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The Wheel is a natural phenomenon on Eora that is responsible for the cycle of rebirth, allowing souls to pass from one life to another. The metaphysical phenomenon continued for thousands of years, until the Engwithans and the Huana created a giant metaphysical machine in the heart of Ukaizo to seize control of the process and imbue the newly-minted gods with actual divine power and the ability to leech souls to augment their power. Their tampering was so extensive, however, that over the centuries of its existence the natural process became reliant on the machine at Ukaizo. When Eothas destroyed the machine in 2828 AI, the process has deteriorated to the point that it cannot return to its original state. At that point, the machines were integral to the Wheel and their destruction prevented the natural cycle from continuing, grinding the process to a halt.[1]
References
- ↑ J.E. Sawyer : "PoE1: The wheel is a natural/metaphysical phenomenon that pre-dates the Engwithans. PoE2: The wheel is a physical machine that was created by the Engwithans. Please tell me this discrepancy will at least be addressed in a DLC or sequel!
That is not what is said in Deadfire, though ambiguity (and the potential to miss a few key lines from Berath) caused some players to infer that. Content in the DLCs has clarified this more.
Deadfire spoilers follow.
The Wheel is a natural phenomenon that was regulated so heavily by the Engwithans that the destruction of the regulating machines does not return it to its natural state, but leaves it effectively broken. Berath uses the analogy of a river that has been so extensively dammed for so long that removing the dams cannot possibly restore the river’s original, natural flow. I.e., the machines at Ukaizo are now (at the time of Deadfire) integral to the Wheel’s process of taking souls into the Beyond. When they are broken, the natural process cannot resume on its own because it has been subverted for over two thousand years."