User blog comment:Vorred/Patriots, Final Hours - August '13 Update/@comment-958607-20130821192218

Yet another in a long line of well-developed blog posts that you seem to have been churning out lately. :D

You really know how to keep an audience interested. I was hooked just with the potential spoiler in the banner at the top. :P Thank you very much for those kind words. You are a true friend and I wish you all the best with Patriots. :D

Regarding the Discussion Topics (which is a VERY original idea that I haven't ever seen before. XD) I think that Theran is the most tactical member of the team, whereas Merall is the most combat-capable. Merall has the skills and the moves but Theran has the wisdom and the guilt to motivate him to do what is necessary. They're very similar in that sense and, looking back, I think it would've been more interesting to see her and Theran paired together in Uprising instead of Theran and Range. XD In terms of Theran's puberty desire to act more darkly and veer towards the side of evil, I think that it makes him a flawed leader. He cannot command the same respect anymore and, though Range and Brorag clearly remain loyal to him, I can see a great deal of mistrust from them in future. Maybe they'll listen to Merall more than him from now on and he'll slowly lose all power. Who knows. :P

I side with Merall because of my undying love for and obsession with her. It is a far better option to use any weapon you can get your hands on against an enemy like Nuva. Though Pirai obviously doesn't want to disturb the corpse's final resting place or incur the wrath of some disembodied spirit that might reside within it, I think that it is better to take your chances and deal with ghosts later. Who knows, the Great Being might be surprisingly cooperative about it. If I died and someone wanted to use my energy weapon to kill the bad guy I wouldn't have a problem with it. XD

I think that Range, Kyhae and Vastara will survive for sure. I can see death in the future for Pirai and another of the Farside Toa (I have a terrible nagging sensation that it's going to be Merall when her winning streak fails her). Additionally, I don't think that Solace will be around much longer. Furthermore, I think that Vorred will survive because he spends every battle unconscious... XD