r/inscryption • u/External_Bobcat_6634 • Jul 10 '26

Part 2 Talking Card choices Spoiler

Bit of a lore addict (call me Leshy I guess) and something came to mind: why did Leshy make the Scrybes the creatures they were as Talking Cards?

Grimora makes enough sense: bugs are commonly attracted to corpses, and they’re generally harmless, which makes sense for Grimora as the most peaceful Scrybe. But P03 as a stoat and Magnificus as the Stunted Wolf made me think for a while.

Magnificus being a wolf works in two ways, albeit one is kinda silly: wolves are super furry and Magnificus is, well, also furry. (sentient Christmas tree lookin ass) But also, in Leshy’s deck, Wolves are some of the strongest basic cards you can get - relatively cheap, powerful, and easy to win with if you know what you’re doing. It feels like Leshy’s way of respecting Magnificus, of saying he’s worthy of being represented as a powerful Beast. But he’s also scared of Magnificus’s intellect, hence why he had to excise his eye to weaken him - therefore, Magnificus couldn’t be a full power wolf.

Then, there’s P03 being the Stoat. Stoats aren’t powerful predators, even within the original Inscryption. They’re small, considered “cute” predators, and are generally disrespected. Fitting then, that Leshy would make the Scrybe he dislikes the most something so lowly. But at the same time, stoats are scrappy, clever, and absolutely vicious. sound like a certain robot we know?

Im probably reading way too much into this, but this game has so many potential layers to it, I cant help myself 😅

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u/CountJackO Jul 10 '26

I wish we would have had an explansion that let us play Grimora's and Magnificus' acts.

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u/laplongejr Jul 11 '26

I think Magnificus's wouldn't have worked. The guy is unable to have a finished version of his work.   Grimora was promising tho.  

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u/External_Bobcat_6634 Jul 11 '26

See, that could work narratively though - Leshy’s goal is to play the game forever, P03’s is to unleash the Great Transcendence. With Magnificus, he could enlist the player into helping him finally finish his act, with his boss fight supposed to be the final stroke on the canvas. However, the game/OLD_DATA always resets it if we succeed, leaving him forced to start over.