With the stakes rising in Song of the Crimson Nile, I can't stop thinking about how Remy handled stat branches in Kali: Call of Darkness—and honestly, it makes me nervous for our endings.
In KCoD, path choice wasn't just flavor text; it was literally life or death:
Kindness of Goddess was practically mandatory for Amrit and Ratan.
Rage of Goddess was essential for Killian and Lima.
Picking the wrong path could easily get your LI killed or lock you into a brutal Bad Ending.
Now looking at SCN, we have Loyalty 🏵️ (protecting the Shesmu, holding onto tradition, defying the anti-magic decrees) versus Chaos 🦅 (backing the Pharaoh's new order, Horus worship, and accepting the phase-out/eradication of dark magic).
Because Remy loves high-consequence endings where your ideology needs to match your partner’s reality, how are you pairing your stats with your LI to secure a Happy Ending?
Here is how the dilemmas look right now:
Ramesses: Seems firmly tied to Loyalty. He is our Shesmu brother and a necromancer. Picking Chaos feels like siding with the very machine hunting him down, which screams potential tragedy.
Set: Logically leans Loyalty as well. Despite being the literal god of chaos in mythology, within SCN's stat logic, Set is the patron and protector of the Shesmu and the old balance. Would picking Chaos mean betraying the dark craft he commands?
Amen: The biggest wildcard. On paper, he is the Supreme Epistates enforcing the Pharaoh's will, which sounds like Chaos. But would an Eva on Chaos simply become his accomplice while burying who she is, or does a Loyalty Eva force him to choose between duty and love—potentially leading to an execution or him dying for her like Killian on Kindness?
Livius: An outsider who values human life and healing over dogmatic laws. He despises senseless cruelty, but he isn't a Shesmu. Could he thrive on either, or will one path isolate him from Eva?
Agnia: Independent mercenary aligned with the hunters' network. Does she favor the pragmatic stability of Chaos, or will her personal bond with Eva pull her into Loyalty?
Anubis: The guardian of the Duat and the Scales of Ma'at. An ancient god bound to cosmic order and traditional passage rites—does he demand Loyalty to the ancient ways?
For those romancing Amen or Livius in particular: what route did you lock in, and what is your survival strategy? Do you think Remy will punish mismatches as ruthlessly as she did in Kali: Call of Darkness?
