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Posted by: Thund.2795

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I know, maybe this idea is totally absurd but I wonder.. During the Living Story: Episode 5 there is a Mysterious Skritt on a ledge, watching the Pact camp, and in the istance of the Episode 6 another Mysterious figure is watching the entire fight against a mordrem champion… So what if someone watch our steps silently? What if this Mysterious figure are.. the same person: RYTLOCK!

My theory is that Rytlock is trapped in the mists so he has to figure out a way to interact with “our world”… So, he embraces a “shaman/ritualist power” in order to be aware of the situation. For this reason he has a blindfold over the eyes , so he can see through the eyes of another being, or maybe that being is only an astral projection, who knows?

Tell me what you think

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Posted by: Shiren.9532

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There was also a mysterious centaur watching us on a ledge when we first entered Dry Top. I think you’re onto something when you suggest the Mysterious figure is the same person using multiple bodies (or mesmer illusions) but I don’t think it’s Rytlock. The Mysterious figure first appeared before Rytlock entered the Mists. Maybe there is some time travel stuff going on, but I think it’s more likely that it’s E or someone else. Anise has been using disguises a lot lately and there was a Priory member during episode 5 who didn’t trust us to be who we claimed to be without the password.

It’s either a mesmer/thief in disguise or a powerful person using mind magic to observe us through the eyes of strangers.

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Posted by: perilisk.1874

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It could be Mr. E (hence, “Mysterious” this and that), under various illusory guises, or outright polymorphs.

I remember that someone had a theory that E was Glint’s baby, which was cool except for the fact that he grabbed Marjory and spoke to her. But if E can take the form of a skritt or a centaur, then there’s no reason to think that human is its native form. It would also make it feasible that E/Glint Jr. was the one who gave the egg to the Master of Peace.

There’s some meta logic to it. Destiny’s Edge had a dragon ally, so why shouldn’t Destiny’s Edge 2?

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Posted by: Shiren.9532

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If there is an overused theme for season 2, it’s mesmer/mind magic.

Mordremoth’s second sphere of influence is the mind. Kasmeer has special “intuition” powers (combined with Angel’s lore interview stating that powerful mesmers have a secret ability to get into the minds of others), Scarlet and Aerin’s form of corruption was mental and not physical, the Priory NPC from Echoes of the Past needs proof that the PC isn’t a mesmer illusion (this stood out to me because the possibility of someone being a mesmer deception is almost never discussed in other plots), in Scarlet’s room was a research paper from Snaff (who entered the mind of Kralkatorrik before his death) about mind magic and Glint’s mind magic powers are much more emphasised in GW2 than they ever were in GW1. There are several instances of it being mentioned (including the part about her entering human minds which gave her love for the races of Tyria) which seems bizarre to me because Glint could predict the future. Who cares about mind magic when you can predict the freaking future? The writing for Season 2 has been constantly using this theme of mesmer magic or mind magic and I don’t feel like it has specifically been discussed enough, especially now that Mordremoth’s second sphere of influence has been declared to be the mind (maybe I should make a thread…). The writers obviously want to expand on mind magic (and mesmers) as part of exploring Mordremoth, but they are using other parts of Tyria to do so before we really spend time with the dragon.

I’m pretty confident the Mysterious Figure is E. E has been one of the most well informed and stealthy characters in the Living Story. E had inside info on some of Scarlet’s Alliances, E contacted Anise with info to do with Estelle (when someone has information about a plot against the Queen that Anise doesn’t, they are on Master of Whispers level of stealth), E has been following the PC for a while, helping us out and constantly knew what we were up to. The Mysterious Figure turning up instances in multiple bodies could explain why E is so well informed without being detected. Remember Ogden received information about the PC before we contacted him in Echoes of the Past? That’s because E was the Mysterious Figure watching us and telling Ogden. Ogen also suggested at the end of the instance that we could have been shown something in Glint’s lair but it didn’t happen.

Eir mentions that Glint’s offspring might be called “Gleam”, I think it was from a skald’s song? The baby dragon from Eye of the North that we protect in GW1. Eir thinks it’s dead. What if Gleam is alive? What if Gleam has the power of prophecy similar to his/her mother? What if Gleam has mind magic like Glint and is able to “posess” the bodies of creatures across Tyria and keep tabs on Scarlet/the Molten Alliance/the PC etc. Gleam would be an obvious choice for a being powerful enough to possess the minds of several Mysterious Figures across Tyria. If Gleam had the power of prophecy like his/her mother it might also explain why Gleam is biding his/her time in contacting us, maybe Gleam is waiting for the right moment?

Even if Glint’s offspring isn’t the Mysterious Figure, I think the Mysterious Figure is E.

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Posted by: Gnat.9405

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It’s Anise.

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Posted by: Diovid.9506

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It’s Anise.

Or Livia. Or both!

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Posted by: Konig Des Todes.2086

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It’s not “Mysterious Skritt” but “Aggressive Skritt” when I saw it. There are several skritt throughout the Silverwastes that keep isolated from the Pact – you can find four of them circling a dead giant corpse, for instance (try to approach/attack and they all burrow).

No doubt the skritts are just a prelude to a skritt scratch (what they call their villages) becoming known in Silverwastes, just as the Mysterious Figure centaur in Dry Top was a prelude to the centaur village.

The Mysterious Stranger in the second E6 instance is a human, using a beggar model. More likely to be a bandit/White Mantle spy than Rytlock spying from the Mists.

The Mysterious Voice is most likely Gleam (or one of the other 19 eggs that hatched between GW1 and GW2).

