#sky cotl theory

[lilhub]

So. What's up with the duplicate statues in Eden?

If you've played Sky: Children of the Light and gone through The Ascent, you may have noticed these statues:

And you'll know that the Vault has the same exact statues:

Now the question we're asking here is why.

Of course, I have a theory in regards to it that ties into a couple of other theories, but it's gonna be long and probably a little complicated, so buckle up.

TL;DR will be at the bottom of the post for a simpler(and less all over the place) explanation!

Now, I'm going to start at the beginning with something that may seem completely unrelated:

Take a look at the top of this broken building in the Battlefield.

Does it look familiar? It should.

It looks like the vault masks.

That's odd though, isn't it? The Vault Elder is, well, the Vault Elder. They belong in the Vault.

To that I say: what if they weren't always there?

What if that building used to be their temple?

Almost every other Elder has their own building that serves as their temple and little else; why would the Vault Elder be any different? They're certainly just as important as every other Elder, so why would they be singled out?

Some more evidence for the broken building being an Elder's temple?

Look here, in The Seed's spirit memory:

The spirit was a medic that treated and aided soldiers on the battlefield, and this displays them in a Medic's tent. Where? In the broken building.

Other than it being the arguably safest structure aside from the Vault, there's...no real reason for it to be here of all places. They could have had it anywhere else; this is in the thick of the fighting, after all, the entire map is called the Battlefield for a reason. But there's a reason it was here.

Why?

Well, the Elder's temples are sacred. They're holy places, not to be trifled with, even in the midst of a war, they're like churches. And what was guaranteed if you took shelter in a church?

Sanctuary.

Unfortunately, this doesn't guarantee its outside will be particularly safe from conflict, especially toward the end of the war. Survival began to matter more than walls, I suspect, and it's clear from the Lookout Scout's memory sequence that even then, this place was broken down; potentially from Dark Dragons, potentially from the Ancestors. Unfortunately, we currently have no way of knowing for sure.

On the topic of placements and symbolism in the Battlefield map, though: there's also all of this imagery of the King leading up to the Wasteland Elder's temple.

Let me suggest to you the following as an answer to why:

Eden was not always the primary residence of the King.

Before you grab your torches and pitchforks, hear me out. The Eden Castle was not always there, and this is explicitly shown in the Aurora concert during Warrior, but also the fourth quest in Season of Passage:

No castle.

Now, what does this mean for the King? Well, logically they should have them residing in the otherwise safest place in the Kingdom��like, perhaps, a Vault.

Now we're getting somewhere.

Let's go back to the statues.

Many theorize that they're graves, due to the fact that there's one in each temple and when you sit, you're taken to the respective cutscenes that feature the Elders in their limbos. I disagree.

I think they were communication lines. Every Elder will need to contact one another at some point, and other than the Windpaths, there's really no shortcuts through the realms; thus, the statues function as telephones in a home network, if you will. If one person picks up the line while others are having a conversation, they can listen in as well.

Who needs to have a way to contact every single Elder?

The King.

A ruler needs to be able to conveniently contact the others that help them run a kingdom, especially at a moment's notice, and phones don't exactly exist in the Kingdom. Thusly following the path of logic here, wherever the King is, there should be each statue for each corresponding Elder.

Once the castle became the primary residence of the King, now that the Vault Elder was no longer close by, there was a statue added to the arrangement; this also explains why it's just sat in the middle of them instead of up with the rest.

There is one other thing, though.

What's up with the Wasteland Elder?

After all, if the Vault was the primary residence of the King, and the statues support that, then why and how does the Wasteland Elder come to inhabit that building?

I have a few thoughts on that too.

Let's take a look at the Wasteland Elder, for starters.

They look like a soldier. Which is no surprise, really, seeing as they were in charge of what is now the Wasteland, and the war that seems to have primarily taken place there.

I have another thought though.

The King needs a guard, or more accurately, the Prince does. Sure, there is plenty of power when you are the King, but before that they was a Prince, and there are always precautions that should be taken with the future ruler of your Kingdom.

From what little we see of their character, the Wasteland Elder is protective. Defensive. Willing to do anything to safeguard what lay beyond that gate. They had to learn from somewhere. That instinct has to come from somewhere, because they clearly have worked themselves to the point of absolute exhaustion in their efforts to safeguard that gate.

To this, I ask you: what better protection is there for a Prince than a Star?

Of course, once the Prince becomes a King, and Eden is more than adequate as a safe spot for them, this Star needs to be put somewhere else.

And the Wasteland still needs a protector. After all, the Dark Dragons at this point must be becoming a problem, and Darkstone production is likely growing larger and larger by the day; the people need someone to keep them safe and reassure them that all will be okay.

