Imagine abyssal elf talismans in the shape of rubber ducks. This will be a little long and have screenshots so I'm putting it under a readmore.
So we all remember how Kathool was beaten up by a college student in a duck-shaped submarine, right?
And we know that in Kathool's nightmares in several of the quests, the submarine shows up, right?
(above screenshots taken from TechnoHawk1996's youtube channel)
And we recently found out that the abyssal elves were tasked by Neso with protecting the depths, and presumably also minimizing Kathool's influence?
"In ages past, the Abyssal Elves were charged by Neso with securing the depths of the seas-- maintaining order, and defending from threats."
Consider. Consider for a moment.
Abyssal elf talismans to ward against evil.
In the shape of yellow rubber duckies.
It makes sense in context, right?
But most of them probably didn't even know what ducks are, let alone what a rubber duck would look like, or if someone described a duckling to them, I don't think they'd make a connection beyond "yellow" and "small", which can apply to far too broad a category to be all that useful for imagining an actual IRL duckling.
So imagine, for a moment, these ancient sea-people who consider the surface world a distant dream like we thought of outer space for a long time, gifting each other talismans in the shape of rubber ducks, and at some point during this most recent foray into the deeps, perhaps, the hero finds one and goes.
"Huh. That looks familiar. How did that get here?"
We know how it got there. But the theological and metaphysical implications on Lore itself, as soon as someone points it out, would be staggering.
