![]() But during the Omnic Crisis, they were turned against their human makers, forming the bulk of the omnics' rebel army. This, along with the torch-running required to loot the Gift of Devos and Gift of Agthia, may be references to the Olympic flame specifically.Originally created for peacekeeping purposes, Bastion-E54 robot units possessed the unique ability to rapidly reconfigure themselves into an assault-cannon mode. The Eternal Forge may be a reference to the various eternal flames across the Mediterranean since antiquity.The way kyrian are expected to let go of their memories throughout the process toward ascension resembles the way that, in the Greek afterlife, the dead would drink from the river Lethe to forget.The Eonian Archives that contain the memories of all mortals may be a reference to the akashic records of theosophy that contain all thoughts and memories of all people in existence throughout time.The various centurions are likely based upon the automatons of Greek myth.The owl theme of the stewards may be a reference to the Owl of Athena within Greek myth and culture.In this sense, and similar to Revendreth, Bastion's path of ascension is similar to Dante's Purgatorio, requiring the amplification of virtue in order to literally ascend into the Heavens. ![]()
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