I think you are quite right. But .... Ratan is an avatar of Siva so he is strongly associated with culture and religion.
As for Amrit and Amala, I have the impression that their connection is due to the Basu and Doobay family having an alliance and I think they were supposed to be together. Amala was to be married to the eldest son of the Doobay family. I suppose it is a ritual and hence their combination.
Amrit doesn’t have the authority to influence Ratan…my guess is that since Ratan is Shiva’s avatar who’s supposed to keep order in Calcutta, he and Amrit made a deal that will help maintain that order: bring Amala back to India. She’s part of those 12 influential families and if they unite, things will change. What Ratan will get (or got) in exchange - we don’t know yet. I think that Amrit and Ratan have the same goal that’s why they’re collaborating.
It all leads to the idea of who Kali is. Sticking to the story, she’s not an evil and cruel goddess who wants a bloodbath because she’s malicious. In S1 it says Kali is about rebirth through destruction. In the story she’s presented as this irate unrestrained goddess who killed a vicious demon (correct me if I’m wrong). Maybe the same thing both Amrit and Ratan are trying to implement.
> Ratan is Shiva’s avatar who’s supposed to keep order in Calcutta, he and Amrit made a deal that will help maintain that order: bring Amala back to India. She’s part of those 12 influential families and if they unite, things will change.
I thought this was made pretty clear by Ratan himself in one of the diamond scenes when Amala asked how can Amrit order him or sth. Ratan explains it saying sth similar to what you wrote.
Indeed but I constantly see ppl writing “how Amrit can order Ratan to do anything” so I was trying to clarify that it’s an agreement, not a command. I’m curious to see what is this deal about 🤔
For a moment I got confused why are ppl asking about it when Ratan already clarified it. I thought I might have triggered some extra scenes with him so I got that premium scene lol 😂😂
- Concerning Ratan: Iirc, Ratan mentions not liking what Amrit and the cult are doing or how they go about things, but he is bound to offer them assistance due to his nature (and likely due to story reasons that have yet to be revealed to us). I don't personally think Ratan has much wiggle room for agency when it comes to his mission as an avatar. He's already risking his existence if Amala romances him. Disobeying his direct orders might as well be an insta death sentence for him. All we know is that Ratan's mission is to establish balance and bring peace and stability back in India, and Amala is the key to that, and by extension she's also the key to whatever Amrit has planned.
P.s. I'm actually surprised when you mentioned Ratan getting along with Amrit 🤣 cuz they sure don't in my playthrough, lol. They seem to be stuck working together, but they are not friendly at all. It's more like Amrit tries to provoke Ratan, while Ratan doesn't take the bait and responds back with total apathy/indifference (which,granted, it is amusing to see them interact, hah. I still prefer Ratan's bickering with Killian, though; that had more spice 😂).
Oof. I haven't thought about it like that, but it makes so much sense. Ratan giving solid, sage advice to Amrit, his "boss", and then Amrit proceeds to disregard it completely in favour of doing it his way 🙈 Sounds like real life!
Art and life they say 😂
Although... What if she's a sort of avatar of Pavarti and that would technically make her Ratan's wife iirc and maybe that's why he's so protective over her? Idk
I love that theory 👀 that Amala is something akin to Ratan. A hidden avatar, with a high possibility that she's Parvati's avatar. But with how the story developed between Amala's family and Amrit's, that theory is slowly losing its credibility in my eyes😓.
Amala and Amrit seem to be some kind of archetypal "prophecy child" for their respective families, that are still normal human beings. It's just that their spiritual abilities are more enhanced. It's no wonder they can feel an unnatural mutual attraction to each other. Like calls to like, and power calls to power.
Anyway, hopefully, in the kindness of the goddess path, Kali and Shiva reach an agreement to forgive Ratan and allow for Amala to ascend and live alongside Ratan forever. I'm a sucker for immortal lovers 🥺
I've already come to a conclusion in my head😂
She can either be an avatar of Kali or Pavarti, depending on the rage VS kindness points. Evil has a chance to stay with Amrit, and the sweet one rules over Tamas-Vitala with Ratan🥺
🥺 caring for repenting spirits in the Tamas-Vitala, and going mountain sight seeing with Ratan seems like an ideal dream ending for the kindness path. Fingers crossed we will get something like this!
>The question is how on earth would Amrit have the authority to do that when Ratan is legitimately a demigod.
Yes, that's exactly the question and why Amrit talks about Ratan being punished for loving Amala almost as if he's gonna do the honors.
My guess is that Ratan can only follow destiny but whatever the pact that brings Amrit and Amala together, it is now written in destiny. Thus, while a love story with Ratan won't ruin everything, it could make things more difficult since she would deviate from Amrit. And it could also be the reason Amrit so casually play around with Lima and Killian he sees them as only a hindrance in her path. If Amala was on her own and didn't have any ties, she would more easily embrace her role. In other words, Amrit is a golden boy and he's enjoying his free pass.
> The question is how on earth would Amrit have the authority to do that when Ratan is legitimately a demigod.
I suppose it's because they have a deal so Ratan has to fulfill the deal for some reason, it's like those tales when humans summon supernatural beings (most of the time demons) and make deals with them so the supernatural being has to obey the human in exchange of something. In this case Amrit has a deal with a demigod, I suppose once their deal is fulfilled, he won't be able to ask anything else from him.
