#Cotl theory

[sina-hellow]

칼라마르 헤드케논: 왜 웃고 있었을까? / Kallamar’s Headcanon: Why was he grinning?

ENG: Once we finish Demon Quest, we’re met with a this screen. Many people find it strange that Kallamar is grinning so brightly, like a child. I used to think the same. So this time, I’d like to share a headcanon analyzing Kallamar’s psychological state. Honestly, I don’t think Kallamar was ever truly happy—even back when he was a Bishop. Compared to his siblings, he was the most anxious and timid. That’s why he relied on Shamura, the eldest, and feared Narinder, the third-born and the overseer of death. And I believe this fear existed even before Narinder ever plotted his betrayal. The Kallamar that Narinder remembers was always the brother who looked at him with fear. Because of this, I believe Kallamar was the one least suited to wear the crown. Yet unlike Haro, he couldn’t let go of his divinity. Whether it was out of a desire to survive or a need for power�� either way, these elements clashed with his true nature, leaving him to live a life gripped by fear, crushed under the weight of the crown.

But now? The Bishops and Narinder alike have been dethroned by the Lamb. They’ve lost their divinity and become followers. Ironically, it’s because Kallamar became a follower that he’s finally able to be his true self. He no longer needs to hold onto power, nor hide in Shamura’s shadow. For the first time, he’s free to live life on his own terms. And I don’t think Kallamar fears Narinder anymore. What he feared was the Red Crown(death)—not Narinder himself. It was only after becoming a follower that he was finally able to see Narinder not as the embodiment of the Red Crown, but simply as a cat.🐱 Now that he has nothing left to fear, maybe that’s why he can smile so brightly after the Demon Quest?😆

우리는 주교들의 유물 정화를 마치면 다음과 같은 화면을 보게 되죠. 그런데 여기서 칼라마르는 어린아이처럼 해맑게 웃고 있는데, 이를 이상하게 생각하는 사람들이 많더라고요. 저도 사실 그렇게 생각했고요. 그래서 이번에는 칼라마르의 심리 상태를 분석한 헤드캐논 글을 적어볼게요. 사실, 칼라마르는 과거 주교였을 때도 썩 행복한 녀석은 아니었을 거예요. 다른 형제자매들에 비해 가장 불안정하고 겁이 많았으니까요. 그렇기 때문에 첫째였던 샤무라에게 의지를 했으며, 셋째이자 죽음을 관장하는 나린더에겐 두려움을 느꼈죠. 그리고 이건 나린더가 사악한 음모를 꾸미기 전부터 그래왔을 거로 생각해요. 나린더가 기억하는 칼라마르는 항상 자신을 두려워했던 형이었으니까요. 이런 이유로 주교 중에서도 왕관과 가장 어울리지 않는 캐릭터라고 생각해요. 하지만 하로처럼 신격을 포기하지 못했어요. 그 이유가 살아남기 위해서였든, 권력이 필요했든... 어찌됐든 간에 이 요소들은 칼라마르의 본성과 맞물려 왕관에 짓눌린 채 공포에 사로잡힌 삶을 살아왔죠. 하지만 지금은? 어린 양에 의해 주교들과 나린더 모두 찬탈당해 신격을 잃고 추종자가 되었어요. 아이러니하게도 추종자가 되었기 때문에 칼라마르는 이제서야 '진짜 자신'이 될 수 있었던 거죠. 더는 권력을 유지할 필요도 없고 샤무라의 그림자 속에 숨지 않아도 되었으며 처음으로 자기 인생을 선택할 수 있게 되었으니깐요. 그리고 지금의 칼라마르는 나린더를 두려워하지 않을 거로 생각해요. 칼라마르가 두려워했던 건 붉은 왕관(죽음)이지, 나린더 그 자체는 아니었으니까요. 추종자가 되고 나서야 비로소 나린더를 붉은 왕관이 아닌 단지 한 마리의 고양이로 인식하게 되었을 거예요.🐱

이제 더는 두려워질 게 없어졌기에 유물 정화 이후 싱글벙글한 표정을 지은 것 아닐까요?😆

[rainbowolfe]

Dove back into the game to see what would happen if you refused to let the Bishops cleanse their relics.

Alright Leshy, go off.

Heket, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it.

My initial reaction was that he did not give a single fuck, but for someone who usually goes on and on to have little to say speaks volumes lol

I'M SORRY SHAMURA, I—

Though they all accept this outcome (i.e. their punishment for what they did as Gods will continue throughout their mortal lives), Leshy and Heket's acceptance is bitter; while Kallamar and Shamura's is sullen. Like. They all know what they did. Maybe one day we'll find out too.

