New HR Loop Poll: Beyond the Light

Guys vote the dark change your vote

Shit to late my vot would go to throne of the night to

The darkness just needs a little more help to consume the light…

Guess we're getting vampire unicorn Simon

I can't believe you people didn't vote for Land of the Warlords. Shame on you!

ALL WORLD OF RUINS VOTERS! WE NEED YOU IN THRONE OF NIGHT!

Heya everyone, thank you all for voting! I'm closing it a bit early to better setup the arc transition, but don't worry, the other options will return one day ;)

Aaaand its over. Congrats for Unicorn! (Even if I was an Throne supporter) (Just caught the 1 minute left notification)

The Poll will according to Void soon end. And Unicorn seems to be winning! The extra horn length really paid of. Let dawn break

poll is ending soon, so pick your sides now (throne of night if you're a real one)

I think we need to see past the Zodiac Parade, so Throne of Night is best imo, also we can’t be having our Overlord bow down to that lowly Paladin 😭

Rage against the dying of the light! Vote Unicorn!

Unicorn make more sense

Vote for Vampire

Vampire Voteeeee

Unicorn makes the most sense thematically and logically! Why hide away like a coward! Is Simon just gonna sit and take it like a bitch?

Cmon guys, we just recovered from emo Simon and now edgelord Simon is getting popular. Don't give in. Vote Unicorn!

Damn it’s tied

So a weekend later and while the Unicorn had a moment of leading with one fragile 1%, we still have a stalemate

Clearly this means we need a Unicorn Vampire arc.

Oh damn, that seems close. First time for me participating in a poll. I voted for Unicorn Overlord because I really liked the paladin and the emotions of Simon in another life being the paladin and having gotten to grow up as part of the unicorn group and friends. I hope for more deep bromance stuff, it's always so nice and rare when Simon has a close male friend to fight together with.

Vote for the Throne we want vampires and we want dungeons. Give us that strange and mysterious Simon we all want!

Void, can you tell us the numbers for Unicorn and Throne please? Seeing them so equal is insane. Maybe a second poll with just those two?

We must be decisive! Not cowardly. Taking the fight to the maiden and not hiding my in some smelly castle!

Still a tie, bring on the long night! The dark is nigh!

Still no winner?! Do you have exact numbers? Who is winning?

Throne of night is the better choice for now. Maybe retry the war party thingy when he has more level and informations

Looking at options and got curious, did we lost any options for reings? Like it was available in few polls, wasn't chosen and then never appeared again

Guys Vote for Throne of the Night. All hail Vampire Simon.

Stand strong Unicorn supporters! The vampire reign shall come in good time. But the time is not yet right! Let Simon handle the Maiden before he falls into the pit!

We can't lose this, Throne of Night is still behind Unicorn. Vampire army stand strong and do not falter!!!

I'm surprised how unpopular Archmage is. Am I the only one interested in Libromancy? 😭 I feel like it's a great route to Elios stuff and good lore answers about the original formation of the overlord

Okay, so Land of the Warlords is OBVIOUSLY the best continuation to this reign, HOWEVER, as it cannot win. I am torn between Unicorn Overlord, the second best continuation, and Night which is obviously important because it shows post Parade, but it fits SO WEIRDLY. Like, wanting to see what happens in the future, makes sense, but how does Simon even think about jumping to vampire from this reign? I’m sure Void can do it well, I trust him on that. Someone help me decide!!

Only cowards choose to hide in Throne of Night! Vote for unicorn! It should be noted that Simon will actually have women in unicorn, unlike throne of night

Only virgins choose Unicorns, dwell not on the path of flowers and rainbows. COMMIT YOUR VOTE TO THE THRONE OF NIGHT!

Do not go gentle into that Throne of Night. Vote Unicorn Overlord.

THRONE OF THE NIGHT RAHHH

I just want all of them…. To me it makes sense that perhaps he tries the war party next… then when that fails/knowledge is gained and he’s somehow disappointed in Laurianne; he then goes unicorn… because he has exhausted all familial options. Maybe he then seeks more power with Remia to pursue the lost gods only then do the something goes wrong and he goes vampire, then hits the chest seeking weapons to overturn everything he has learned. Throw world of ruins in there somewhere

We can't lose Throne of the Night. If you voted for something other than unicorn, or Throne of Night choose your preference (hopefully Throne of Night), so we can finally have a reign where he lives a long life and it's even combined with Vampire Overlord! It can't get better than this

Land of the warlords seems like it would fit thematically. "Louis, you were right." etc.

