Castor's Conjectures

== Important ==
Misc things to remember
* Lights in darkness
** Maryn: saw a pair of glowing lights rising to surface from under water
** Rip: memories of a dark place with glowing letters
** Voladore: born under a "dark star"
* One of us is already dead (fortune teller in Session 5)
*Strings resonance
** Caspar Loach measured various people's resonance to the Strings several years ago
*** Average person: ~2-3%
*** Influential political leaders: ~20%
*** Influential religious leaders: ~40%
*** Lee Fallendrok & one other person: 96% and 95%
* Gabriel of Corcoran disappeared
** Ugashi was unable to kill him but he disappeared and was not seen since
* Doors 
** A mysterious ancient power
** Caspar Loach (Voladore's uncle) was hunted by the Sovereigns possibly due to his possession of a Door
** Caspar inherited the Door from his father many years ago, to which it was seemingly passed to Voladore when Caspar died
** The Door draws on some type of higher power, but Sylas doesn't know much about it
** Maryn, Kral, and Voladore have Doors
* Dark star is "right next to us" 
** When we asked the IPB about where the dark star is
* Castor clone (Session 2, 3, 7)
** Took indestructible seal from Sylas; was at the Founder's Festival & Salzburg
* "Echo chamber" (Session 3)
** Said by Hajun Crane when he was "obliterated"
** Magnostadt citizens were also obliterated, but we don't know what Leader of OOTBE said
* IPB was written in by Lily Caspia (on actual book) and Etzer Caeruleum (on ripped page) (Session 2, 3)
Theories
# Lee and Collins' conversation on Flipstone #1 is referencing the Dark Green planet at the beginning
# The Flipstone #1 that supposedly belonged to Collins had that message pop up on it when I opened it ("call me"). To my knowledge the Flipstones can't have messages pop up, so its possible that the Flipstone was just a magical item disguised as a Flipstone
# In Unmarked Letter #5, (presumably) Collins asks if we "want to go back to your days of not knowing?" I assume this means that we all know "something" that we shouldn't, something that has likely drawn the attention of Collins. Collins' question makes it sound like there was some point in our lives when we "learned" about this restricted information. I believe that there are 2 defining moments in our backstories that could represent this point:
#* Option 1: The shared "dream" at the tavern. Since we all saw black bars and shared the "dream" together, Collins' statement could refer the information spoken to us in the dream. Even though we can barely understand any of it, it's possible that the simple knowledge that this event happened is what Collins is referring to.
#* Option 2: The "lights in darkness." Some (all) of us have experienced seeing lights in darkness in our lives before we met. Assuming that the "darkness" represents not knowing some piece of information and the "lights" represent learning about it, Collins' statement could be referring to this. Also, it's possible that everyone in the world is "affected" or "in" this darkness except for Lee and Collins (See Flipstone 0 & 1 Conversation), and now possibly us.
To-do
* Ask if anyone has had past experiences with black bars or darkness / lights
* Interact with Night Scroll and IPB
* Ask questions to IPB
== Magnostadt Prophecy ==
Builder
* ?
* Builder > as > Caller
Caller
* ?
* "Symphony" > Strings-related?
Knight
* "World's end" > singular "world" (our world?)
* "World's end" = "the dead space between the stars"
* Knight > as > Dreamer
Dreamer
* "Stratum and silence" > gray planet-related
Shard
* "Sins" > indicates sentience
Prophet
* "Peerless" = unrivaled/incomparable
* "Sight" is "absolute" > can make accurate predictions?
Guardian
* "Tired eyes" > has been watching for a long time; unable to do anything
Prince
* "Stars" exist IN the "god's domain"
* "God's domain" > singular god (Amsa?)
* "Plight" = unfortunate situation (not necessarily caused by Prince)
Wanderer
* "Steel on skin" > indicates mortal existence / relations
* "Eyes" > indicates living creature
Mountain
* "Immovable" > likely remained in the same place for a long time
* "History will forget them once more" > cycle of forgetting
Auxiliatrix
* "Flesh intertwined" = linked existences? (2+ individuals)
* "Attuned" > those attuned to some power/object? (Doors?)
* Auxiliatrix > as > Locus
Locus
* "Conquers" > negative/evil connotation
* "All existence" = "the intersection of countless infinities" > infinite universes/planes/space?
Sylph
* "Will" > indicates sentient existence
* Sylph > as > Dolorosa
Dolorosa
* "Sinks to the depths of sorrow" > ocean-related?
* "Fault of her own creation" > Tale of creation (Amsa)
Sunwalker
* "Hands" > indicates either sentient or mortal existence
== Magnostadt Prophecy Guesses ==
People to add
* Kral
* Castor
* Collins?
* Chet?
* Lily Caspia?
* Maryn
* Rip
* Voladore
* Lee?
Builder
Caller
* Maryn (mid)
Knight
Dreamer
Shard
* Rip (low)
* Lee (mid)
Prophet
Guardian
Prince
* Voladore (mid)
Wanderer
* Rip (high)
* Maryn (high)
* Lee (high)
Mountain
* Rip (mid)
* 100% sure without a doubt its gotta be Chet
Auxiliatrix
* Maryn (mid)
Locus
Sylph
Dolorosa
Sunwalker
== The Night Scroll ==
* The Night Scroll was originally from our world (universe?) > "back to where it came from"
* Etzer's world is one of many "Fragments," likely the Helix Fragment > "first Fragment to be swallowed whole"
* Veil = universe as we know it > "Something is coming, from beyond the Veil"
** "Strings" CANNOT exist beyond the veil > "where the Strings can't even exist"
* Sphere = Etzer's world > "If it breaches the Sphere... what could I possibly do?"