Who better than a Star that already knows everything about protection and defense? Who has the necessary experience? Who has likely had to manage other guards that helped protect the Prince?

TL;DR: Before the fall of the kingdom, while the King was still a Prince, before the Castle was built the Prince resided in the Vault. And before the conflict in the Wasteland, the Vault Elder's temple was the broken building we now see in the Battlefield. This explains both the King imagery leading up to (what is now)the Wasteland Temple(which also doubles as the entrance to the Vault) and the symbol atop the broken building that resembles the Vault masks.

During the period of time before the Prince became the King, the Wasteland Elder was assigned as their protector, explaining their intense need to defend the Vault 'til their last breath. Afterward, once the Prince becomes King, they are reassigned as the Guardian of the Wasteland, charged with overseeing its people and the Darkstone production taking place there.

Because of the fact that the King resided in the Vault and the Eden Castle, there are versions of each Elder's statue in both places due to them potentially being communication lines instead of graves. Or, at least, they used to be communication lines and were turned into graves for the Fallen Stars after the Fall of the Kingdom. This also explains why each statue takes us to that specific Elder's limbo space; they still, technically, function for their intended purpose.

Of course, this is all just one huge theory made up of a bunch of smaller theories and doesn't have the greatest evidence but. Alas! I am prone to overthinking details in the Funny Light Game.

[chillfaerie]

Mini Prediction for Sky: The Two Embers!

We know Winged Lights have been referred to as "imprints of the Children of Light", implying its where skykids like us have traveled before. However, some theorists believe they also represent the Prince/King's light since we meet one in the void of Eden too.

So wouldn't it be cool if, throughout the animated series, we saw the Prince / the Dawn Ember visit places where Winged Lights are? Not all of them, of course, but just a few as a nice nod to this idea about the game c:

[beigetiger]

SCREENSHOT ANALYSIS OF THE NEW TWO EMBERS TRAILER

WOOOO ENVIRONMENTS. LORE. LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE PIPES. LOOK AT THE WAY THE LIGHT CREATURES GO AROUND IN HERDS. THERE'S A PERSON ON A BUILDING

Also judging by the number of tents around, the long line of people who seem to be sick, and the fact that the Dusk ember living there doesn't seem to concern everyone makes me think that this is a sort of refugee camp against the growing darkness. We can see all of the Resh statues, as well as some additional buildings off to the side that might be living quarters for the soldiers.

I don't think this directly translates to any in-game area.

This would also explain why Lamed is in the Wasteland. They're looking to help the refugees. Funnily enough, their headcrest has what appears to be a piece of darkstone in it. Also all the artists (me) who draw non-spirit Lamed with blue colours are gonna have to colour-correct to brown now 😔

Ok HEAR ME OUT ON THIS. What that soldier is holding is a device that creates darkstone from the life force of light creatures. I say this because there are a bunch of manatees in front of that soldier and none of them are moving. So I reckon we're gonna get to actually see how darkstone is made.

It also has interesting implication for Resh's mask. Does it open the same way as this? Are the darkstone making machines based ofd his appearance? Or is his mask a literal darkstone machine? Surely we will find out.

WOOO OLD PERSON KNOCKING OVER A RESH STATUE LETS GO! Thought they might be Daleth at first but they aren't tall enough and don't have the headcrest 😔 they do have some sort of staff though. I wonder if this is happening right as the Skyfolk realize Resh has done them in.

DARKSTONE-POWERED SPEARS, HUH. Surely they aren't regretting that at the moment. I feel bad for the soldiers, they are trying their damnest to fight off those krill. I wonder if Tsadi knows about this.

Also, they have a little Resh insignia :) Tsadi must really love Resh to be fine with so much Resh-idolizing imagery in their realm.

CHILD GETS ADOPTED BY OLD PERSON! AND THEY LIVE ON THE BOAT!

HOPEFUL STEWARD MODE UNLOCKED

Also IS THAT THE ENCHANTMENT GUIDE

AVIARY MODE UNLOCKED

Final thoughts are I hope we see more of the Elders, we still don't know what those four sets of cosmetics from Season of Aviary were about, and I now think that the Two Embers is going to be less about the leadup to the fall and much more about the aftermath of it.

I can't wait to see if we get reasoning for why Resh did what he did. And also how he did it.

[cygnusdoesthings]

good night tumblr i just spent about 3 hours talking with my sky friend about lore in the game over murals waiting for a shard that didn't fall instead of doing my biology

if you see this by some insane twist of fate: thanks ave for putting up with my bullshittery

this was me.

