OOTS #1154 - The Discussion Thread

[Fyraltari]

Dorukan's gate was lost not because of a failure of the power of wizardry, but because Dorukan charged out of his defenses which he spent years preparing like an idiot, fought Xykon on his own terms, and didn't even take advantage of the primary strength of the wizard IE the ability to tailor your spells for a specific encounter. It was lost specifically because Dorukan didn't use the powers of wizardry at his disposal.

What do you mean?

Soon's gate was lost because of a massive hobgoblin invasion that could not reasonably have been predicted, give they came from another continent. That Miko struck the decisive blow is beside the point, because by then the battle had been lost.

The hobgoblin army was not from another continent it was from a neighbouring region and their attack wasn't random since Redcloak (and their troops had beef specifically with Azure City). Also without Miko Shoo would have killed Redcloak and Xykon here and there, and while thet would not have won the battle by itself it would have saved the Gate. Haley then could have met with the fleet and and a counterattack could have been organized without having to worry about Team Evil.

And Gerard's gate was lost because of what was, frankly, a freak and random event. Theres no possible way he could have predicted an epic spell of a dead wizard would come to target his bloodline by incident. For bonus irony, Xykon only found Gerard's gate because Gerard trusted somebody outside his family with its location.

So? The point remains that if he hadn't focused on family only his Gate would have stood (or at least had a better chance to). Freak accidents happens and Girard should have been better prepared.
EDIT: his gate was literally the only one would could have fallen this way, if the OotScribble had joined forces then their Gates would have withstood what fell them.