TobiasBlack Wrote:re-awakening in perion does sound kinda weak, like fr0z had said. i do agree on somewhere better would be nice, but aqua? nah, how about an expansion on nautilus port? he awakens in his/her new body and sees/smells the nautilus in the distance, and tries to get there. i mean, think about it, what kinda port exists that isnt a town? iirc what that is is actually just a dock. theres no real town to nautilus, just the wooden dock and some rock outcroppings, and a fort set up by the crew of the nautilus. maybe have him awaken in the town and do the menial tasks that take him to the nautilus.
Thing about this is that Evan's house is literally off the same map that leads to the port. Then we've got Mushroom Castle as an expansion from Henesys and the Lith expansion. Everything is happening at the bottom of the victoria map. I chose Perion because it's gone relatively unchanged since GPQ was added and because it seems most likely that a passage to the underworld could be hidden amongst the rock there. Also, all low levels begin on Victoria so it needs to have a connection to the island.
However, in speaking with FrozNLite about it earlier (immediately after posting this, actually) we came to the conclusion that Perion is very weak and that, as a pirate it would be fitting for him to awake in "Davy Jones Locker." It isn't far fetched to believe a gate to the underworld would be hidden within the depths of the sea, either. The Lord of the Underworld isn't cheering you on so much as he is screwing with you, which is why he stripped you of your powers and put you into the body of a weak mortal. He's trying to make things difficult for Testonen, and thus it makes sense for him to be reborn at the bottom of the sea.
So from there, you would have to make your way up where you would find a small isle and would sit abandoned until the Nautilus happens upon you. They take you on-board and dock at the port, which is how you end up on Victoria. Perhaps before you make it to Victoria they'll take you to an island where they train (like Rien for Arans, Maple Island for Beginners, etc) until you hit level 10 and become a full-fledged pirate... grunt.
I really like the idea of the Lord of the Underworld (I'm really hesitant to call him Hades if you haven't noticed, I'm sure maple should have their own name for him) screwing around with you and using you to help him cause chaos, threatening to reclaim your soul if you don't listen to him. Testonen would only agree to help in order to bide his time and regain his strength so he could eventually break ties with this beastly creature, of course. So your necessary quests will be doing grunt work and learning the history of the maple world through the pirates and doing evil work for the lord of the underworld; perhaps even infiltrating the black wings. This is what could cause Kyrin's suspicions.
edit: dfshihfdhsogf just did a little more research and apparently Kyrin was raised by athena pierce. Perhaps the child that Aran retrieves during the flashback is Kyrin? At one point I mentioned that it's possible that Testonen was captaining the boat seen in the Aran video.
Just a couple thoughts.