Steven Granger
Newbie
- Nov 22, 2024
- 77
- 63
- 37
I just finished my second playthrough recently and was looking for any specifics mentioned in the game about that time, but I didn't notice anything specifying when Alia was actually born. It only specified that she was an infant when she was carried away ~20 years before the game. So, I was fishing to see if maybe an explanation had been given elsewhere in maybe the supporter circles after the fact.If you read the dialogue throughout the game, NLT explains this.
To my understanding:
Sofia/Nadia and Alia/Zyana (spelling) were both kept at the age they were when they were trapped/hidden through the benefits provided by the FoY. This was centuries ago, as Alia was a child at that time, and Sofia a bit younger but likely not that much (as she left the cave to become a treasure hunter when Alia was lost and kept returning to harness the FoY's benefits to maintain her youthfulness).
When the flood swept Alia away as an infant, she was rescued by Sam and Naomi, adopted and grew up without knowledge of her past but also able to develop "naturally". There's little scraps of information dotted around everyone, it's about joining them that may be tricky.
It just seems like a weird logistical problem that never got addressed, which is weird for a developer who handles the logic in his games so well, generally. And, to me, this could be the explanation (along with her being swept away at sea for who knows how long exactly) for her sub-room temperature IQ. I'm guessing she's more than a few points above Simon, but a little less than Hannah (Hannah's issue seems to be more temperament than raw capacity, but idk for sure).