* Some "thing" is trying to enter the Veil, possibly brought by Etzer's actions > "could this have been my fault?"
** This "thing" may ultimately cause the destruction of all planes/universes > "pay the price across all of existence"
== Session Thoughts==
=== Session 2 Observations ===
Important
* One of us has a door, other than Voladore
* Caspar Loach will be revived soon (egg) - WRONG. NOT THE EGG.   This is untrue. It is an egg 👍 It's a metal sphere (not the egg (which is also not an egg and is just egg-shaped)) Ok but the egg-shaped object is an egg 👍👍 NO
* Caspar and Lee (my father) were both researching the "Sovereigns"
* Something's up with the sky (lines & planets)
* The Night Scroll was sent "back to where it came from," so the scroll (and the Infinite-Page Book) originated in our world
* Who is Etzer Caeruleum?
* Magnostadt Prophecy is relevant
* We can ask the Infinite-Page Book anything?
Goals
* Bring the boy to Magnostadt to find his parents?
Ideas
* The letter addressed to me (Unmarked Letter #2) might have been written by the "me" clone who took the thing from Sylas
** The only other one who could have written it (to my knowledge) is Lee or Sylas
=== Session 3 Observations ===
What could have been Ugashi
* Infinite-Page Book
* Any party member (Rip?)
* Any item that we have on us
Observations
* The Infinite-Page Book "finds" people. THEY do not find the book
* Log 1 is a LOG. It was WRITTEN by Lily Caspia. Even though we CANNOT affect the book in any way, it was written in by another person
* Its possible that a condition for being able to write in the book is if it is not in its home dimension, or if you are somehow "attuned" to the book (maybe you know a certain piece of info?)
Ideas
* Our planet is "Earth," or is "merging" with Earth
* Some Matrix-type thing is going on with the "darkness." It's like every person is in this darkness, and Lee and Collins have "escaped"
** The "darkness" relates to knowing certain information, and every person is in the darkness. By learning things, Lee somehow escaped this darkness, but he is also unable to "return" to the darkness since he can't wipe his own memories. Collins is trying to do something related to this darkness, and since Lee can't un-learn this information, the only people who can stop Collins are those still in the darkness
* The start of the conversation between Lee and Collins is referencing the Dark Green planet
== Letter Analyses ==
=== Unmarked Letter #1 ===
"They've taken the bait, haven't they? The stars will no longer be just out of reach. The firmament moves. I suspect it will not be long. The man who can defeat me will soon no longer exist on this earth."
=== Unmarked Letter #2 ===
"It seems you've killed my Sovereign. It was his time anyway. But it hurts, doesn't it, Castor? To be able to remember everything?"
=== Unmarked Letter #3 ===
"The stars exist in unison. Pieces - scattered, but whole. Each, a cry to be heard, a song to be sung. And the universe sings, just for you, Maryn. Can’t you hear the music?"
=== Unmarked Letter #4 ===
"This world is like a book, bound in strings of light and harmony. Pages, wrought in ink and blood. Born from a sea of shared souls. The story is almost over. And you’re the only one left, Rip. Haven’t you read the epilogue?"
=== Unmarked Letter #5 ===
"Humans will writhe in their own ignorance, but sometimes that ignorance is what they need to live. Don't you want to go back to your days of not knowing?"
=== Unmarked Letter #6 ===
"I am Collins. On July 20th, 1969, 9:56 PM, man finally stood upon the moon. From my position in the moon's orbit, I watched Armstrong and Aldrin land and walk on its surface. I was so close to the ground of the moon, and yet I returned without having trod upon it. I sat, spinning around in its orbit. Poor little lieutenant Collins... Nobody was watching me. And just like Collins, I would fade into history and be forgotten. I am the one who is left behind, the one always watching. All I have done, lost to time. Look. Someone, look at me."
=== Flipstone 0 & 1 Conversation ===
"Lee 1: I have seen this world change, just like you have. The seas have become more violent. The stars have come and gone. Copper burns high in the atmosphere. But even after all this time, I know there is good left in you. You cannot do this to the world. Has everything been a lie?Collins 1: Some know the truth, but do not know the cost that comes with it. As long as it remains hidden in the back of their minds, never breaching the surface, they will live in peace. Their blood will not be on my hands if they decide to wake it before the time has come. I will not let anything prevent ███ ███████. I alone will provide the path. Do not stand in my way.Lee 2: I am far from a perfect man. I do not deserve this world, these people, and the beauty of their existence. But my mind has escaped from the endless darkness. There is no one else to stop you.Collins 2: There is little you know of the truths of this world. You are but a slave to your pride. You cannot fathom that the future has already been set. I know how you will die, how your family will die; your hand, and when your cards will deteriorate into dust. A glorious, ordinary ending for a man who had been so far from everyone else.Lee 3: The least I can do is to right the wrongs born of your evil. It is just us, has always been us, and will forever be us. There's no changing that. You and I were meant for a fate like this.Collins 3: You fail to realize how much I will sacrifice. I have shed the mortal coil that is glory, and have become but a shadow. I have overcome both desire and destiny. If a god does exist in this world, then it is me. This is the truth. I am Collins."