Nov 5, 2013 at 9:05 PM
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I made an account for the sole purpose of posting this, although i plan on being active here. In any case, I'll leap right into it. Let’s start with the basic explanations of the theory first. I would love it if you all could point out any plot holes it has, for I am sure it is absolutely riddled with them.
JUST A NOTE: This is obviously going to have spoilers to both the full story version of this theory I am currently working on as well as the game.
First of all, we know very, very little about the jealous king, other than that he drove Ballos insane. Due to this, I have the most...out there, if you will, part of my theory at the beginning. We have to assume that this king was a mage as well, and that he found a way to make himself immortal. I will explain why this matters later, although you may be able to guess it as I explain further. (One side note: I am assuming these events, those of Ballos going insane, took place thousands of years before the game.)
Second. The castle on the island needs explaining. This is a minor one, but is a turning point that I will explain soon enough. The castle was originally inhabited by humans, possibly survivors of Ballos' rage, possible natives, possibly ones that came long after it was discovered. In any case, the humans constructed this in my theory. The statue at the edge is humanoid in appearance and somewhat supports this theory.
Third. This is less of a theory and more of an observation. All three of the holders of the Crown before Date were....strange looking. Halda seemed to have the appearance akin to a half-dragon or half-lizard. In my rendition, I am using the former. Annachponae obviously looks like an alligator or crocodile. Miakid, while more human-like, seems to be larger than the average human, almost grotesquely so. The last hint as to what I am planning before I leap into it is, note these features and note what Date is called.
With that out of the way, I am going to begin.
Bluntly, I am proposing that the Doctor is the jealous king that drove Ballos over the edge. I have considered this for a while, and there are things that can make sense about this. None of the other Holders have as much infamy, have done as much damage, as Miakid and the Doctor. I think this might be due to the fact that their goals were different from Miakid and Date’s.
First, we start with Halda. Halda was the subject of a genetic mutation with a dragon, the DNA of one injected at his birth. He lived with his parents, under close observation by the facility. They were confined to a specific location, having no contact with any other humans. At one point, his parents both contracted an illness, and, to prevent Halda from being infected, the researchers killed them. Halda was told they died in a freak accident.
Halda was kept in a cage and experimented on past this, to the point of nearly losing his mind. The major experiment, one that had little to do with his DNA, was removing all color from his life. The scales covering his body were quite fitting for this, being as black as night. Eventually, he passes his fifteenth birthday, which was the general cutoff line. Every mutation before him died before their fifteenth year of life. Halda showed no signs of the usual deterioration, and was chosen to be the first to attempt to fulfill his “creator’s” goals. The Doctor, formerly the king of the nation, was the head of this small facility. This is where he gained his title, and also provides some explanation as to how he managed to turn Itoh and Sue into Mimiga.
In any case, he trains Halda to be the perfect servant. As Halda reaches twenty five years of age, the Doctor decides he has matured enough to attempt to find Ballos. The Doctor’s motivation for attacking the surface world is that, in his mind, those humans are the descendants of the ones that favored Ballos. In a twist of irony, he wanted to use Ballos himself to get revenge. His first death warped his mind, leaving a few screws loose, if you will. Moving on to when Halda arrives upon the Island. Upon the surface, the castle previously mentioned is there. The Doctor assumes these humans are descendants of those who survived the fall of the kingdom. Halda is ordered to obliterate the castle and leave nobody alive.
Previously, Halda had followed the Doctor’s instructions like a dog, obeying without question. This genocide created a worm of doubt within his mind, however. Murder without need seemed senseless to him. However, the Doctor was the one who, in his mind, gave him life. Thus, he continues to search for Ballos. After some time, he discovers the Demon Crown. Sensing great power, he puts the Crown on, wondering if it could lead him to his goal. What he did not anticipate is the flood of knowledge the Crown gives him. It acts like a chronicle, showing him what truly happened to Ballos and the Doctor.
