saskia though : ( But I am grateful nevertheless.
Okay so I am going to start by this.
Things that did not make sense / need to be explained:
- How did everyone learn about Saskia' s secret? Nobody in Loc Muinne had any idea that the dragon was her and the only people who knew were Geralt, Sile, Philippa, Iorveth and Triss if you rescued her.
So, which one of the 5 was gossiping around? : )
- Iorveth has some serious explaining to do. Leaves the free state he dreamed of and a woman he possibly has feelings for to join forces with Francesca?!
Whom he hated a few days earlier? We know this is the case because of the Gwent Cards. Francesca is the new "Hope of Aen Seidhe" which is exactly what Iorveth called Saskia, she is the leader of the scoiatael now and in one of her cards, we can see her giving orders to an elven unit with Iorveth standing beside her.
So I am pretty sure that this is no conspiracy.
The only reasonable explanation that comes to mind is that the Scoiatael were so displeased with Saskia being a dragon so most of them decided to leave for Dol Blathanna and give Francesca a second chance.
And Iorveth had a choice, either stay or pursue his dream of preserving their species in an elven state.
Okay lets move on.
The story:
It was a decent follow up but one thing felt seriously out of place most of the time. Geralt.
I would have preferred if he did not appear this time with a monster contract and the plot was solely focused on the political climate in Upper Aedirn and the war looming.
Also with him appearing, some in-game things stop making sense (the dialogue about Saskia with Philippa is now pretty pointless since we now know, and we know that Geralt knows) or why did he not ask Ambassador var Attre "What about Vergen's resistance?"
I understand this is because they came up with Saskia' s story post-launch and I doubt there will ever be a more precise dialogue, but I am very detail focused so, just sayin : )
The ending:
GUYS WHATS GOING ON HERE?!
Some of you are all upset because you think Saskia died?
This is not the impression I got! I feel like the ending is like Dandelion's wishful thinking, you can see a picture of what it would look like if Nilgaard simply passed through Vergen not attacking (which did not happen) and then you can see a picture what it would look like if Saskia returned and scorched the Nilgaardian army (which also did not happen).
So what I understand is that Saskia left not saying where she' s going, the peace pass-through did not happen and Vergen was razed and everyone/most people killed.
The last 2 pictures shown (where Nilfgaard is simply passing through and where Saskia is attacking) neither shows what happened.
I mean, I HOPE SO.
Marcin Momot said Saskia and Iorveth are safe! And Saskia being hit by a fireball does not look safe to me!
Some clarification needed!
Anyways, I doubt we will ever be seeing her in game : ( Now we know even if Iorveth returns, we will not see her with him since they parted ways.
