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Fascinating. But according to the schematics, the reactor core is nearby. We need to access the console and take a sample.
/Ellen Kiel/She just wants to retrieve a core sample, nothing is mentioned for what she needs it.
Well that core sample eventually ends up in our/Vorpp’s hands. It was the core sample that was in the Dead End Inn, right? Or am I mistaken?
Anyway, at this point I’m absolutely certain that Ellen has absolutely no dealings with Scarlet and she is not in a team with her, nor being manipulated by her. So the day this is finally proven in-game will be a happy day.
On a side note, when Ellen said “Fascinating” it kind of made me giggle and think of Spock.
Here’s something that’s been bothering me- all that evidence, all of our conclusions, say that Scarlet has been preparing a strike against Lion’s Arch since Dragon Bash at the latest. But the tools she’s used to find the ley lines weren’t in place until Fractured, and if our character is right, didn’t find the ley lines under LA until just now. That means that the ley line can’t be why she’s attacking LA- but again, if our character is right, and everything is connected, they’ll still play into the attack. So the question of the day is: How could she use ley lines in an assault on Lion’s Arch? I have my own thought, but I’d like to see what you all think.
Maaaaybe she wants to use them as a lure to draw something out and then use the massive force she has created to battle it or maybe take control of it and add it to the said force?
So Scarlet wanted to weaken defenses of the Lions Arch by putting some puppet in the council. Everyone thinks that Mai Trin was going to be that puppet. She was arrested, yet she escaped (important prisoner closed in the cage with easy access to it? whose decision was that?). What if Mai Trin was a scapegoat, to put Ellen Kiel on the seat?
Ehm, if Ellen Kiel was working with Scarlet why would she ever want to go and investigate the Thaumanova Reactor?
What does Ceara want unearthed underneath Lion’s Arch?
Scarlet, not Ceara anymore, wants to get to the ley-lines that are below Lion’s Arch. This is what is concluded at the end of the story instance. This is also supported by the fact she used the Molten Alliance to enhance her drilling technology through the Dredge’s equipment and the Flame Legion’s magic.
All in all I’m getting more convinced that we are dealing with a case of “Alter Ego” in here. It’s been hinted all around. The question remains however whether the second ego “Scarlet” is actually controlled/influenced by something/someone else. Gollum/Smeagol anyone?
Oh, right. I had forgotten about the Steam Creatures theories. They also deducted that the Queen’s Jubilee was the event Scarlet chose to appear, because she had to be near the Watchworks in order to gain control of them.
To JayMack & Konig Des Todes:
I think that she is slowly getting into a confrontation with what she saw/was & is working with. The lines stating that she is tired of her not receiving the acknowledgement she deserves for creating and manipulating all those events makes me think that she is starting to feel used and wants to change that. It’s like she clearly wants to define, to whatever the person/thing she is working with, that this is HER doing, part of her master plan, and she is doing it for herself. I think that she may have been manipulated, but she is slowly turning against the person/thing that is manipulating her and growing tired of it.
I know I was really, really lucky to be able to get into the second part of the instance. My only regret is that I didn’t write down everything more thoroughly.
However, I do agree that most of you shouldn’t read it. It will spoil what will be an amazing experience, imo.
Ok, I managed to get in EotM for 4 minutes and was able to get the next task in the Story Line, which pointed me back to The Dead End Inn where now there were completely NEW interactions. Below I am summarizing my experience for all those that are eager to learn more of Scarlet’s story and motives. The second part of the instance is absolutely amazing and I consider it by far the best thing ANet have done storywise so far with the Living Story.
READ ONLY IF YOU ARE OK WITH MAJOR SPOILERS!
Ok, so after you visit The Dead End the first time you get an updated task to go and talk to Braham. In order to do that you need to travel to the EotM, but we all know that’s not happening. However, there was a brief period of 4-5 minutes when you could enter and I did. I talked to Braham and then got a new task to return to The Dead End Inn, where Marjory had gathered all the evidence she could that related to Scarlet. That was achieved with the help of Emissary Vorpp.
Basically the whole instance plays out as a detective investigating evidence. At first there are 3 holo-records of Scarlet, which you can play in order to learn more about her dealings. I don’t remember much of those, but they do include hints at that “great presence” she felt when she saw the supposed Eternal Alchemy.
After that there are 10 items you need to investigate scattered around the Inn. Each item is tied to one of the Living World Updates.
The items are as follows (Disclaimer: I don’t remember their exact names)
• Scarlet’s Journal
• Toxic Seeding
• An Item From Dragon Bash (I think it was Ellen Kiel’s report on the LA attack and the assassination)
• A Part Of A Steam Creature
• Mysterious Probe
• Clockwork/Watchwork Device
• An Item Representing The Molten Alliance
• An Item Representing The Aetherpirates
• An Item Linking To Scarlet’s Mentor And What She Saw
• A Piece From The Thaumanova Reactior
You investigate each of the items and are then given with a choice to theorize what Scarlet’s motives where behind the Living World Update the items are related to.
Briefly summarized you, Marjory, Kasmeer and Vorpp reach the conclusion that Scarlet has been influenced by something that she saw in the Eternal Alchemy. Some kind of great and disturbing presence that led her to go all crazy. There are also a few brief mentions that Scarlet is very interested in the Elder Dragons. The conclusion continues with her slowly building an army (Molten Alliance, Toxic Alliance, Aetherpirates, Watchwork) in order to prepare for something incredibly big. It is then discovered that Scarlet was interested in the connection between Magic & Energy and especially the ley-lines. The conclusion finally leads to the discovery that Scarlet is using the Mysterious Probes to detect the ley-lines and that she is targeting one of the places below which there is a major focus of those lines – Lion’s Arch.
Finally you learn that Scarlet is planning to attack Lion’s Arch and all of this has been leading to that. Marjory and Kasmeer embark on to LA in order to warn Ellen Kiel of the upcoming attack, for which they think LA is totally unprepared.
This is where the instance ends. You get a mail, in which Marjory tells you they are headed to LA and will make a stand for it there.
I’ve missed quite a few things, because I am reconstructing this by memory and the instance can NOT be replayed. However of all that said the most interesting item to investigate is Scarlet’s Journal, for it shows you completely NEW entries, right after what she saw in the Eternal Alchemy and before she turned into Scarlet. It continues to hint at that great presence she saw there and that maybe Scarlet has embraced it. ALSO one of the holo-records of Scarlet is showing her screaming at something/someone telling him/her/it that she is tired of said person/thing continuing to act like everything up to this point was his/hers plan and not Scarlet’s.
FINALLY, there is a new code embedded into the Journal, which I think will have another effect on the console if inputted. Sadly, I forgot to write it down while reading the Journal.
That’s basically it. Remember, I said this was a spoiler, so please don’t hate me if you read this.
(edited by Sierra.5872)