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Arundor
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Question about the ending
   

I just finished Gothic for the first time, and I'm a bit confused about the ending.

Why did defeating the Sleeper cause the barrier to fall? If it was explained in the game, I must have missed it.
Post Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:25 pm
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Uriziel
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When the mages created the barrier something went wrong and the barrier grew MUCH bigger than intended. The reason it grew so big was the influence of the sleeper.

The barrier was created to protect the magic ore, but evil wanted the ore also.....and the sleepers power expanded the barrier.

Now as to why the barrier collapsed when the sleeper was banished, i can only speculate. 1: His power was needed to maintain the massive barrier.....or 2: Since the barrier expanded beyond the focus stones, they were no longer effective at maintaining it. Plus we removed the focus stones from where they needed to be.....remember?
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Post Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:54 pm
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I'll go with the sleeper sustaining the barrier theroy, because if you remeber we had to charge the stones so they didn't have any power after casting the barrier, I did wonder why they'd left them around the island though
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Post Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:41 am
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quote:
Originally posted by Uriziel
1: His power was needed to maintain the massive barrier.

And I add to that that the death of the sleeper made a huge gab in the dimensions of the word which caused an opening of another gate which sucked the whole barrier. Now we getting into Harry Poter lol
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Post Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:57 pm
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It really confused me because for most of the game, the main goal had been to destroy the barrier. Then the main goal somehow shifted to defeating the Sleeper with no real explanation why. I wasn't at all convinced that the hero was doing the right thing by trusting Xardas so completely and turning his back on the Water Mages.

Thanks for the clarification.
Post Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:58 pm
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Uriziel
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quote:
Originally posted by Arundor
It really confused me because for most of the game, the main goal had been to destroy the barrier. Then the main goal somehow shifted to defeating the Sleeper with no real explanation why. I wasn't at all convinced that the hero was doing the right thing by trusting Xardas so completely and turning his back on the Water Mages.

Thanks for the clarification.


Xardas was the only mage to figure out WHY the barrier had grown so large....so the goal never really changed from destroying the barrier to banishing the sleeper.........both are connected, and only Xardas had figured it out.

Xardas speaks a few lines saying the other magicians never stopped to consider why the barrier got so big, and that he had been working to find out what happened. He finally pieced it together and says the key to the barriers destruction is in the underground orc temple(sleeper's temple).
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Post Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:53 pm
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mazu
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The goal: Destroy the barrier.

How to destroy the barrier: banish the sleeper.

Simple.
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Post Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:05 pm
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Arundor
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True, but Xardas never actually tells you this. You can probably guess it, but I didn't think it made sense to betray the Water Mages based just on a guess.

Given a choice, I would never have stolen their ore's magic unless I got more information out of Xardas. Plus, Xardas didn't give any convincing evidence that he was right and the Water Mages were wrong.
Post Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:45 pm
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What you say is true Arundor, well spotted!

I'll PM you more info' - -
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