The two sides of the scale of what a God can be.

A vengeful false idol or a merciful coward.

One could ruminate for hours about how the merciful (former) Gods are surprised by the lack of mercy, while the vengeful ones are surprised to receive it. They all showed up with expectations. We can either disappoint half of them, or pleasantly surprise half of them.

[itoshirinnn]

thinking

about how when shamura says bonds (chains) must be forged in godly matters they refer to both the bishops' blood but also narinder's. look at his robes, the red in the middle that starts at his throat and trails down, as if his throat had been cut not necessarily to kill but to make him bleed as much as possible

in the game, the god of death cannot die. the only time the player is in actual risk of "dying" (permadeleting a save file) is when they have 0 followers for two days. the solution to this is to recuit TWO followers minimum. guess who narinder has by his side in the afterlife.

TWO followers, given to him by shamura. they said they didn't want narinder to be lonely. But exactly why would narinder be lonely if he was "swelling with devotion" ? and forneus never says when her kits were taken, just that they were a gift to "the one they loved the most." by "they" it is heavily implied that she's referring to shamura. still, I don't think shamura meant to gift them to narinder out of malice. i truly think he did not wish for him to be lonely.

now, what does narinder say about baal and aym?

intended as KEEPERS??? why would narinder interpret them as keepers, if they were gifted to him before he was imprisoned? maybe he thought shamura was distrustful of him from the start. but even then, if they were already his loyal followers by that point, why wouldn't they be chained? they're completely free to move. Not to mention, look at their eyes. reminds you of something??

DISSENTING FOLLOWERS. all four bishops and their respective minibosses have black scleras and red irises. the only characters / enemies who have similar eyes to baal and aym are the witnesses, that I theorize are old enemies sealed away by the bishops that rise after the death of their capturer. (and barbatos but like. they're the only miniboss who has those eyes so I don't count them) Maybe shamura sent them to narinder under the guise of "keepers," knowing that narinder would guide them. Notice what he says. "Must I be blamed for my influence?"

Narinder says it was here that they cast the chains that bound him (ignore kallamar's joy I have no clue why he's so happy here?) meaning it's here that they probably fought. The monument says the same. "Here did death no longer wish to wait." this obviously refers to narinder. The one who waits could no longer bear to wait, and he put his and the other bishop's reigns in peril trying to expand his domain. shamura feared narinder would grow too greedy and held a council of war with the others.

Narinder struck at them, supposedly second. They knowingly attempted to kill (bound) their brother, just like cain and abel, and were punished for it. See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil, think no evil. narinder was punished too, relegated to the afterlife, destined to be forgotten, to rot. my theory is that shamura gave him baal and aym afterward. they loved him the most, to the point where their brother being forgotten, truly dying, was so unbearable that they gifted him two young followers under the guise of "keepers."

also think about kallamar and how he can't bear to see narinder. We know that kallamar is the second oldest, and that he's aware of his cowardice.

"... of course, it could not last forever. Perhaps my siblings did not understand this, but I have always known."

"It did not make me less afraid. Cowardly Kallamar, ha..."

"So many things I did not wish to hear... Narinder's foolish plans."

"When Shamura told us what we must do to ensure our survival... I did not wish to hear that, either."

"And yet I was a willing conspirator. Cowardly Kallamar."

shamura tells us this.

I think shamura set aside their fear of losing their brother and the love they held for him, to save themselves and their other siblings in case narinder betrayed them. kallamar did not. he was cowardly, he did not wish to hear narinder's heresy or shamura's plans, even knowing their happiness would not last.

side note, narinder's speeches to you after beating each bishop are the longest when he talks about kallamar and shamura. This could also be because he knows the lamb for longer at that point, but I do truly think that he couldn't bear to resent his youngest siblings enough to blatantly insult them like how did to kallamar and shamura.

not to mention heket's dialogue. she blames the red crown, never her older brother. when she does refer to him, she calls him a monster who will not be satisfied until all four of them are felled. she never names him. she grieves, laments about how they were happy once, all together.

narinder's dialogue about leshy is the shortest. maybe it's because they didn't know each other well, since leshy was so young, but leshy is directly stated to not have known about the plan, at least not completely. I don't think narinder resents him as much as the other because of that. leshy even calls the lamb an unworthy bearer of the crown. he doesn't insult narinder, he simply calls him "the chained one."

