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This event was set up to pretty much follow the Nefer Character Quest we played through during the Archon Quest. But there really wasn't any important information nor real world basis for any of it.
However in the middle of the story we found some old notes belonging to someone called "Zandik" which means Manichaeist in Persian. This is the name of the character Dottore who is likely going to become the major antagonist of this Archon Quest. Therefore this event and the majority Persian emphasis of the Archon Quest's story was probably to set up his motivations in the next two parts of the story.
I'm not sure I really appreciate that. A few years ago the release of that same Persian region, Sumeru gave us a major antagonist that came from the Japan-based region. I found it weird to have a Japanese antagonist for a Persian story since Japan and Persia don't have any common history at all. The same applies to the Baltics and Persia. But I suppose we'll see what happens.
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