It couldn't be an official pardon anyway, because nobody had yet been convicted of a crime, as something like that would take weeks to months. What almost certainly happened is that the governor leaned on the local prosecutor's office and got him/her to drop or settle the charges in exchange for various considerations.
Thank you, that's the clearest explanation of the difference I've seen. Maybe now it will finally stick in my head.
Listen... generally creatures and materials created by parahuman powers are unstable and unsuited to research, but that isn't absolute. Nilbog's creatures don't have to be made of human tissue. He no longer has a serious compulsion to attack strangers. And some, perhaps all, of these creatures are people, if more limited than a typical human.
Hoo boy. No wonder people didn't like Nilbog. Dude made stuff that leapt straight into the uncanny valley... Not to mention the lack of concern for human life...
Seriously, how disturbed is Nilbog? Everything I've heard says 'Very.' But is it the man or the shard causing it?
He knew to leave it to the people who knew what they doing. His part in it was simply keeping them safe.
Man, Cauldron and the PRT must be going nuts trying to work out his threat ratings... I suspect anything he qualifies for just gets 'Threat: YES.'
Seriously, this feels like some twisted Alice in Wonderland stuff. Like a children's book seen through a dark lens of madness...
And that's why they leave him alone. He's content here. Poke him, and he'd send them out into the countryside...
Oh god, how is a freakish monstrosity so damn cute?
So you might say, he doesn't have a brain. Certainly no head for landscaping.
Wise critter. Even if Lord Protector isn't a fae, he can still do nasty things to you, though.
Oh, they're all mad there, yes indeed. As mad as their king...
He may be able to speak, but he's still got the brains of a chipmunk.
Probably picked because it sounds funny and cute. If not for shard bullshit, this might have been a nice place...
Note that's not a denial. Truly, terrific. Lord Protector's going to get on like a house on fire. Complete with the screaming and the burning and the exploding...
Never mind the D&D or Pathfinder counterparts. The latter were closer to the mad little fae image, and if played well, live up to it.
A raggedy king, for a raggedy kingdom...
Let's hope he's in a good mood, more Wizard than Nome King...
Eh, it's a silly thing. Whoever named him must have been a big geek.
What could he even want here, anyway? What point is there to talking to Nilbog?
Hoo boy, it's going to be one of those conversations...
Democracy, huh? Wonder how Lion-O's taking that...
Huh, I'd give him a Mover 4 rating, for that ability to jump to conclusions.
Still trying to make this world a better place? or at least a less chaotic one?
Impressive to ping even his senses. You can at least tell he cares for his creations...
How handy of him.
Too bad he's lit up like a lighthouse to Lord Protector's sight (beyond sight?
)Assuming the planet is still in one piece in a year's time. We still haven't seen any of the fallout of his actions yet...
Were I to claim the title of king I would be lying...
Yeah, his powers were designed as a "just in case" by the Entities for if they accidentally wiped out humanity before the cycle was over. If that happened Nibog's creations would have spread out and become the new dominant species, taking over humanity's niche. For this to be useful to the Entities they have to be intelligent and emotionally complex enough to trigger, becoming hosts for shards themselves.
Oh god, how is a freakish monstrosity so damn cute?
Good question.
Thank you, corrected.
As I understand it, he picked it himself.
Thank you, corrected.
…he is unwilling to even consider working with the Protectorate but will negotiate with genocidal mass murdering lunatics.
A Power Ring solves such problems.
100% literacy
Him too.
I can't answer the question because I haven't decided, and I'm not going to until there's a story reason for me to do so.
So...
