Alright, I'm just gonna my roll for who's gonna be dead by the end of the game (I did
something similar way back when chapter 9 dropped, and it's still pretty similar, but I think I might have a better idea concerning some things now)
Sonya will likely die. Most likely in some stupidly heroic way, most likely to save Gloria in order to redeem herself for Caracas or something like that.
Victoria MIGHT be safe. Somewhat. I kinda think that the nanofluid we nicked from Baynard will be needed for her, along with some influence over her, especially with Meredith running around and being her lovable bitchy self.
Gloria... last time around, I said that she'd be safe, but now, I'm kinda torn, what with us now knowing her powers were
the result of a Baynard experiment, I'm kinda thinking this could turn bad for her. We might get a scenario where we have to choose between who to use the NF on.
Shanlon? Eh, don't care. She's probably safe from dying (though her career might not be xD)
Meredith is gonna die. I'm calling it (surprise). But I'm thinking that it'll be either Victoria who kills or the Red Moon (gonna talk about THAT CASE in a bit).
Chandra might just die, as well. Especially if the Red Moon is the one to kill Meredith, Chandra might get caught in the crossfire. Or if she decides to help the MC by sneaking into Baynard to get... something and then gets killed by overzealous guards.
My views on Abby hasn't really changed. She'll likely be okay, except if Chandra dies, then she'll be heartbroken, unless she somehow gets connected back to our gang.
Ellen's probably gonna be okay. We had one close call with her, that one's enough, unless we get a scenario where you choose between characters in perilous situations.
Katie might be at risk, though. There's still the whole mystery with what happened with her parents, and I feel this will come up in some manner. Maybe Baynard's holding them and wants to get to us by pressuring her with them? She could get hurt in some attempt to rescue them, leading to someone's MC to go on a massive rampage (like mine!).
I'm giving the MC a fifty-fifty chance. He might die, he might have a happily everafter, he might end up Vic's slave for whoever plays the spellbound path. Honestly? I want him to settle down with Katie somewhere and do what he does best.
Now we come to the utterly crazy part: My take on the Red Moon in this. Because oohh boy, do I ever have a theory concerning this dude and how he might not be the only one of his kind in the game.
Why am I talking crazy like that? Well, there's this picture:
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Now, someone correct me in case I'm wrong, but this looks like Baynard's keeping at least one Red Moon in cryo(stasis).
It's very likely that the Red Moon we've been 'dealing' with is gonna find out, possibly from Victoria, that Baynard - Meredith - has been keeping at least one of his brothers-in-arms (or his remains) for experiments or as a contigency in case they loose control over their current ally.
The Red Moon in that case may well seek to punish Meredith for that and ends up killing (or near-killing) her, possibly killing Chandra in the process. And this may well lead to a not-so-funny twist in which we actually have to ally with the bad guys (including Meredith, if she survived the RM-Rampage) to take down the Red Moon as the end boss and - quite possibly - his Red Moon friends. This will likely lead to some sort of agreement to reached between the Gang and Baynard along the lines of 'Yeah, you guys screwed up by bringing these crazy-ass cyborgs here in the first place, buut we're gonna forget about that if you let us all go. Oh, and you also forget all about these experiments y'all pulled on Gloria, k? Thanks! Don't call us again!'. Of course, if Meredith is still alive at this point, someone'll kill her (either the MC for revenge, or Victoria for revenge/in order to take power from her, or if you're feeling funny, Abby, to avenge Chandra, if she died).
Of course, this is just a longshot theory. But I do find it odd Philly would put this in there for no reason with this line. The only other way this could go I can think of would be that upon finding out, the Red Moon chooses to side with the Gang (causing plenty of arguments, especially with Gloria) and then going back to his cave. But honestly, option 1 sounds way more fun, since it would give the dude more to do and our friends a decent challenge.