Yes, he was outright lying to the PC about his motives. Essentially, he'd graduated top of his class and joined the Talons, but defected to investigate when new recruits started going missing up north and the rest of the talons wouldn't do anything about it.
The reason I know this is because I had to get Bubbles permission to write for Quin when I first adopted him, and he told me Quin's backstory.
What I've adjusted it to is that Quin was following in his dad's footsteps to become a Talon (which is no longer a secret spy order, but rather just a specialized branch of military). He's a very, very minor noble only is the sense that he has a family crest, a last name, and a small amount of land that he and his mom share, since becoming a Talon awards it for members and families (note that it was granted to his dad, not him).
I don't want to spill too much for spoiler reasons, but how he came to join the cult aligns much more with what he originally told the PC rather than any kind of secret spy work.
Oh, is is nice to know that you have gotten permission from Bubble. It at least seems that he departed on good terms with you when he left CoC2 behind.
But yeah, good on you to streamline his lore. It all flows more succinctly from one story beat to another.
Having said that: while I love everything you are throwing our way, this a way of more major rewrite then I was expecting. I expected anal and relationship expansion and maybe removal of some of the less explored elements, but they
Once more, everything looks good, but it does feel like Quin is becoming a new person and a different companion. Of course, most people would prefer that and his current scatter-brained characterization and lore is hard to work with, but I can not lie that I am going to slightly miss the current bun. Not to take away what you are putting forth, but I do ponder how much of things one can change with character like Quin without him coming of as entirely different person.
Ships of thesus and all that.
But I do trust that you will him do good. You do seem genuinely into him which is comfort in itself.
Bird and me was jokingly talking about manify Byvernia. Other than that I don't think there are any plans for her.
Do it! Honestly, doing that to her seems more appropriate considering how boy crazy she is. If she is so keen on finding her perfect man, then why can't she become one for champion.?
Hirrured the bunny girl.
Of course, then there would be backlash, but worth.
Several people have expressed desire to see more written for her, and I've said that if someone wanted to commission me to write stuff for her I would consider it, but so far there isn't anything for her in the review code.
Did you ever get commissioned for anything?