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Posted by: perilisk.1874

perilisk.1874

It’s not “Mysterious Skritt” but “Aggressive Skritt” when I saw it.

At least during Echoes of the Past, there was a Mysterious skritt near the skritt tunnel with the zephyrite symbol (the first one we enter as part of the story). He ran off when the player approached, but I forget his dialogue.

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Posted by: pdavis.8031

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What if “E” is not a single individual? But rather a secret cabal of people which includes our Mysteriousy skritt, centaurs, beggers, etc.? Something akin to the Order of Whispers, but even more secret and elsusive? And given the emphasis on mind magic and mesmers, wouldn’t it stand to reason that the “E” individuals are able to communicate with each other using that same magic?

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Posted by: Konig Des Todes.2086

Konig Des Todes.2086

ANet uses “Mysterious Figure/Stranger” all the time. Asura infinity ball storyline, the future version if the PC was a “Mysterious Stranger”. The ninjas of SAB world 2 were the same. Scarlet when first seen was a Mysterious Figure. A centaur guard was a Mysterious Figure.

The two things are just ’generic name for spoiler story NPC before their true identity is revealed."

“Mister E” is explained to be, lore-wise, Kasmeer’s made up joke on E. The likelihood of E being related to SAB ninjas, your future asuran self, or Scarlet Briar is less than none.

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Posted by: Shiren.9532

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Why do the centaurs need a spoiler name? Why couldn’t it just be “centaur”? Scarlet makes sense because her identity was a mystery – the centaur’s identity isn’t. As far as I can tell, there isn’t much spoilery about centaurs in Dry Top that isn’t revealed simply by simply visually seeing they are centaurs. Even know the centaur’s have generic names – Maguuma Peacekeeper, Maguuma Scout.

The skritt mentions do bother me. They aren’t as consistent as the Mysterious Figure or Mysterious Stranger given that their name seems to change and they can become hostile. A hidden skritt village in Silverwastes isn’t much of a mystery – we already know there are a lot of skritt in Maguuma.

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Posted by: Dondarrion.2748

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I remember that someone had a theory that E was Glint’s baby…

So you mean, sorta like Sheldon in Garfield…

As for the Mysterious Figure, I’m with Konig on this, it seems like a placeholder name for every NPkittenil ANet are ready to disclose more information about the identity, and I doubt any Mysterious Figure NPC we’ve seen so far has been the real E. But I do believe, E is somehow present and keeping track of our progress.

Kasmeer dubbing “him” Mister E might be another trick (not by her, but by the writers) to conceal E’s identity. Or are we sure it’s a male?

Could it be Evennia – maybe far-fetched but seeing as we keep seeing White Mantle symbols crop up in connection with the bandits – although it’s becoming secondary to the dragon threat of Mordremoth – her disappearance in Old Ascalon treating with King Adelbern and never reappearing as part of GW:Beyond, maybe she’s included in the plans to feature in GW2?

Of course, she’d be special to live that long… but seeing as we’ve got similar rumours about Livia, why not Evennia too?

That is, if E represents the first letter of the character’s name at all.

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Posted by: Konig Des Todes.2086

Konig Des Todes.2086

Why do the centaurs need a spoiler name? Why couldn’t it just be “centaur”? Scarlet makes sense because her identity was a mystery – the centaur’s identity isn’t. As far as I can tell, there isn’t much spoilery about centaurs in Dry Top that isn’t revealed simply by simply visually seeing they are centaurs. Even know the centaur’s have generic names – Maguuma Peacekeeper, Maguuma Scout.

The skritt mentions do bother me. They aren’t as consistent as the Mysterious Figure or Mysterious Stranger given that their name seems to change and they can become hostile. A hidden skritt village in Silverwastes isn’t much of a mystery – we already know there are a lot of skritt in Maguuma.

In the case of the centaurs, it was less of a “spoiler hider” and more of a “hint to future content” which seems to be the skritt’s case. That is: somethign that will come related to the race. Like the centaur village, which had quite some interesting lore to it (being tied to Ventari).

Anet’s not always subtle in their hints, but the whole Mysterious Figure/Stranger is just a common theme for things they aren’t ready to reveal – yet. For whatever reason.

Kasmeer dubbing “him” Mister E might be another trick (not by her, but by the writers) to conceal E’s identity. Or are we sure it’s a male?

While Marjory makes it a point in the same sentence when pointing out “Mister E” is Kasmeer’s nickname for him that she and Kasmeer don’t know E’s true gender or even if it’s one person, in the short story we are given a description of a deep voice.

Could it be Evennia – maybe far-fetched but seeing as we keep seeing White Mantle symbols crop up in connection with the bandits – although it’s becoming secondary to the dragon threat of Mordremoth – her disappearance in Old Ascalon treating with King Adelbern and never reappearing as part of GW:Beyond, maybe she’s included in the plans to feature in GW2?

Doubtful. Beyond was ended abruptly – they had at least two plots to go, one tied to Elona and one tied to Ascalon. The Ascalon one would likely relate to Evennia and Ebonhawke in some way. The release of GW2 and the (temporary but lengthy) decline of GW1 population resulted in the heads at Anet scrapping the no-profit-beyond-costume Beyond.

Of course, she’d be special to live that long… but seeing as we’ve got similar rumours about Livia, why not Evennia too?

Evennia didn’t study the Scepter of Orr or powerful Orrian magic. That’s why not Evennia too. Prince Edair is a far more likely possibility.

For all we know, Adelbern ran her through and that’s why she disappeared (or it was the White Mantle that she was next to).

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