I just thought of a reason why Obann might want the Beacon.
In the campaign, Obann collects Yasha, The Laughing Hand, and The Inevitable End because (if I recall correctly??) he believed that none of them could die. He was sorta right too, considering Yasha’s relentless rage, The Laughing Hand’s heart being in a separate, safe location, and whatever the fuck the Inevitable End had going on.
The reason he wanted three unkillable servants was to ritually sacrifice them three time or something of that nature? Am I remembering that right? I haven’t looked at transcripts but I remember they needed sacrifices in order to free the chained oblivion and my understanding was that he was going to use the same three chumps for each round of sacrifice. I think maybe it wasn’t so much sacrifices as it was the strain of breaking the chains would kill normal people?
But the Laughing Hand and the Inevitable Ruin were not easy to get. Like, #1 was locked in a vault in Xhorhas and #2 was chopped up in three separate pieces and scattered all over the place.
I think, in the animated show, Obann’s plan is to use the Beacon to make his followers unkillable. Speed up consecution somehow so he could use whomever he wished. Since to Beacon has been stolen, it’ll be easier to get.
Now, upon realizing the Beacon will free his captives, he’ll have to go to plan B.