Halda, at this point, reverses his goal. It is still to find Ballos, but to kill him instead of letting the Doctor unleash him. Still acting as though under the Doctors orders, Halda continues to search for Ballos. Eventually, he stumbles upon an entrance to the Blood Stained Sanctuary. He seals it off, constructing a building as a station for future researchers on top of it to disguise the seal. After short preparations, he bypasses the seal and enters the Sanctuary.
Realistically, he was unprepared. Overwhelmed by the traps, as well as the monsters that Ballos’ magic influenced, he perished in the Sanctuary. His soul was trapped in the maelstrom of the vile magic, bound to be Ballos’ servant. His form is changed to be fitting of his role, bound to be a loyal dog to Ballos. Yes, the dog that tells you of Ballos and his past. The dog never, to my knowledge, says he was a pet of Ballos, simply that Ballos was his master.
Annachponae’s saga is a short one. Unlike Halda, he never goes turncoat, loyal to the end. His main acheviment, however, was that he was the one who found the Mimiga below the earth, as well as found the red flower and its effects. As he attempted to force-feed a Mimiga this, a young man, one of the last humans on the island, killed him. This man? His name is Tetsuzou Kamadani. Most know him as the hermit gunsmith who lives above the Mimiga village. And thus ends Annachponae
.
Miakid was originally a researcher, one under the Doctor. He volunteered for research on a fully-grown adult. This experiment was to genetically modify a man’s strength. It mostly worked, leaving him with the large body that can be seen in his statue. His reasoning for volunteering was that he might be the next to go to the island. Miakid was an anomaly in this sense; he was never on the Doctor’s side. He heard of the red flowers and what the Doctor planned, and decided to put a stop to it. This genetic enhancement would, if successful, increase his chances of being sent. It, luckily for him, turns out that he was the next sent. Upon arriving, he ferverently searched for the Crown, hoping it would give him enough strength to kill the Doctor.
Soon after finding it, however, the killer robots arrive. All were created by a government that discovered the Doctor’s plan. The government was not doing this for the good of the people they ruled. No, they simply did not want the Doctor overthrowing them. They attempted to kill the Mimiga before the Doctor had a chance to use them. All of them had this goal. All except Quote and Curly. These two were not like the rest. Unlike the other robots, these two had a consciousness, free thought. I am proposing they were human souls in mechanical bodies. This would explain their human-like emotions and ability to adapt. Granted, AI now can do things similar, and they very well could be hyper-intelligent AI’s. Sticking with my original theory, however, I assume they were originally human.
Upon reaching Miakid, they instantly engage in battle. Due to the Crown’s power, Miakid is able to tell these two are not like the others and attempts to reason with them. He has to subdue them first before they listen, but does not kill them. After explaining, the two decide to join him. Curly’s memory stopped just before this point, up to where they were defeated. The reason they switched sides so easily is due to the fact that, unlike the programmed robots, they were attempting to destroy the Crown because they thought it was right. Miakid explained, while they were unable to move, that even if they killed him, it would still live on. He goes on to explain the other robots’ reason for being there, and what the Doctor was planning.
After a short time, Miakid went to the Mimiga. Most fled into the caverns, but roughly twenty to thirty of them stayed behind to give the rest time to escape from the “evil” Holder. Quickly, before they attack, Miakid explains himself. He tells them what the Doctor is planning. He offers to either let them come and defend, or to sacrifice themselves to save the rest and go on the offensive. The bodies of their fallen comrades, killed by the robots, along with the living rabid Mimiga, trapped behind rocks and clawing to get out, cause them to agree to attack. The fact that the rest fled is the reason that most think Miakid released them onto the surface to kill humans with no cause.
