Editing The Oracle

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{{PAGENAME}} is a title used to describe the entity that will speak to the Avatar when interacting with her mechanical interface devices within an Oracle Confirmatory buildings, located throughout New Britannia.


''“The Oracle” as she is called, is a mysterious being, and her followers have erected “Confirmatories” in many major cities, and her Omnipotent flying and crawling “eyes” can be seen “observing” in more and more places throughout the lands. Her supporters claim, she is a bastion of the ways of virtue, here only to guide and inform those who wish to remember and rekindle a path of virtue. Her detractors claim, she is a manipulative and autocratic ruler who must be stopped. It is up to each individual to decide what if anything she may mean to them! Some cities clearly support her, while others have destroyed her confirmatories and drive off her followers. The Island of the Hidden Vale has rejected her guidance, and remains mostly free of her influence and observation… but at what cost?”''<ref>[https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?p=44353#more-44353 Release 10 Instructions]</ref>
==Lore==
:'''''From the travel journals of [[Maeread]], historian and seeker of truth...'''''<br><br>
::''"There are so many theories about the Oracle, especially for those of us who question. Of course, it is impossible to deny the impact of the Celestis Compact, and the affirmation chambers, and the Eyes. Few could deny the Oracle exists, with all the evidence of our eyes and the testimonial of those who have heard the Voice. And those who do – well, there are always those who deny even in the face of proof."<br><br>"Yet there is always the mysteries, the prophecies, the shrouding. The Oracle demands doubt – it insists on it, sometimes explicitly. No one knows what... it? she? he? The voice is always different, and always what the listener expects. Is it a machine, an intelligent device that somehow survived the Cataclysm? Is it a creature borne of magic, like so many of the wars? Is it something more, something we fear to express?"''<ref>{{RefWeb
| author=Portalarium
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| pageName=Update of the Avatar – 10/25/13
| pageLink=https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?p=30888
| date=2013-10-25
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==Trivia==
*Before {{SotA}} was announced, one of the concept images for Lord British's "Ultimate RPG" was a distinctive mask. This eventually became one of the inspirations for the Oracle.<ref>[[Richard Garriott]], [https://twitter.com/RichardGarriott/status/834257076079702016 Twitter status]: That is an early form of the Oracle. You will meet her full form before the end of Episode 1!</ref>
The [[Oracle]] seems to serve the purpose once reserved by the [[ultima:Gypsy|Gypsy]] and [[ultima:Hawkwind|Hawkwind the Seer]], setting you upon the path to Virtue in ''Shroud of the Avatar''. Its exact role is not yet know.
She speaks to all who ask, her voice carried from her chamber in Brittany to Confirmatories throughout the land. Yet none have seen her in many an age…<ref>[http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/326160-The%20Oracle The Oracle], [[Steam]] Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Trading Card</ref>
*The Oracle who watches all will be added in [[Release 43]].<ref>[[Update of the Avatar]] [https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?p=71193 #224 – 2017.04.21: The Oracle and Grannus]</ref><ref>[[Update of the Avatar]] [https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?p=71450 #225 – 2017.04.28: The Oracle (update)]</ref>
==Gallery==
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File:SotA Oracle Swamp concept.jpg|Stephen Daniele's Concept Art for the Oracle
File:SotA_Steam_TheOracleCard.png|The Oracle [[Steam/Trading Cards|Steam Trading Cards]]
File:Ultimate-rpg-mask.jpg|Mask from [[Ultimate RPG]]
File:SotA_Oracle_f.png|Oracle WIP and Concept
File:SotA_Oracle1.jpg|Oracle WIP
File:SotA_Oracle2.jpg|Oracle WIP
File:SotA_Oracle3.jpg|Oracle WIP
File:SotA_Oracle4.jpg|Oracle WIP
File:SotA_Oracle5.jpg|Oracle WIP
File:Oracle-7-logo.jpg|Oracle WIP
File:Oracle-8-logo.jpg|Oracle WIP
File:Oracle-9-logo.jpg|Oracle WIP
File:Oracle-10-logo.jpg|Oracle WIP
File:Oracle-11-logo.jpg|Oracle WIP
File:Oracle-12-logo.jpg|Oracle WIP
File:Oracle-13-logo.jpg|Oracle WIP
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==References==
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[[Category:Lore]]
[[Category:Oracle]]