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With the availability of a desktop laptop I've finally picked up Tyranny again, but have opted not to return to my last playthrough. It's a very lore-driven game, and the decisions and conversations are highly dependent on the player's understanding of the world and what they're trying to provoke within it, and I just do not remember enough of what was going on to be able to jump back into that with any kind of ease. Instead I'm taking things from the top! It means settling back into the setting properly and also allows me to tweak one or two choices with the benefit of having a more solid concept for the character I'm playing.

That character is Fatebinder Djoli: the last soul from a scorched village, raised among the Beasts, and finally captured and brought to serve as a vassal of the Archon of Justice, who shaped her into as loyal a subordinate of Kyros the Overlord as you could hope... except for the part where her single overarching goal is to find a way to get within striking range of this faceless unknown who cost her family twice over and tear out their throat. It is entirely personal.

( extended backstory - spoiler-free )

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( strategy and companions - light spoilers )