Miakid takes the ones who agreed, along with the already rabid Mimiga, to the helicopter he arrived on. Flying to the surface, he releases them at the Doctor’s laboratory, all forty of them. He returned to the Island, preparing to retrieve Quote and Curly. His new goal was to kill Ballos, for the Crown gave him the knowledge as well, and destroy the Crown. However, the Doctor had figured out Miakid’s treachery, escaping before the Mimiga killed everyone in the research facility. Upon sensing the Doctor’s malevolent intent, he blindsides Quote and Curly, knowing that they are far more fragile than he, and prepares to take on the Doctor himself. He is killed, and the crown destroyed with him. However, the Doctor is weakened greatly after this fight, and the Mimiga, although weak, are far greater in number. He returns to the surface to recover and plan what to do next.
(A note here. The Crown, in this theory, is killed along with the holder. This explains why he had to come back to get it and couldn’t simply take it. When the Doctor is killed, the Crown also dissolves along with him. Whether that is due to something he did or the idea I just proposed here, I know not.)
After this, the events take place in the game like normal. A quick note, however, about the Doctor. He was killed once and survived. I think that, beyond creating the Crystal, he fused himself with the Crown to truly grant himself immortality. Thus, he did not die after the Core’s destruction. Even if you do not buy into the rest of this theory, I feel this part is basically confirmed in the game. He died once and still was alive, due to the Crown. There is no reason that killing him a second time would end him. However, what he assumes makes him both immortal and immensely powerful ends up being his downfall, as he is destroyed along with the Crown and Ballos.
And with that, my theory is complete. I apologize if Miakid’s section seems hastily written, I found it hard to transfer this part from my mind to type.
Feel free to point out any plotholes you see, and I will either explain my reasoning or modify that part. I’m posting this here before fully writing the novel form to iron out any potential fallacies. (This is assuming it doesn’t blow a hole the size of Australia into my theory, trashing the whole thing.)
About the statue carver. If he worked for Date, and my theories are correct, why would he carve statues of the traitor Miakid? My hypothesis is that he was actually a spirit in servitude to Ballos, forced to carve statues of each holder of the Crown.
I realize I should say this after another person's response. While I state everything in this like it is cold hard fact, this is just my way of presenting a theory. It loses credibility if you say "i think" before everything. I stated it like it was fact because, in the theory, it is.
JUST A NOTE: This is obviously going to have spoilers to both the full story version of this theory I am currently working on as well as the game.
First of all, we know very, very little about the jealous king, other than that he drove Ballos insane. Due to this, I have the most...out there, if you will, part of my theory at the beginning. We have to assume that this king was a mage as well, and that he found a way to make himself immortal. I will explain why this matters later, although you may be able to guess it as I explain further. (One side note: I am assuming these events, those of Ballos going insane, took place thousands of years before the game.)
Second. The castle on the island needs explaining. This is a minor one, but is a turning point that I will explain soon enough. The castle was originally inhabited by humans, possibly survivors of Ballos' rage, possible natives, possibly ones that came long after it was discovered. In any case, the humans constructed this in my theory. The statue at the edge is humanoid in appearance and somewhat supports this theory.
Third. This is less of a theory and more of an observation. All three of the holders of the Crown before Date were....strange looking. Halda seemed to have the appearance akin to a half-dragon or half-lizard. In my rendition, I am using the former. Annachponae obviously looks like an alligator or crocodile. Miakid, while more human-like, seems to be larger than the average human, almost grotesquely so. The last hint as to what I am planning before I leap into it is, note these features and note what Date is called.
With that out of the way, I am going to begin.
Bluntly, I am proposing that the Doctor is the jealous king that drove Ballos over the edge. I have considered this for a while, and there are things that can make sense about this. None of the other Holders have as much infamy, have done as much damage, as Miakid and the Doctor. I think this might be due to the fact that their goals were different from Miakid and Date’s.
First, we start with Halda. Halda was the subject of a genetic mutation with a dragon, the DNA of one injected at his birth. He lived with his parents, under close observation by the facility. They were confined to a specific location, having no contact with any other humans. At one point, his parents both contracted an illness, and, to prevent Halda from being infected, the researchers killed them. Halda was told they died in a freak accident.
