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[Spoilers] Homework for season 4 - post-Lightbeards realizations
So, considering the last revelations regarding the nature of the grand paladin and Viranda, here are some old Urealm link that need some rewatching:
First one, as mentioned by Rawb himself on stream, is The Purge teaser video:

Second one, is the final act of The Purge, in which Lance has met his death prior to the arrival of Bopen, who turned him into an ageless and had a little chat with him...
Now, it is important to reflect on the last act of The Fall of Dundinborough, where Lance came just in time to witness the creation of Bopen - pay attention to the golden sword.
you can watch that up to 47:00 for the important buiss.
Bopen plays an important part in all of this, since we on the discord hypothesized that Viranda might have been trapped in the golden sword used to slay her, untill reanimating bopen.
EDIT:
Another thing to note is that the golden blade used to "slay" Viranda was in fact Sursurflame (as mentioned during the Lightbeards campaign) - a sword we stumbled upon back in season 2 during Unexpected Discovery, which was thrown into lava during the end of the Den of Devils.
We can witness it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejNH265cRR4&feature=youtu.be&t=35m21s
Now - don't let the former design fool you! The blade got redesigned, as we can see in this snap taken from the dragon battle animation during the last act of the Lightbeards:

And again, sticking out of the ceiling:

The blade is now golden, and highly resembles Bopen's golden sword in it's shape!
Is it possible the blade, containing the spirit of Viranda the dragon, found its way to the treasure room of Dundinborough, where after listening in on an old tale about a pirate named Bopen, gained back control and did all sorts of amazing magic (now that it's a dragon) to animate a skeleton called Bopen?
Discussions and other important clips-that-need-revisits will be gladly appreciated!
First one, as mentioned by Rawb himself on stream, is The Purge teaser video:

Second one, is the final act of The Purge, in which Lance has met his death prior to the arrival of Bopen, who turned him into an ageless and had a little chat with him...
https://youtu.be/2CSnYzK7Lj4?t=36m50s
Now, it is important to reflect on the last act of The Fall of Dundinborough, where Lance came just in time to witness the creation of Bopen - pay attention to the golden sword.
https://youtu.be/gVAHRDO_hps?t=38m50s
you can watch that up to 47:00 for the important buiss.
Bopen plays an important part in all of this, since we on the discord hypothesized that Viranda might have been trapped in the golden sword used to slay her, untill reanimating bopen.
EDIT:
Another thing to note is that the golden blade used to "slay" Viranda was in fact Sursurflame (as mentioned during the Lightbeards campaign) - a sword we stumbled upon back in season 2 during Unexpected Discovery, which was thrown into lava during the end of the Den of Devils.
We can witness it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejNH265cRR4&feature=youtu.be&t=35m21s
Now - don't let the former design fool you! The blade got redesigned, as we can see in this snap taken from the dragon battle animation during the last act of the Lightbeards:

And again, sticking out of the ceiling:

The blade is now golden, and highly resembles Bopen's golden sword in it's shape!
Is it possible the blade, containing the spirit of Viranda the dragon, found its way to the treasure room of Dundinborough, where after listening in on an old tale about a pirate named Bopen, gained back control and did all sorts of amazing magic (now that it's a dragon) to animate a skeleton called Bopen?
Discussions and other important clips-that-need-revisits will be gladly appreciated!
Comments
It's mentioned, but does that hurt the theory?
Well it was never mentioned what sword he was wielding, all we know about it is that it's a golden sword.
No reason for anyone to recognize it either, apart from Virgo and Lance, possibly.
(Skip to 35:20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejNH265cRR4&feature=youtu.be&t=35m21s
However, the sword use to slay Viranda does resemble Bopen's sword's shape quite alot (credit to @OliviaTSayle for the snap):
plus it's golden:P
Alright, so the sword is sursurflame, as mentioned here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/316277037?t=05h04m55s
But, it appears golden and in the shape of Bopen's one, unlike the one in Unexpected Discovery - this could just be a retconned design.
Real question is - did the Den of Devils happen before The Fall of Dundinborough, or after?
If it happened before it, it's completely logical the blade, after being thrown into the lava, made its way to Dundinborough's treasure room.
The donation description for Sursurflame's event reads as follows:
that does sound like an accurate description of that blade's story-to-come...
@PanDoes since this suggests the sword is possessed by Viranda, now a dragon, Bopen can probably do whatever it wants regardless. It's not like he ever uses it as a hand-to-hand-combat sword anyway - he makes it fly around and kills everyone with magic and such.
We're aiming towards Bopen not actually being real at all, but just a puppet controlled by Viranda in the sword, which is more than divine - she's a new dragon aspect
OOO! I have the answer for when Den of Devils happens and why Bopens sword is Not Sursaflame. This is from an earlier comment of mine on discord so, it will be a little out of context : "I think that we are getting too hung up on the material of the sword. In all reality a gold sword might just be a great material to make legendary swords out of (since they are solid magic after all). For instance, we know dundinburough likely happens before Den of Devils (awakening of the ancient one killing Michael's kid, and Silver mine mountains and virgo dying happens at the same time). meaning that the sword has not been rediscovered before bopen came to life. So that means that the two swords would have to exist simultaneously as separate items, or bopen lost his sword for a short while in the den."
I think there is character connections that put Den of Devils pretty far in the future from when Bopen is born in Fall of Dundinborrow.
The incident I'm referring to is in The Skeleton King Episode 7
At 39m40s:
When the sandbolds show up, freeze time, and rescue these children, rob specifically says at 42:20 that "Bopen is also completely frozen in time." which means he is not a believer or a divine.
Now it could be possible that Viranda isn't frozen inside the sword, and it is just the bones that are frozen, but at that point it means Bopen is a completely separate character just being fueled by Viranda's power.
Is it the most logical thing ever to decide that one bad day means something you used to love is the worst thing in the world, to the point of having to destroy everything associated with it? No, but Dwarves are not the most logical race in the world, especially when this Dwarf turned into a crazed dragon and was murdered in the course of hours.
Well that changes everything.
Bopen's sword can't possibly be Sursurflame, no matter the resembles.
Alao, since Bopen froze in time, it means he can not be neither a believer, a devine, or a dragon - killing any connection he could have had to Viranda as that would at least make him divine.
If you watched the Lightbear fight scene, we know that sword doomed Virendra to death because it killed her in her dragon form. It doomed Bruce to death watching her lover die, causing the depress man vularunable enough to be killed by the Assassian Ghostblade (a character I will happily defend due to being a Beenu). It doomed Virgo to death by being killed by Bopen at the end of Season 2. Later with Lunk using it in the Dens of Devils, look at all those characters who were doomed to death in that campaign before Lunk throw it into the lava.
I am just saying, but we should pay attention to the story of characters near or wielding this sword, since it only seems to be bring trouble and the story ending of death to all those who see it.