We killed an incarnation of Exodus. May be more out there, in other shards, timelines, dimensions, whatever ...
The Core - the mechanical brain and OS that runs the Machine - was banished to the Void at some point in Ultima canon.
The Temple of the Machine in Central Ilshenar sits atop a door and what appears to be a portal into the Void. While the latest arc seems to suggest that the Exodus Dungeon is underground - tunneled into as we saw during the Awakening - previous lore seemed to suggest the dungeon was located within the Void itself. If that's true then the Dungeon might be the
Dark Core.
Compare Exodus to the Overlords described in UO2 Lore. (I like the subtle Lovecraftian / Elder God's thing going on here.)
Overlords - Rulers over the Jukay, very little is known of who OR what the Overlords are. Some myths even point to the idea that they may just be machines pretending to be alive. But most believe they are living beings of flesh and bone. They are mysterious, unseen, and incalculably powerful. They are also masters of technology and alchemical magic. Later we find out from first-hand experience with the rebels that The Overlords and their mechanical dens are indistinguishable from each other. They are sentient catacombs; entombed gods.
Exodus - Little is known about its involvement in Juka Lore, but this entity was the prime enemy in Ultima 3 (the series). It is known though that it is a machine and not a living being. As described upon Kumar’s first encounter with it, “The device was huge. It nearly filled the breadth of the vast floor and continued down to unknown depths. Most of it appeared to be a massive, tangled network of thick glass pipes and globes, supported by a coppery scaffold; though its fleeting, inscrutable internal movements suggested unguessed layers of complexity. It flashed and glowed in a thousand places, in the cadence of a distant thunderstorm. Darkness trickled throughout its workings. Its countenance was furtive, mysterious.”
I've been borrowing some of these ideas for RP during the arc.
Whoa, that throws in a curve. I assumed it was current. What makes you think it's a flashback?
It is.
And if Exodus was programmed into the Dungeon - the Dark Core - then it is possible Blackthornes consciousness could also be housed within the Dungeon (or the object placed within his coffin during the funeral) that would allow him to be reconstructed and entombed in an artificial body.
