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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 5761351" data-attributes="member: 14159">Each gate is a portal to the snarl.  The gates seal the portals.  Miko destroyed the Azure City gate to prevent Xykon from capturing it (although she could have just finished Xykon and Redcloak off instead).  If Xykon and Redcloak capture even one gate intact. . .game's over.Yeah, they're still in Azure City, because when V raided Azure City during the Soul Splice, he helped break O'Chul out of prison, and together they stole Xykon's phylactery and tried to throw it into the snarl's rift. . .but missed and it fell into the sewers.Xykon has said that within rounds of finding his phylactery, he wants to leave Azure City and continue on with the search for the gates.  Apparently Redcloak will leave an occupation force behind to continue to use Azure City as the heart of a new Goblin Empire.  However, without Xykon's firepower or the bulk of his armies, the Azurites have a much better chance of eventually retaking the city (especially with the Elven allies that we've seen they have).So, as was said, now we've got Team Evil, the Linear Guild, and the Order of the Stick in a three-way race for the next gate.</blockquote>