After years of speculation about whether Avowed takes place before or after Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian casually revealed it's a sequel through a preview quest poking fun at the events of Pillars 2

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After years of speculation about whether Avowed takes place before or after Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian casually revealed it's a sequel through a preview quest poking fun at the events of Pillars 2
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, Obsidian has finally revealed when in the Pillars of Eternity timeline its upcoming action RPG, Avowed, takes place. The first-person Pillars spinoff begins at some point after the end of Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire.

But nope, not only is Avowed set after Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2, the quest at the center of its Gamescom preview cheekily references the events of Deadfire before directly confirming the timeline. The quest sees you helping out a priest of Eothas⁠—the godly antagonist of Deadfire, who possesses a magic crystal colossus to wreak existentially-motivated havoc⁠—in digging up a relic of Pillars' most"problematic fav" deity.

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