I wanted more Remedia but I guess it’s not possible :(

Definitely want to go Unicorn path because that would provide the most amount of post-reign conflict and angst

WE HAVE OVERCOME IT! LETS GOOO THRONE OF NIGHT!!!

Voting for Throne of the Night after seeing it's one of the Reigns Void is more excited to write

I was previously all for the Warlords reign but if we can’t have that I think Unicorn is the next best thing! We can still do Vampire Simon later

Cassandra’s mom?!!! DONE

You want to deal with the the Maiden? Vote Unicorn! You want to hide like a coward? Vote Throne of Night!

Holy crap. 3,4,5. I want to vote for each.

vampire norbelle

I am the 1501th vote, and it’s a fucking tie ahhhhh

All these options are so cool. Especially the ones that start with something going terribly wrong. But my vote going to vampire Simon. So interesting and something I’ve craved since it was first mentioned

Where the vampire reign came from?

Yeah I am anti-Vampire faction, so I swapped my vote to the Unicorns. What’s so unpalatable about Gargauth’s Hoard??

There is only one way! The Unicorn way!

I think that a change of pace in a bad way would be cool, so Simon as a Vampire Lord hidden away from the world would be incredibly flavorful. Plus it sounds like it will have a bunch of intel that will help Simon later. Also, I'm interested in Remembrance Reigns and what those entail. I do think a War Party arc is necessary at some point soon, as is Simon working with the White Unicorn. But honestly all of these options are great and I hope we get to see all of them at some point.

Guys. Who is NOT choosing Remedia (best girl), Libromancy (best magic), and pheonix (best eidolon.) WHAT THE HELL?!! WE CAN GET THE UNICORN LATER, AND DO YOU REALLY WANT A LOOOONG DRAWN OUT VAMPIRE REIGN?

Wow, right now, both Unicorn and Throne of the Night share the same place and have the exact same amount. Light and Dark are perfectly balanced. In what way will the scales tip?

The irony of the light and dark choices being in balance

I am suprised warlord have little vote, just why ?

This is the hardest choice I've seen since I joined. I picked Throne of the Night in the end, but I want World of Ruins and Unicorn Overlord just as badly.

Ugh, not again! I want to learn Lauriane's true motivations, stop seducing people with pesky alternatives!

Comeon we gotta inject Hopium directly into the veins of the world at this critical juncture— what better way to do that than to see the Oracle loosing her mind imagining the Paladin & Overlord playing buddy cop and suplex her into Abraxis! On a more serious note, he does need another 'equal' who's Class is purpose built to fight demons and grows stronger relative to the Overlord. It'll open up a lot of doors in that side of the world— cause somebody has to take care of Verne/Helel/Oracle in the early parts of each reign before he goes fucks things up for everyone. Edit: The polls are fricking close Void can you just do both at the same time? He gets this incurable bloodlust AND becomes besties with the Paladin?

GIVE ME THE The World of Ruins PLS I WANT THE DOOM LEVEL SHIT

Unicorn! Let’s deal with the Maiden!

World of Ruins cause I wanna see violence

Vampire is in the lead!!!! LET’s GO EDGELORDS!!!

I. WANT. ALL. OF. THESE.

I really really want to see the post-parade world!!! My vote has to go to throne of the night, but it's all these options are fantastic

I always dread these polls as it spoils that the reign is about to end. Sigh.

Hard as hell choice. Unicorn overlord is making me think cause would Simon will absolutely hate the Oracle right now, so would he rather try ally with the Oracle affiliated party for info on the enemy, or stay away and keep them as enemies since he couldn't stand working with them at the moment. Its like the Cobweb except instead of having his trust betrayed by a criminal organisation (expected), it was betrayed by the Oracle (also semi-expected, but there was atleast hope that she would think about peace).

