For your reference, the stages of Initiation are:
~Road of Trials
~Meeting with the Goddess
~Woman as Temptress
~Atonement with the Father
~Apotheosis
~Ultimate Boon
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Initiation
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Re: Initiation
In Ready Player One, the Ultimate Boon for Wade Watts (alias Parzival) is the Easter egg hidden by the deceased businessman James Halliday. The reason this egg was so important was due to the conditions of Halliday's will: whoever was able to retrieve the egg by completing a set of challenges imposed by Halliday would be awarded full control of the "OASIS" (Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation - one of the most important parts of the world in the Ready Player One universe) and shares of stock worth over half a trillion dollars.
Retrieving the egg required finding three different keys in the OASIS, using each of the keys to open a corresponding gate (which also needed to be found - and has an associated challenge of its own when found), combining knowledge of the 80s - Halliday's favorite time period - with video game skills. As such, the Easter egg itself definitely qualifies as an Ultimate Boon!
Retrieving the egg required finding three different keys in the OASIS, using each of the keys to open a corresponding gate (which also needed to be found - and has an associated challenge of its own when found), combining knowledge of the 80s - Halliday's favorite time period - with video game skills. As such, the Easter egg itself definitely qualifies as an Ultimate Boon!