shamura deems you an unworthy bearer of the crown if you bow to them: "I am disappointed, I admit. I thought my brother had better… taste."

if you do not bow: "A lion in the guise of a Lamb. I expected no less from a vessel of the Red Crown. Very well. War is also my domain."

shamura is also the most outwardly resentful of mortals. "He wanted to open the doors between Life and Death, to... to allow their return. Those mere... mortals." they were the oldest, but also the most prideful, even more so than heket, who is the only other bishop who commands you to bow, and has similar dialogue to shamura. but if you do not bow, she does not compliment you like shamura does, instead she demands you to bow again, which shows her immaturity.

if you bow: "Ha! Cowardly vermin. You disgust me." if you do not bow: "You will bow, or I will make you!"

another side note about heket:

"There is no justice in this world."

"No matter how... how loudly you demand... urge... beg..."

she tells you this after you give her relic back. this is purely headcanoning now, but perhaps she had her throat torn out by narinder because he could not bear to hear her beg.

TL;DR: narinder was so, so loved. my doomed siblings 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[bishopoftheoldfaith]

Ok ok hear me out. Skinny twink Leshy or Chubby teddy bear Leshy is best Leshy ( this is for real my personal opinion tho) I have no way of putting this but I feel like Shamura has Jewish grandma vibes and feed their siblings way too much and kinda roast them when they eat it (like my great grandmother) So Leshy either eats it all or eats nothing, hence why I think skinny Leshy or chubby Leshy are best Leshy! Buff Leshy is just slightly off-putting to me.

Again this is my personal opinion, like the opinion of Heket being buff and not really caring about body weight (unlike Kallamar) not skinny anime girl. So please do not take this as fact or anything close to that also do not take offence please! All the art that I see in this fandom (except incest art) is beautiful and if I say I prefer a character design because of headcanon that is my business so yeah! Love y’all, kisses and love! Also feel free to request art I’m kinda having an art block

[pyramid-scheme-of-the-ewe]

Wait, what extra hints in the update?? I haven't seen any 🥺

Ooooh, I don't remember the full theory exactly, it was just something I saw circulating on Tumblr, but the jist of it that I remember is that: the Goat's statues (or at least the one I've attached) are like extra messed up, meaning that they almost definitely are very dead.

The question is: did they get sacrificed or did their god kill them? Regardless they definitely died.

Also noting the fact that them and their shrine are in what is probably the Underworld when the Lamb finds them. Maybe the fact that the shrine is in the Underworld too could mean their cult was destroyed by their god, like in the bad ending we'd get if we die to Narinder.

Idk tho, not enough info. And I also don't remember enough of the theory either, sorry.

But another neat piece of info is the fact that in the official Cotl merchandise for the Goat's t-shirt they are wearing banners with Shamura on them. Seems like we've been getting hints beforehand.

[noxer]

Bishop's themes

I was listening to the game's soundtrack and decided to compare both versions of the boss themes, the regular one and the Purgatory one (I usually don't notice this in the game because I'm too busy dying) I like that these themes aren't just remakes, they're somehow different in tone and add some nuance. Leshy, for example. His regular theme starts with this string intro (I don't know much about music, I call it what I understand), and it's quite cheerful and even playful, as if he doesn't take the situation seriously until the end. The music gets a little more solemn ("more divine") closer to the middle, as if he's finally starting to fight for real. But his Purgatory theme starts with these "stuttering" inverted sounds, and even when the string part starts it doesn't sound as cheerful. I would even say that it sounds almost desperate, as if Leshy realizes that he's let his siblings down by dying. He's also the one who's spent the longest time in Purgatory, so maybe it's also the despair of knowing he'll never get out? Heket's regular theme is heavy and menacing, not exactly in a fast aggressive way, but overwhelming. She's fighting to kill you, she's going to do it here and now. But her Purgatory theme is darker, though less combative. There are alarm-like sounds in the background. It's like this theme is showing that underneath Heket's anger is a fear of weakness, of vulnerability, of losing her family. She's always ready. And is it just me or does her theme at some point have a little bit of a Chemach-like quality to it? Shamura's theme is aggressive and fast, and fighting is something they're used to and familiar with, almost like dancing. And then these strings come in and they sound confused, like Shamura are losing track of where they are and what they're doing. Their Purgatory theme is less militant and less lost, but it's very sad and solemn, which makes sense considering they seem to know they deserved their fate. But the one whose changes surprised me the most was Kallamar. His usual theme is stuttering, hesitant, scared, he's literally fighting for his life. There's also this brass section that sounds quite sad and nostalgic, like he's remembering something. But his Purgatory theme? It sounds almost like Leshy's theme, calm and even playful. Even the brass section becomes less melancholic, and I wonder why??? Kallamar is dead, so the worst is over? Did he know that this fight with the Lamb would set him free? Was he just so tired of everything that he didn't care that he was in Purgatory? What does that mean? Answer me, squid, answer me.

