[ ok deep breath, try to handle this with at least a little more delicacy than Gwenaëlle does with the new rifters— ]
The most likely explanation I’ve read and heard from the others here, after their years of observation and experimentation, is that rifters are actually a form of spirit. We’re— spirits who dreamt ourselves into reality. We’re affected by the Fade and lyrium in ways that others aren’t. We’re not literally physically the people from those other realms. You didn’t cross over between planes; you were made here, with all the memories of your other self.
But this, in your case, is very good news. Firstly, that I suspect this means you’re already free of that tadpole. Secondly, that whatever connection exists between Bhaal and Tav, it should be more malleable here than you expect.
The theories that Niehaus and I would like to test involve exploiting that malleability. Our natures as rifters are more mutable than most. We’re hoping that could go a way towards curing you.
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The most likely explanation I’ve read and heard from the others here, after their years of observation and experimentation, is that rifters are actually a form of spirit. We’re— spirits who dreamt ourselves into reality. We’re affected by the Fade and lyrium in ways that others aren’t. We’re not literally physically the people from those other realms. You didn’t cross over between planes; you were made here, with all the memories of your other self.
But this, in your case, is very good news. Firstly, that I suspect this means you’re already free of that tadpole. Secondly, that whatever connection exists between Bhaal and Tav, it should be more malleable here than you expect.
The theories that Niehaus and I would like to test involve exploiting that malleability. Our natures as rifters are more mutable than most. We’re hoping that could go a way towards curing you.