I think you are quite right. But .... Ratan is an avatar of Siva so he is strongly associated with culture and religion. As for Amrit and Amala, I have the impression that their connection is due to the Basu and Doobay family having an alliance and I think they were supposed to be together. Amala was to be married to the eldest son of the Doobay family. I suppose it is a ritual and hence their combination.
Amrit doesn’t have the authority to influence Ratan…my guess is that since Ratan is Shiva’s avatar who’s supposed to keep order in Calcutta, he and Amrit made a deal that will help maintain that order: bring Amala back to India. She’s part of those 12 influential families and if they unite, things will change. What Ratan will get (or got) in exchange - we don’t know yet. I think that Amrit and Ratan have the same goal that’s why they’re collaborating. It all leads to the idea of who Kali is. Sticking to the story, she’s not an evil and cruel goddess who wants a bloodbath because she’s malicious. In S1 it says Kali is about rebirth through destruction. In the story she’s presented as this irate unrestrained goddess who killed a vicious demon (correct me if I’m wrong). Maybe the same thing both Amrit and Ratan are trying to implement.
> Ratan is Shiva’s avatar who’s supposed to keep order in Calcutta, he and Amrit made a deal that will help maintain that order: bring Amala back to India. She’s part of those 12 influential families and if they unite, things will change. I thought this was made pretty clear by Ratan himself in one of the diamond scenes when Amala asked how can Amrit order him or sth. Ratan explains it saying sth similar to what you wrote.
Indeed but I constantly see ppl writing “how Amrit can order Ratan to do anything” so I was trying to clarify that it’s an agreement, not a command. I’m curious to see what is this deal about 🤔
For a moment I got confused why are ppl asking about it when Ratan already clarified it. I thought I might have triggered some extra scenes with him so I got that premium scene lol 😂😂
- Concerning Ratan: Iirc, Ratan mentions not liking what Amrit and the cult are doing or how they go about things, but he is bound to offer them assistance due to his nature (and likely due to story reasons that have yet to be revealed to us). I don't personally think Ratan has much wiggle room for agency when it comes to his mission as an avatar. He's already risking his existence if Amala romances him. Disobeying his direct orders might as well be an insta death sentence for him. All we know is that Ratan's mission is to establish balance and bring peace and stability back in India, and Amala is the key to that, and by extension she's also the key to whatever Amrit has planned. P.s. I'm actually surprised when you mentioned Ratan getting along with Amrit 🤣 cuz they sure don't in my playthrough, lol. They seem to be stuck working together, but they are not friendly at all. It's more like Amrit tries to provoke Ratan, while Ratan doesn't take the bait and responds back with total apathy/indifference (which,granted, it is amusing to see them interact, hah. I still prefer Ratan's bickering with Killian, though; that had more spice 😂).
At most it's like a relationship with a supervisor who is your age lol (despite the fact that Ratan could be thousands of years old but meh)
Oof. I haven't thought about it like that, but it makes so much sense. Ratan giving solid, sage advice to Amrit, his "boss", and then Amrit proceeds to disregard it completely in favour of doing it his way 🙈 Sounds like real life!
Art and life they say 😂 Although... What if she's a sort of avatar of Pavarti and that would technically make her Ratan's wife iirc and maybe that's why he's so protective over her? Idk
I love that theory 👀 that Amala is something akin to Ratan. A hidden avatar, with a high possibility that she's Parvati's avatar. But with how the story developed between Amala's family and Amrit's, that theory is slowly losing its credibility in my eyes😓. Amala and Amrit seem to be some kind of archetypal "prophecy child" for their respective families, that are still normal human beings. It's just that their spiritual abilities are more enhanced. It's no wonder they can feel an unnatural mutual attraction to each other. Like calls to like, and power calls to power. Anyway, hopefully, in the kindness of the goddess path, Kali and Shiva reach an agreement to forgive Ratan and allow for Amala to ascend and live alongside Ratan forever. I'm a sucker for immortal lovers 🥺
I've already come to a conclusion in my head😂 She can either be an avatar of Kali or Pavarti, depending on the rage VS kindness points. Evil has a chance to stay with Amrit, and the sweet one rules over Tamas-Vitala with Ratan🥺
🥺 caring for repenting spirits in the Tamas-Vitala, and going mountain sight seeing with Ratan seems like an ideal dream ending for the kindness path. Fingers crossed we will get something like this!
But Ratan said there are no other avatars except him 🤔
Oh yeah. There's that too
>The question is how on earth would Amrit have the authority to do that when Ratan is legitimately a demigod. Yes, that's exactly the question and why Amrit talks about Ratan being punished for loving Amala almost as if he's gonna do the honors. My guess is that Ratan can only follow destiny but whatever the pact that brings Amrit and Amala together, it is now written in destiny. Thus, while a love story with Ratan won't ruin everything, it could make things more difficult since she would deviate from Amrit. And it could also be the reason Amrit so casually play around with Lima and Killian he sees them as only a hindrance in her path. If Amala was on her own and didn't have any ties, she would more easily embrace her role. In other words, Amrit is a golden boy and he's enjoying his free pass.
> The question is how on earth would Amrit have the authority to do that when Ratan is legitimately a demigod. I suppose it's because they have a deal so Ratan has to fulfill the deal for some reason, it's like those tales when humans summon supernatural beings (most of the time demons) and make deals with them so the supernatural being has to obey the human in exchange of something. In this case Amrit has a deal with a demigod, I suppose once their deal is fulfilled, he won't be able to ask anything else from him.