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::Whether the "tall, dark and satanically handsome" incarnation glimpsed by Ace is {{Delgado|n= the Delgado Master}} is perhaps another question, and if no evidence can be found I support edits to the current claims. However, I do think the most sensical interpretation of the scene is that it's doing the "surprise! the villain somehow survived and ''may'' be back… although who knows?" thing, and this implying that yup, the War Chief did manage to regenerate. Whether the person he became is Delgado, an earlier Master, or even (why not?) the post-Brayshaw non-Master War Chief from the FASA game, the fact remains that Occam's razor points to a regeneration. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:11, 7 January 2021 (UTC) | ::Whether the "tall, dark and satanically handsome" incarnation glimpsed by Ace is {{Delgado|n= the Delgado Master}} is perhaps another question, and if no evidence can be found I support edits to the current claims. However, I do think the most sensical interpretation of the scene is that it's doing the "surprise! the villain somehow survived and ''may'' be back… although who knows?" thing, and this implying that yup, the War Chief did manage to regenerate. Whether the person he became is Delgado, an earlier Master, or even (why not?) the post-Brayshaw non-Master War Chief from the FASA game, the fact remains that Occam's razor points to a regeneration. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:11, 7 January 2021 (UTC) | ||
::: I wouldn’t necessarily agree that Occam’s razor suggests that a regeneration took place. I would perhaps argue that it appeared to be an example of the common horror trope where the villain’s true or original appearance is revealed in their final moments, especially as the book as a whole seems to draw from old horror films. But nevertheless I would certainly agree that the scene should be treated as a ambiguously on the wiki as it is on the page. And it is currently is, so I have no issues there. | |||
::: As I say, the Delgado connection is my main issue here. It doesn’t seem to be true, and if not then it means there isn’t a connection drawn between the Master and the War Chief in *this particular* novel, but also nothing in it to suggest they’re separate characters. Well apart from the implication that he may have died at the end but for the Master that’s just Wednesday so it doesn’t make a difference. | |||
::: In summary, while I do believe the “satanically handsome” man is Brayshaw and the intention was that he died at the end of the novel, it’s left completely ambiguous and any argument of what happened next or whether the War Chief is the Master isn’t to be found in this book. At least not unless anyone comes forward with evidence connecting Delgado to the “satanically handsome” phrase. So it would just mean that this novel doesn’t have any evidence supporting them being the same character but there’s also not necessarily anything refuting the idea. [[User:SarahJaneFan|SarahJaneFan]] [[User talk:SarahJaneFan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:04, 7 January 2021 (UTC) | |||