[spidergod]

i decides to draw the little sky kid you hug at the end of eden, but in the black version. i made the original, too. i made the black version based off of a reddit post i saw, stating:

"I believe that scene is you, passing the torch to the next version of yourself. Your old self (the black one, who just died) helps the white one (not born yet) getting up for the very first time. They hug and say goodbye. The black one, your previous life, is left behind. At that point you are the white one. Just my headcanon, but I think I got it right."

i can imagine your past self sitting there, all alone and feeling sad. and then after awhile when you re-run it, it turns white for you to re-ignite yourself! :D

[wanderingskychild]

Season of the Blue Bird Quest #4

The highlight of this whole quest was definitely the ending, it was quite different. The blue bird turns big & we get a view of trees cut down everywhere with axes still imbedded in them, along with the axe that Woodcutting Pleaful Parent has. The bird actually didn’t do anything this time, just left. It didn’t need to, the Pleaful Parent already has regrets.

Is the destruction of the forest the reason why it’s been acting the way it is? Like the bird itself is in a sorrowful state just like Boogie Kid & us trying to catch it is just making things worse.

[lost-seal]

Managed to capture this cursed scene while others were guiding the light. Crab Whisperer is depicted flying. I don't recall if we've ever seen ancients fly (collab seasons not included). With this being a light seeker and all, I think that among many things, they were using the light to fly. It just couldn't be used as commonly as skykids.

[artemistorm]

Have you ever wondered what the wing lights are looking up at?

Like, what do you see kiddo? What are you looking at?

:0 Rick Astley??

[coatl-cuddles]

More drawpile doodles, but this time MOTH edition

[serene-sky-kid]

I haven't done something more finished in a long time and now I remembered why. serene's pet will grow a lot just because I like the idea, someday I will draw how is the area where that snail will live.

[wwwjeremiahh]

Hi there

Yesterday I had nothing to do, and I noticed that the nine-colored deer and skykid incapacitate the krill in three hits. I decided to calculate how strong each blow was, they seemed to be the same. It turns out that in order to hit a krill with a force that would destroy it, it must be immediately like these three hits.

I took VERY APPROXIMATE values ​​to make it at least a little easier to count. I'm not a physicist, and we haven't taught this subject for two years. Of course I could be wrong about many things. I took the height and weight of the skykid as 150 centimeters and 45 kilos (our calculation is in kilograms, not pounds, so I’m sorry if this is not clear to you)

This was done purely for fun and to theorize, so please, don't take it seriously.

(also sorry for the mistakes in english, I don't speak it)

Upd: Oh, I see that this is becoming popular, I wish I could say that I am also an artist!

[the-vault-apprentice]

I know the general vibe of the Kingdom is more Asian cultures, and I KNOW Skykids would adore traditionally "Eastern" dishes like Ramen and dumplings and probably rice (I feel like rice would be a staple in the Kingdom, given the amount of shallow waters?)

But I am also 100% sure Skykids would absolutely DEVOUR cheeseburgers if given the chance, and probably attempt to bite a potato like an apple on the first try.

[skykidsam]

Somewhere along the line, I missed the memo that these guys are all connected.

Here's my interpretation of the connection:

Things of note:

- Source for the connection is Ash in the lore chat on Discord from waaaay back

- Ash notes that there is a connection between the two seasons and says, separately, that the Assembly spirits were made with parents in mind

- While each family carries similar marks, they are also inverted. All Lightseekers have dark markings, symbolizing their quest for (and therefore lack of) Light. All Assembly spirits have yellow, symbolizing their access or connection to Light. These differences also mark different eras in Sky's timeline.

Also, we have one Lightseeker left over. So, if they're a part of any of these families, here is my personal opinion on the family it would make the most sense for them to be a part of:

[kyri45]

A Humble attempt to re-create the Forgotten Island

(Based on what we know and a Sky:CotL AU/Mix)

ISAT Sequel Sky:CotL AU Masterpost

So! I’ve already made a bigger post explaining my headcanon based on the canon of the game about the Island possible geography, but here’s my attempt to create a map of it!

UPDATE: I just remembered noe that if Siffrin was able to reach the sea within the sorroundings of his house, then I should add more portual towns as well on the beach

[leaf-in-a-flower-garden]

Wdym the Isle is the only realm outside of Vault that has murals of their elder. Wdym that proves the people of the Isle held a high regard for their elder, furthering the angst of Dawn being disregarded by the others. . Wdym that the Isle clearly was so spiritual they would not desecrate sacred ground, even under pressure of the foreign realms. What. Do. You .mean that even after everything those murals of the other temples remained intact, in the sacred temple of the Isle, even after the betrayal they faced..

[mx-metronome]

I AM STILL BEING 300% NORMAL ABOUT THIS JENOVA CHEN INTERVIEW, REVIVAL EDITION

Rehashed my old theory now that Revival is almost over and I’ve had some epiphanies