Just finished re-playing up to the current content cutoff. 4 braziers lit. 4 to go. And now I'm wondering what will trigger the remaining 4? So far we've got; Succubus Queen, Hero's party, Blood of the first hero, and a goddess. I figure one's got to be the Demon King descendant. Then maybe one of the elven royals? Possibly the queen, but I don't think the Braziers are keyed to specific individuals. I don't think the one Ayumi triggers was keyed specifically to her. Most likely that was just keyed to the first hero's bloodline instead. So Hikari would have been an equally likely trigger. But what about the last two? Yuma might be a trigger, but I think that might be unlikely. There wasn't a female subordinate to the demon queen we would have plausibly interacted with before the revolt, so unless the demon king planned for that to happen, I don't see why that would be a requirement. Maybe Anna is a trigger? Claiming the angel that got away? Or perhaps any angel would do? Maybe the elven goddess could be a trigger as well? But, again, not sure about that. I'm not sure the demon king could have predicted us being able to capture a divine during the seige of the human capital. I think it'd be more likely for the elven goddess to break ranks and assist. So maybe the goddess brazier was planned for her instead?
Which might be an interesing thing to contemplate. Did the demon king plan a specific progresssion of braziers? And, if so, would we be able to tell if we went off script? Like, does each brazier corrospond to a specific trigger, or do they light up in a specific sequence whenever a new trigger is met, regardless of the trigger?
I mean, Doylist explenation is that it's just a key marker of our progression through the story, but I do wonder what the Watsonian explonation would be.