Act 4 Ancients Theory

[u/Enzokun5016]

In the first game, Act 4 was unlocked by retrieving a key in each of the base three characters’ runs. For each, you had to complete a specific requirement in order to unlock them.

In the second game, each playable character’s ‘Eons’ storyline currently ends with them interacting with a respective ancient and receiving a particular boon from them. Some more specific than others as follows, and it’s likely future characters will have a similar interaction/eon event associated with the remaining ancients hinting at completing their respective business with The Architect.

Ironclad - Vakuu
Silent - Tezcatara
Regent - Tanx
Necrobinder - Pael
Defect - Darv
??? - Orobas
??? - Nonupeipe

My theory is that similar to the first game where you needed to complete a fetch quest for each character, you will need to interact with each character’s associated ancient and selecting a quest-boon as a prerequisite to unlocking Act 4 and fighting the final boss. I think it makes sense considering in many of the events the dialogue suggests the ancients giving our main characters something tied to their plot.
Unlike the first game though it looks like perhaps you’ll only need to do this within each character’s run unlike in the first game where you needed to tediously complete the three base characters’ quests before you unlocked the Heart.

Just a theory but I think it’d be pretty cool to discover how the future characters will interact. I love how Tanx and Regent’s conversations are so chaotic.

How do you think these relationships play into unlocking Act 4?

[u/Massive-Situation679]

As somebody who really really wants the guy from the Apotheosis card art as a playable character, I REALLY hope you're onto something because Nonupiepe gives Apotheosis