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Various things the author has confirmed about Rise:

Most of the art is significant . . .except the Temperance du Mort.

Most of the options were written to combo with other picks.

The Black Coast is black because the Dragon Kingdom is on a flying continent that permanently eclipses the sun.

Deeja the lich mentor was Adolf Hitler.

Lady Wilhelmina (the centaur mentor) is basically an archery god, just without the immortality. If a shot can be made with a bow, she can do it.

Giving Andrea or Avesta a dose of Eldritch Muddler is a bad idea.

More Eldritch Muddler can be made.

Mido knows where the temple is.

The Eternal Comet can unlock all of Excalibur's power. Dusk Mirror, with both halves agreeing, can unlock almost as much (and both halves get a version of the sword).

Both halves of a Dusk Mirror get companions. Points spent on companions are effectively doubled, so both halves get the same number (no duplicates)

Garrett and Andrea are from two of QuietAnon's other cyoas. Garret is a brother option from Quiet, but no one has figured out where Andrea comes from.

Lusteria and Tyr are looking for each other.

Deliah is key to unlocking Avesta's best ending.

Not everything is known about the cyoa, and the author promised (and failed to deliver) a lore pdf, along with a page of "small" things you could buy with your points.