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By the way, such an early appearance of Lerad was not originally planned. Sarabas changed the chronology. The old man was supposed to appear in different scenes for a moment, like when a player levels up, and utter a couple of phrases, but at the same time be frequently mentioned and create tension with his power and pride. In the end, he appeared at the beginning and even revealed his Necromancer nature. This is just about how scripted things are and how much influence players have. The dialogue between Ida and the forest was also not planned. But I thought that Uthar's death was very likely, although not 100%.
And now, some shocking content: there would be no scene with the enraged Uthar if Ida had chosen the path through the mountains. There would be a completely different event instead.