Halda was kept in a cage and experimented on past this, to the point of nearly losing his mind. The major experiment, one that had little to do with his DNA, was removing all color from his life. The scales covering his body were quite fitting for this, being as black as night. Eventually, he passes his fifteenth birthday, which was the general cutoff line. Every mutation before him died before their fifteenth year of life. Halda showed no signs of the usual deterioration, and was chosen to be the first to attempt to fulfill his “creator’s” goals. The Doctor, formerly the king of the nation, was the head of this small facility. This is where he gained his title, and also provides some explanation as to how he managed to turn Itoh and Sue into Mimiga.
In any case, he trains Halda to be the perfect servant. As Halda reaches twenty five years of age, the Doctor decides he has matured enough to attempt to find Ballos. The Doctor’s motivation for attacking the surface world is that, in his mind, those humans are the descendants of the ones that favored Ballos. In a twist of irony, he wanted to use Ballos himself to get revenge. His first death warped his mind, leaving a few screws loose, if you will. Moving on to when Halda arrives upon the Island. Upon the surface, the castle previously mentioned is there. The Doctor assumes these humans are descendants of those who survived the fall of the kingdom. Halda is ordered to obliterate the castle and leave nobody alive.
Previously, Halda had followed the Doctor’s instructions like a dog, obeying without question. This genocide created a worm of doubt within his mind, however. Murder without need seemed senseless to him. However, the Doctor was the one who, in his mind, gave him life. Thus, he continues to search for Ballos. After some time, he discovers the Demon Crown. Sensing great power, he puts the Crown on, wondering if it could lead him to his goal. What he did not anticipate is the flood of knowledge the Crown gives him. It acts like a chronicle, showing him what truly happened to Ballos and the Doctor.
Halda, at this point, reverses his goal. It is still to find Ballos, but to kill him instead of letting the Doctor unleash him. Still acting as though under the Doctors orders, Halda continues to search for Ballos. Eventually, he stumbles upon an entrance to the Blood Stained Sanctuary. He seals it off, constructing a building as a station for future researchers on top of it to disguise the seal. After short preparations, he bypasses the seal and enters the Sanctuary.
Realistically, he was unprepared. Overwhelmed by the traps, as well as the monsters that Ballos’ magic influenced, he perished in the Sanctuary. His soul was trapped in the maelstrom of the vile magic, bound to be Ballos’ servant. His form is changed to be fitting of his role, bound to be a loyal dog to Ballos. Yes, the dog that tells you of Ballos and his past. The dog never, to my knowledge, says he was a pet of Ballos, simply that Ballos was his master.
Annachponae’s saga is a short one. Unlike Halda, he never goes turncoat, loyal to the end. His main acheviment, however, was that he was the one who found the Mimiga below the earth, as well as found the red flower and its effects. As he attempted to force-feed a Mimiga this, a young man, one of the last humans on the island, killed him. This man? His name is Tetsuzou Kamadani. Most know him as the hermit gunsmith who lives above the Mimiga village. And thus ends Annachponae
.
Miakid was originally a researcher, one under the Doctor. He volunteered for research on a fully-grown adult. This experiment was to genetically modify a man’s strength. It mostly worked, leaving him with the large body that can be seen in his statue. His reasoning for volunteering was that he might be the next to go to the island. Miakid was an anomaly in this sense; he was never on the Doctor’s side. He heard of the red flowers and what the Doctor planned, and decided to put a stop to it. This genetic enhancement would, if successful, increase his chances of being sent. It, luckily for him, turns out that he was the next sent. Upon arriving, he ferverently searched for the Crown, hoping it would give him enough strength to kill the Doctor.