As much as I want to see Simon reunite with the Paladin, I really want to see Simon live longer than a year or so each reign so he can see what happens long, long after the comet passes by and the world turns into a dungeon. I picked the world of ruins but changed my vote to throne of the night since it basically amounts to the same thing, if with a bit more trauma from having to kill to stay alive, since it had more votes

While I’m conflicted, I do want to see Simon and Alphonse in a party together. Throne of the Night has too much potential for character development that Simon needs. Also I think learning diabolism for a few decades will give him the foundation to eventually making overlord vassal crestones.

Any of the top three is fine with me. I voted for Vampire run, but I'm willing to pivot to Unicorn or Warlord before voting closes.

Unicorn is the only way!

Throne of the Night sounds cool as hell Land of the Warlords is interesting to learn more about the siblings he is closest with but the political marriage with anna is okay to me and j repetitive for now.

I also gotta say, this reign hasnt exactly been what it was promised to us, its already halfway a Land of the Warlords reign with Endymion waging war against everyone and a free Louis unleashed to commit war as he pleases, with precious little actual kingdom building happening.

World of ruin, we need those sweet levels!

Cmon lets vote for vampire path. Its useless to deal with Oracle without 20 more levels.

Unicorn overlord and land of warlord make the most sense. I think Simon right now would really want to find what is up with the oracle and these two paths might lead to that.

WE CAN OVERCOME THE VILE UNICORN JUST TWO MORE PERCENT!! LETS GOOOO THRONE OF NIGHT

Calling upon all horde of gargauth, the world of ruins, and Simon the archemage voters to unite around Throne of Night. We must unite if we are to defeat the dandys who would have Simon team up with the paladin. Darkblood, remembrances, demon milfs! Think of everything we could have!

I'm genuinely surprised Land of Warlords isn't first. It seems fitting he'd try the war party after the church party and Lauriane has barely been developed. The others seem like they should come afterwards.

I’m just wondering, is land of ruin and vampire a continuation of the current reign? If Simon’s reign doesn’t end after the last chapter of Lux, then these two are the superior option imo.

I’m actually very curious why people prefer unicorn overlord over land of the warlords

PLEASE NO UNICORN OVERLORD. That one is going to be so fucking boring. The world of Ruins also sounds fun, and would give Simon some much needed levels so that he actually gets more options in further reigns. I feel like he still lacks some raw power that puts him equally at the level of the true top hitters of the world.

Land of the Warlords and Unicorn Overlord both make sense, but I’m pretty sure they just end with Simon dying fast. He’s never survived the Zodiac Parade before, never even made it halfway. I want to see the timeline where things go so wrong he actually lives through it for once, and we might not get another chance for a long time. So: Throne of the Night.

I feel like 5 & 2 could connect and 4 & 1. 5/2 would be because the Paladin/Oracle stasis launches him forward and the 4/1 would be because he wants to be strong before dealing with Louis. Side note: the lengths you attached to the reigns have been misleading. I’m glad you removed them from the polls.

Throne of Night pleeeeeease

So we have a milf loop, a genocide loop, and a Vampire loop. And for some reason everyone wants to go with the goody-two-shoes paladin loop.

Thematically the Unicorn overlord makes the most sense but for coolness I like the throne of the night.

I doubt that the arch mage reign is going to win, so I’m going to take a wild guess and assume that the big surprise is the affair resulting in a pregnancy and daughter. It may yet return in the future but I’m pretty certain that the cost of happiness will be the same as the Sanctuary reign

Unicorn Overlord all the way! Then we can get into the gnarly stuff!

I do want a Vampire reign, but i wanted it as SImon exploring another path to power out of his own volition, this just sounds like the Maiden screwing him over. Plus this seems like it will be a major change to Simon's psyche, i think he is barely 30 years old by now, so living decades alone as an undead monster will definetly shift the tone of the story for everything that comes after.

The choices are always too hard.

We need Throne of the Night, please I would be devasted if it lost to Unicorn Overlord.

We've already seen that nothing Simon does will convince the Oracle to side with him, and I doubt even half of illusea will go against the Oracle if Simon some how shows them that the Oracle's hatred or him is so deep that she'd rather set demons loose on the workd than ally with him. So Unicorn Rein is honestly unappealing, lets go for a Vampire Simon rein we'll et to see just hoe much the world will change in the long run

I want them all.

