Thierry's Lore Tidbits

Thierry Boulanger, the main director and writer of *Sea of Stars*, has provided small pieces of lore in the official Discord server. This is a compilation of important **lore tidbits** not explicitly mentioned within the game itself.

## March 14, 2020

### Takeaways

* There was a message hidden within *Special Reserve Bokken Signature Bundle of* *The Messenger* that would reveal *Sea of Stars*'s title and announcement date if the community had found all the letters in the bundles.

## March 19, 2020 (#1)

### Conversation

 **Thierry** | The scrolls contained the date (Spring Equinox) and title

### Takeaways

* The message hidden within *Special Reserve Bokken Signature Bundle of* *The Messenger* would reveal the title and spring equinox as the announcement date of *Sea of Stars*.

## March 19, 2020 (#2)

### Conversation

 **Thierry** | Only one or two active at any given time

### Takeaways

* All Dwellers have a name.
* Few Dwellers are active at any given time.

## March 23, 2020

### Conversation

 **Thierry** | Of course

### Takeaways

* Chumkayoo's name is spelled in a way that will make english speakers say "pebble buddy" in Québécois.

## April 6, 2020

### Takeaways

* Valere's name should be pronounced like "val-air."
* Zale's name should be pronounced like "tale" or "dale."

## April 8, 2020

### Conversation

 **Babushka** | I don't think they are older than 20
 **Thierry** | Old enough to be capable, young enough to have a lot of room to grow to their full potential. The actual number is open for interpretation as providing specifics could ruin either of those two points for some people.

## April 13, 2020

### Conversation

To celebrate 1 million, we are ditching all social media goals and will provide two additional updates: a lore primer for those who haven’t been in the loop (TWOL), and third playable character reveal!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sabotagestudio/sea-of-stars/posts/2810308

 **Thierry** | the roofs

### Takeaways

* Houses in Mooncradle have roofs made out of glass.

## April 14, 2020

### Takeaways

* Garl is not a Solstice Warrior, he's an ordinary kid.
* Zale and Valere aren't counted among the three remaining Solstice Warriors because they're children at the time of the headcount.
* The ARG timeline is parallel to the *Sea of Stars* timeline.

## April 16, 2020 (#1)

### Conversation

Today’s update is a look at the origins of the world of Sea of Stars, a lore primer called “The Two Alchemists”.
As some of you have read it before through the ARG, we added a couple extra illustrations to have something fresh for everyone!
Get ready for the final update tomorrow, where we will be revealing a third combat character.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sabotagestudio/sea-of-stars/posts/2812212

* Thierry react:

### Takeaways

* This image is not a *Final Fantasy* reference.

## April 16, 2020 (#2)

### Takeaways

* The events of The Two Alchemists happen thousands of years before *Sea of Stars*.
* The events of *Sea of Stars* happen hundreds of thousands of years before *The Messenger*.
* There has been countless generations of Solstice Warriors before the events of *Sea of Stars*.

## June 22, 2020

### Takeaways

* Tsiclop's name is pronounced like "tsee-clup."

## August 28, 2020

### Conversation

 **Thierry** | (might still be a bit early for that please don't tell wiki gang)

### Takeaways

* Kunus'nuku Acolyte is internally referred to as Lizardess.
* Kunus'nuku is a long gone evil goddess that still has worshipers.

## February 10, 2021

### Takeaways

* Not every character skill is magical, some of them don't require any magical input from the user.
* Garl's Nourish requires no magic.
* There is a canon explanation to how magic works.

## March 25, 2021

### Conversation

Wyrd breaking a wooden board!
 **Thierry** | Fairly good

## April 16, 2021

### Conversation

 **Soleil** | I thought the books in the Archives are just normal books The Archivist wrote out manually.
* Thierry react:

### Takeaways

* The Archivist wrote his books manually.

## September 3, 2021

### Takeaways

* There has never been a Solstice Warrior that could wield both Sun and Moon powers.
* The equinox grants acute innate potential towards magic related with seasons.
* Book 3 (Sabotage's third game) might touch upon the magic of seasons.

## September 19, 2021

### Conversation

 **Thierry** | It's more about showing off and creating your favorite synergies than a hard requirement though

### Takeaways

* Hurl is a metaphor about Garl's ability to bring people together.

## May 11, 2023

### Conversation

 **Thierry** | to the contrary, it was removed specifically because the third hit could sort of feel like he was bullying the target which doesn't fit his vibe at all

### Takeaways

* Bullying enemies does not fit Garl's vibe at all.

## October 10, 2023

### Takeaways

* One reason why Resh'an wants to redeem Aephorul is that he needs him to fix some atrocities that only he can fix.
* Aephorul being defeated and humbled by the party is a part of Resh'an's plan to redeem the Fleshmancer.

## October 31, 2023

### Conversation

 **Thierry** | absolutely not

### Takeaways

* The brown-haired woman is not Seraï.
* Seraï might not be present in the Catalyst flashback.

## Notes

1. ↑ For more information about pronunciations see the official Pronounciation Guide

## See Also

* Thierry's Lore Tidbits (The Messenger Wiki)