Soon after finding it, however, the killer robots arrive. All were created by a government that discovered the Doctor’s plan. The government was not doing this for the good of the people they ruled. No, they simply did not want the Doctor overthrowing them. They attempted to kill the Mimiga before the Doctor had a chance to use them. All of them had this goal. All except Quote and Curly. These two were not like the rest. Unlike the other robots, these two had a consciousness, free thought. I am proposing they were human souls in mechanical bodies. This would explain their human-like emotions and ability to adapt. Granted, AI now can do things similar, and they very well could be hyper-intelligent AI’s. Sticking with my original theory, however, I assume they were originally human.
Upon reaching Miakid, they instantly engage in battle. Due to the Crown’s power, Miakid is able to tell these two are not like the others and attempts to reason with them. He has to subdue them first before they listen, but does not kill them. After explaining, the two decide to join him. Curly’s memory stopped just before this point, up to where they were defeated. The reason they switched sides so easily is due to the fact that, unlike the programmed robots, they were attempting to destroy the Crown because they thought it was right. Miakid explained, while they were unable to move, that even if they killed him, it would still live on. He goes on to explain the other robots’ reason for being there, and what the Doctor was planning.
After a short time, Miakid went to the Mimiga. Most fled into the caverns, but roughly twenty to thirty of them stayed behind to give the rest time to escape from the “evil” Holder. Quickly, before they attack, Miakid explains himself. He tells them what the Doctor is planning. He offers to either let them come and defend, or to sacrifice themselves to save the rest and go on the offensive. The bodies of their fallen comrades, killed by the robots, along with the living rabid Mimiga, trapped behind rocks and clawing to get out, cause them to agree to attack. The fact that the rest fled is the reason that most think Miakid released them onto the surface to kill humans with no cause.
Miakid takes the ones who agreed, along with the already rabid Mimiga, to the helicopter he arrived on. Flying to the surface, he releases them at the Doctor’s laboratory, all forty of them. He returned to the Island, preparing to retrieve Quote and Curly. His new goal was to kill Ballos, for the Crown gave him the knowledge as well, and destroy the Crown. However, the Doctor had figured out Miakid’s treachery, escaping before the Mimiga killed everyone in the research facility. Upon sensing the Doctor’s malevolent intent, he blindsides Quote and Curly, knowing that they are far more fragile than he, and prepares to take on the Doctor himself. He is killed, and the crown destroyed with him. However, the Doctor is weakened greatly after this fight, and the Mimiga, although weak, are far greater in number. He returns to the surface to recover and plan what to do next.
(A note here. The Crown, in this theory, is killed along with the holder. This explains why he had to come back to get it and couldn’t simply take it. When the Doctor is killed, the Crown also dissolves along with him. Whether that is due to something he did or the idea I just proposed here, I know not.)
After this, the events take place in the game like normal. A quick note, however, about the Doctor. He was killed once and survived. I think that, beyond creating the Crystal, he fused himself with the Crown to truly grant himself immortality. Thus, he did not die after the Core’s destruction. Even if you do not buy into the rest of this theory, I feel this part is basically confirmed in the game. He died once and still was alive, due to the Crown. There is no reason that killing him a second time would end him. However, what he assumes makes him both immortal and immensely powerful ends up being his downfall, as he is destroyed along with the Crown and Ballos.
And with that, my theory is complete. I apologize if Miakid’s section seems hastily written, I found it hard to transfer this part from my mind to type.
Feel free to point out any plotholes you see, and I will either explain my reasoning or modify that part. I’m posting this here before fully writing the novel form to iron out any potential fallacies. (This is assuming it doesn’t blow a hole the size of Australia into my theory, trashing the whole thing.)
About the statue carver. If he worked for Date, and my theories are correct, why would he carve statues of the traitor Miakid? My hypothesis is that he was actually a spirit in servitude to Ballos, forced to carve statues of each holder of the Crown.
I realize I should say this after another person's response. While I state everything in this like it is cold hard fact, this is just my way of presenting a theory. It loses credibility if you say "i think" before everything. I stated it like it was fact because, in the theory, it is.