I'm going to try and logically break this down for which Unlocks(Or not, your choice) people want. First, mechanically for Unlocks, both Unicorn Overlord and The World of Ruins, reveals The Lost Gods. This means that any decision to choose either Reigns entirely depends on whether you want an Evil(ish) Reign -So vote for The World of Ruins- or Good Reign -Choose Unicorn Overlord- if you don't care about Good or Evil paths but still want The Lost Gods Unlock, choose whichever option is most voted for. The Land of Warlords and Simon the Archmage both don't offer any Unlocks, so this choice is entirely dependent on which you want to see more (War party Lore and secrets/ or shameless fluff if you're a Milf Lover) if you're not bothered by Unlocking any additional new Reigns. The Hoard of Gaurgauth and Throne of the Night may differ in Unlocks but Lore wise and OCC both are synergies related to understanding and mastering the Reigns, the way they're offered seems to indicate you'll have to complete the other one anyways since they go down the same route, just parallel to one another. And of course, there's the Chad option of just closing your eyes and blindly choosing whatever option you land on and keeping to it like a dragon.

Land of Warlords makes sense. I would love to see the World of Ruins at some point and the Unicorn Overlord as well, but let's go Louis route now.

Vampire reign would be a decent pace breaker. Simon has to consolidate his growth, especially since he also has Armsmaster he needs to practice, and getting a decade to chill a bit will let him cool off all the shit that was going on recently.

Land of the Warlords gives us more Overlord Simon ⬆️⬆️⬆️

This one was so tough! I love that we're getting options for much longer reigns, and vampire Simon sounds like so much fun. Post-apocalyptic reign also sounds like a blast. But had to go with unicorn - with the elves this reign absolutely refusing to work with him and ignoring the threat of the Zodiac Fiends, getting a bit of a better idea of what's going on with the Paladin and the "good" side and if he can get them on their side even as the Overlord makes sense

It has to be Land of the Warriors. We now have a reign with Louis turning into ally. We must go it more. It fits by far the best to have the War Party reign after the Church Party. We can do the Unicorn later. And after it the Vampire

Ain't now way we not doing the Louis run. Cmon guys! Please!

Warlords for the win! Louis and Lauriane need the spotlight! Revenge is the way!

War! War! Vote war for the best siblings Louis and Lauriane! Vote war to bomb treacherous Illusea! Vote war to burn the Cobweb! Vote war for infinite XP! War! War! War!

I'll stake everyone who votes for the vampire reign. Damn edgelords...

World of ruins and throne of night should be surprice reigns, as voting for something to go wrong is just weird, im thinking this more in terms of an RPG, you choose an action and see the consequences, then choose another action. Il be happy with those reigns, but il vote as if Simon makes sound choices given availible info.

It has gotta be 1 or 2 for me. They make the most narrative sense. I voted for Unicorn because I think Simon should be highly motivated to find a way to infiltrate / better understand the Oracle, and the Paladin is basically his only real angle for that.

Easiest decision of my life. When you think about it, Land of the Warlords is the best choice from the perspective of narrative sense. Simon should be really pissed and looking to prevent what happened with the Maiden again. Land of the Warlords checks all those boxes. Get revenge against the Oracle for allying with Cobweb this reign? Check. Go murderhobo on Verney in Lore? Check. Protect Anna and prevent her from being kidnapped again? Check. Most important of all - go on a family trip with big brother Louis and go murderhobo on some elves? Check. Plus, it will certainly have the best character dynamics of the options present! Vote Land of the Warlords!

The longest reign the better for my boy to train techniques

I really want the book of the Damned and The horde. If he knows how to access it early on every rain with little to no work, that would help him tremendously with future reigns. Not to mention the book of the Damned helping a ton. This seems really worth it.

I saw Cassandra’s mom and it made want to click it. I did not. I swear. Land of Warlords is mine choise. I do not find it most interesting option (probably the least actually) but rather most fitting path, as of now. Edit: I have to add: You are fricking COOKING here! All of them are at least cool, with most being awesome Edit_2: The post-apocalyptic one should have unique lore, if perhaps adding to what we learn from Unicorn reign

I think land of warlords is more thematically appropriate following wing this reign. Unicorn is very interesting as well as vampire simon. The demon lands in the future sounds dope as well.

Oh so Archmage Simon get a surprise with Remedia after a long relationship... That's the fatherhood run isn't it ?

