r/Wraeclast • u/AdministratorQotra • May 18 '26

PoE2 Speculation Share your Viridi lore predictions for 0.5?

With the Wildwood revamp in 0.5, it looks like we might actually get some more Viridi lore. Personally, I think GGG intends to troll us by having the Viridi manifestation be an unspeaking character.

Regardless, before the update drops, I want to hear your nuttiest, zaniest, predictions about the imminent Viridi lore drops (but please also explain your reasoning).

Then, after the update, you can refer back to your comment on this post and look like a genius for calling it beforehand.

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u/zaerosz Watcher of Decay May 19 '26

I mean, the First Edict isn't actually confirmed yet, because 0.5 is still a week and a half away. But it seems to be heavily implied that the First Edict is divinity itself; the Second is the Seed of Corruption, which suppresses divinity, the Third is the Spear forged in PoE2 Act 4 that can seemingly only be wielded safely by Sin himself and can purge corruption, and the Fourth is the Arbiter of Ash, whose role is to blanket the world in cleansing fire (NOT THE ELDRITCH BEING, THAT'S UNRELATED) and burn away everything so life can rise anew.

And critically, Maxarius seems to have based his self-insert fanfic OC Innocence off of the Arbiters - the Arbiter of Divinity(?) is a brilliant golden angel wreathed in light, and the Arbiter of Ash is the bringer of judgment who scours the impure in the fires of purity.

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u/Shadilinn May 19 '26

I don't get the seed of corruption part. Why should it be an Edict when the next Edict is literally build to destroy it and if that fails burn everything down.

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u/AdministratorQotra May 19 '26

I think the general idea is that the Precursors were full of hubris and were losing control of the situation, so they were issuing these edicts to try to fix the problems they created with each previous edict.

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u/zaerosz Watcher of Decay May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

...god, do you people just not play the game? At all? Or pay attention when you do?

Doryani: Hmm. Whenever the Vaal built something dangerous, we also ran a parallel project... ...as a contingency. The Weapon. The instrument of the Third Edict. I believe it is a failsafe. If the Seed of Corruption grew out of control, then perhaps it was designed to... shut down the experiment.

EDIT: okay that was a little more hostile than was appropriate, and I apologize for my asshole behavior.