History Headscratchers / Sacrifice

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** Well yeah, it's true that Statos is only successful at it if you're siding with him, but... That's kind of obvious when it comes down to it, because of the fact that... you know... All the gods except the one you side with die? Seriously though, even then, his plan was largely successful, it just messed up at the one critical moment, in that Marduk went after him instead of everyone else. Of course, it's also highly likely that the only reason Marduk goes after Stratos in the first place is to make sure the main character's alive for The Reveal. I always got the feeling that Marduk thought of the main character as an ''[[FoeYay apprentice]]'' rather than an enemy.

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** I honestly consider Stratos more of a MagnificentBastard. I mean, the entire game's one big XanatosGambit that depends on:1: Persephone trying to establish an alliance with Stratos, 2: Pyro believing it's all a big conspiracy and accidentally starting a war with James, 3: James and Pyro battling themselves into a stalemate, allowing Stratos's forces to "take over the defense", and 4: Charnel knowing the entire thing and building his own countermeasure to the thing, causing him to distract Persephone and James while he pulled off his backstab. Essentially, Stratos managed to manipulate every single one of the other gods into a position where they could be taken out with little threat to himself. The only time the plan seems to outright fail is if you're with Pyro, whereupon Pyro pulls a SpannerInTheWorks and winds up in charge of over half the world before Stratos and Charnel figure out that things aren't working out the way they planned and band together for a final stand against him.

*** His plan's also an even simpler, and better, Xanatos Gambit. Step 1: Get the gods to start fighting (Using the prophecy), Step 2: Stay back, since each side is even. Step 3: Pick one side, help them win. Step 4: Use Marduk to conquer allies who won. James/Pyro, and Persephone/Charnel are equal...Stratos is the tipping point. You just help change things...which actually works WITH Stratos' plan since the gods exhaust themselves.