I've never liked how the Land of Warlords route locks you into a political marriage with Anna. But once Simon gets to know the Church Party better, does he even need that marriage anymore? He can win Euphemia/ Norbelle/Mastemo over on his own - and then no deal with Maublanc required. Especially considering everything Anna is going to put him through as the Maiden. So here's my question: is there any way to get the Land of Warlords reign with Vouivre as the wife instead? Because thematically she's a perfect match for this route. Just picture it: Simon laying waste to the world with Louis and Vouivre at his side - and the kind of monsters Lauriane could cook up if she had Vouivre helping her on top of that. That's what a warlord run should actually look like. Let's be honest, people: Land of Warlords is never winning these polls until the route's waifu gets swapped to Vouivre.

I want Unicorn Overlord for the lore, but idk if it makes sense to try to talk out his differences with an Oracle-backed faction the reign after the Oracle goes nuts over his offer of an olive branch. Allying with the White Unicorn can only happen if they diverge from the Oracle, and with all the support they receive from Ilusea, that seems unlikely. Land of the Warlords looks like a fairly logical continuation of Lux Vult, though I’m not thrilled about an Anna romance. Vampire Lord Simon is tempting as hell for the chance to see the full Zodiac Parade plus some libromancy, but I’m hoping it’ll be an option for the reign after next.

Vampi-mon

Land of the Warlords. For violence is indeed the answer to many problems, and if they aren't solved, clearly you don't use enough violence. Or is it love? I tend to forget...

Shout out to Unicorn Overlord, one of the best games of 2024.

Hard decision between overlord x Anna and overlord x paladin ;) vampire one sounds fun too

Can't wait for the unicorn with no prayer access, funniest reign ever!

Considering vampire reign would unlock remembrance reign, this might allow Simon to see his live as a Paladin, which would make the Unicorn reign further impactful. Additionally, while narrative wise Unicorn reign makes the most sense, I'd argue that vampire reign also makes sense as a major fuck you from Helel to Simon. Furthermore, it's easier to have a reign transition to white unicorn reign while I do feel its generally harder for a reign to transition to a vampire one. Hence, why using this reign as a way to transition to vampire reign is a pretty good opportunity.

World of ruins or vampire Simon for the simple fact of seeing the results of the parade to better plan how to circumvent

The 'Rememberance Reigns' unlock is interesting because I thought we had already unlocked most of them. The King in crimson seemed like a remembrance reign already.

They all sound fun, I like the first two. But I would like to see Unicorn Simon more

Unicorn just seems like the natural next step. The "something goes terribly wrong" ones seem really cool as well. I feel ambivalent about Gargauth's hoard--I think Simon needs the stuff he'd get from that but it otherwise sounds like endless grinding without a lot of the cool interactions between characters implied by the other routes. I guess he'll get more time with his potential dragon harem member, but I'd want other characters in the mix as well to vote for that...

Throne of the Night has my vote for this. We uncover multiple secrets such as the beast within, the zodiac parade and the world beyond, and we also unlock the path towards remembrances.

Land of Warlords seems like the most logical continuation of Lux Vult. Voting for Unicorn though, for the look on the Paladin's face.

World of ruin seems to have no hope unfortunately so... Vote Throne of Night please we've been teased the zodiac parade too long

Toughest poll yet. Throne of nights sounds awesome, but I've been hoping for unicorn overlord for too long.

Land of Warlords for the win. Louis’ madness has just been so entertaining lately that it’s hard not to pick that reign!

I really only like 3 options. 1: The White Unicorn, to meet the Paladin. 2: Throne of Night for Vampire advancement and Remembrance Reigns. 3: World of Ruin, to see what Serpent-Bearer unlocks and more Crowns of Sin. I don't care for Warlord at the moment and I wish to save the Archmage for when Simon can level up the Summoner on a Eidolon Spree. As for Chest of Worlds, getting the Skeleton Key Perk will make things a whole lot easier there.

Void Herald inflicted “Decision Paralysis” on Readers. Supereffective damage!

Vote for the unicorn reign!!!! UNLOCK LOST GODS!!! A UNIQUE REIGN!!

Simon as Doom Guy just sounds like too much fun

Let's join Louis

Voted Unicorn Overlod. I want land of the warriors but I think that Simon isn't ready.

Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit. This is amazing. I’m getting choice’s paralysis here. I want *ALLLLLLL* of them!!! *ALLLLLLL*!!!!!

I will go for unicorn overlord. I want Simon to gain his second best frenemy in the face of the Paladin. If no one catched, the best one is Casval. Plus I want know more about the Megalith and finally get to know the Mana Goddess. I was indecisive between this one and the world of ruins, but I'm not that curious about the Zodiac Fiends, yet, but the revelation about the Maiden did calm some of my curiosity about them.

I really want world of ruins or unicorn overlord. Preferably one after the other, really.

Noooo! Why can’t you have more boring options? This is a really difficult choice.

Land of the Warlords. Sounds great, Louis and Laurianne are super interesting, and it just fits that he'd try this path after the current Church path convinces him that war with the Oracle is inevitable.

The world of ruins seems absolutely peak, world to learn that its not the zodiac fiends. The only one who is permitted to destroy or rule it is the overlord

As much as I want to see the milf hunter back in action, land of the warlords makes the most sense to me right now

I want samurai Jack Simon so badly

I can’t be the only person who wants to see the world of ruins. This could be the most terrifying way to experience a reign, although the hoard of Gargauth and Archmage reigns have a lot of potential. Although I guess it could be possible for the Unicorn to shed some light on the new challenges

Unicorn and then war party! I really want more of the truth with Helel and the mana goddess.

I'm personally voting for "The world of ruin" I want to see what happens in the distant future it would help decipher the plans of all these these old monsters. The unicorn overlord would be my second choice.

No quiero sufrir volviendo a ver a Remedia...perdón milf lover cult, está vez no estoy a favor

While I appreciate the vote Void, why do you have to torment us with good options. How are we supposed to choose one illuminated path without sin and guilt of leaving the others aside? A cruel test of faith

3 or 5

Maiden preserve me, how am i supposed to choose?!

They are all very good....arghhh...i would love a unicorn reign after reading it....but....the land of warrior one would make so much sense right now...

I kinda want Simon to go for Louis plan and drop the sanctuary on top of the elves, just for catharsis, also that would probably give him a ton of levels

The world of ruins sounds like top tier worldbuilding! And LEVELS!!!

While working with Louis is probably the most effective strategy, working with the Paladin just sounds so much more entertaining.

When all you have is a Louis, everything looks like walking xp

Huh. Tbh I don't feel confident making a decision this time around, as it feels a little... Early? To see which one this reign will naturally lead into for me I don't think he'd team up with the War Party so immediately soon. The White Unicorn seems more plausible, but only if that *doesn't* involve working with the Oracle at all, because I feel like he'd be super burned on her right about now. I don't think Archmage or Hoard make sense rn. I *do* kind of feel both Throne of the Night and World of Ruins seem like plausible things to be triggered from the reign where the Maiden gets free and manages to fuck up the light, the way she has? So I think I'll be voting for World of Ruins or Throne of Night, of them all.

Vampire Simon sounds amazing but going to Lore has been in the cards for too long and Im hyped. Time to return to Simon's roots and join the Paladin party

Why must you make me choose? I want them all

Vampire Simon! I want him! Edit: Vampire Simon with Vampire Norbelle to keep him company! Also, if he survives a few centuries as a vampire, he might wake up the next reign not remembering or recognizing anyone, and will have to read his own abbysal chronicle to refamiliarize himself with Endymion. it'll be the funniest shit ever!

WE are the 50%

Hardest decision of my life. On one hand they all seem extremely interesting, on the other I feel like Unicorn Overlord and Land of Warlords would make the most sense right now...

I want something to go terribly, terribly wrong

Oh ho ho, finally here for one of these Man it's a hard choice for me between unicorn and world of ruins... I'm tempted to go for land of the warlords but the current reigns already has some elements of it + it doesn't unlock any new reigns.

It's hard choice between Unicorn and war-party reign. On on hand, I would like to see more of Paladin and maybe then becoming bros(Simon needs that), but I also really want Louis and Lauriane getting screentime and development.

Milf hunter is back bady. With longer and better milf back breaking action coming soon

Vampire Simon!

Throne of the Night sounds awesome but I've wanted Land of the Warlords since I first saw it, and even more so after how Louis has been in this current reign. HOUSE MAGNOS VS THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!

I AM THE 100%!!!