The original plans had the player choose which faction you wanted to follow when you first arrived at the tower, the faction you chose determined your path through the game but the plans where scrapped during early testing due to testers choosing the same factions too often and also due to worries that it would make the game feel unfair for some players (there was also at one point the idea for guardians to play as either guardians of light or guardians of the city meaning they would fight for everyone and would directly oppose those who where there for light at several point in the story this was scrapped as they wanted the game to feel more cooperative and friendly)[spoiler]its cookie time now?[/spoiler]