I think what's especially important to remember is that the Hilichurls that are the most aggressive are being led by Abyss Mages, who are malicious and actively seek to harm people. The rest of them are either inside or around their camps, out hunting, or (as I stumbled upon one day) dancing around a totem. They have shamans who, in most cases, use the element of that region's god. The only Hilichurls that *go out of their way* to attack humans are either protecting their territory or being led by Abyss Mages.
Yep, even before the two hilichur commissions, I was picking up on the fact that there seemed to to be able to build and farm and preform magic that humans can't understand.
I doubt there'll ever stop being enemies, even if it gets retconed to that being just from the Abyss-Order's influence, but it seems obvious that they're being built up as more than any of the natives see them.
50/50 that the ancient ruined civilisation wasn't built by humans, it was built be hilichurls.
I was looking for someone to address this quest and it really gives you this doubt of slaying monsters in the world blindly for their exp, quests and other stuff.
It made me feel like this game had that Nier Automata vibe where we learned that those robots that have been roaming the Earth for centuries have become civilized and made you think of those robots you've killed up to that point.
I really like this type of concept in a game and I wish more games try to do this.
I think what's especially important to remember is that the Hilichurls that are the most aggressive are being led by Abyss Mages, who are malicious and actively seek to harm people. The rest of them are either inside or around their camps, out hunting, or (as I stumbled upon one day) dancing around a totem. They have shamans who, in most cases, use the element of that region's god. The only Hilichurls that *go out of their way* to attack humans are either protecting their territory or being led by Abyss Mages.
Yep, even before the two hilichur commissions, I was picking up on the fact that there seemed to to be able to build and farm and preform magic that humans can't understand.
I doubt there'll ever stop being enemies, even if it gets retconed to that being just from the Abyss-Order's influence, but it seems obvious that they're being built up as more than any of the natives see them.
50/50 that the ancient ruined civilisation wasn't built by humans, it was built be hilichurls.
I was looking for someone to address this quest and it really gives you this doubt of slaying monsters in the world blindly for their exp, quests and other stuff.
It made me feel like this game had that Nier Automata vibe where we learned that those robots that have been roaming the Earth for centuries have become civilized and made you think of those robots you've killed up to that point.
I really like this type of concept in a game and I wish more games try to do this.
Nice article by the way!
Yes, exactly! Thank you for reading.