[the-immortal-restless]

My headcanon for Narinder is that apart of his domain is the mountains.

Heket has like mushroom lands/terrain mushrooms grow easier in

Leshy has the camellia forests

Kallamar has the oceans depths/water caverns

Shakira has the spider caves

So where was Narinder? In the icy mountains where not many survive without a thick fur, a fur like a lambs wool, wool that in our world is used for warm sweaters and coats.

“But there aren’t moutains in the game! The closest thing is Midas hill thingy” I hear you say

Wrong

That’s not Midas cave, that’s the hill with the gold river things. That’s not the mushroom guys home, that’s the skull under the mushroom.

Even better the mountain looks sad, why? Because it lost its caretaker, Narinder isn’t there. That mountain is barren now but the look of it.

This can also point to why Narinders chosen host is a lamb of all things

Why? Because lambs could withstand to cold venture. They could go back to his home and fix whatever he left broken there when he was defeated. We are the savior of Narinders mountains

Also his name means king of the people so, I’ll probably write back that in another post and link it here.

[pessimisticshapewithablog]

I noticed something else on the Map of the Old Faith.

Are those pentagram shapes with the converging lines Ley Lines?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ley_line

Ley lines are straight alignments drawn between various historic structures, prehistoric sites, and prominent landmarks...

...esoteric traditions have commonly believed that such ley lines demarcate "earth energies" and serve as guides for alien spacecraft.

Where Heaven and Earth meet...

It might also have something to do with Narinder's, now the Mystic Seller's, doorway.

I had a theory that because when we finally go to confront Narinder in the gateway, the lamb floats upwards, Narinder and his domain are not actually below the world, but above it. At the edge of where heaven and earth meet.

The Gateway is a point of connection to the outer spheres and/or the place between. Life, death, this world, or the next. A boundary between mortals and divinity.

This would, or could, make it a location of supernatural significance within the world of COTL. Hence, all those lay lines meeting there.

If those are Ley Lines, and judging by how many lines meet at those converging points, The Lands of the Old faith might be situated where a large amount of energy, magic, whatever, is being drawn to. That might be the very reason the Bishop's settled there, to draw on this power.

[h0pef1lled]

narinder hc/theory on why he invented resurrection in the first place:

in the earliest days of the old faith when the 5 siblings got their crown or whatever, death was more rampant and common, either due to the lack of technological or medicinal advancements or maybe something to do with the older gods being killed. This may have led to narinder getting a bigger following due to it being known that life was short and itll be better to pray for a good afterlife than fighting the inevitable, therefore generating more devotion. from the comic, we know that devotion is like fuel for the god’s powers and is basically addictive.

As thousands of years went by, however, new advancements made people live longer. Because of this, people began to pray for things that will help them maintain a long life: heket for no famine, kallamar for no disease, or shamura for more wisdom or no war. Narinder’s following began to dwindle. Afterall, why pray for a good afterlife when you can focus on the present and live a long life instead?

With the withdrawals of lacking devotion and probably being alone in the afterlife for long intervals of time, narinder grew irritated noticed it was unfair from the start: all his siblings have 2 domains except for him. The idea of ressurection was unheard of but he tried it anyway. Why bother praying for a long life if you can come back anytime? With that, he began researching and conducting spells, probably on plants or insects, before finally experimenting on a follower. His experiment was most likely successful and the news travelled to his siblings.

I doubt Narinder had selfish tendencies in the beginning, in fact I believe he was gentle at one point in his godhood. However, i think the main reason for his research into ressurection was not out of kindness for his followers, but for power.

[paruparuparuparu]

COTL THEORY (spoilers under the cut)

I just had a brain blast while I was eating, so just bear with me.

So, everybody wonders why both Leshy and Heket get awesome and cool eldritch forms while Kallamar and Shamura get the bad end of the stick. Why does Kallamar just grow extra arms and gain weapons, and why does Shamura only get the lower half of a spider but remain the same up top?

So my theory could possibly be a stretch, but basically, since both Shamura and Leshy confirmed that they happened upon their crowns as critters, the same would go for the rest of the bishops.

And besides Narinder, you can find creatures similar to the bishops everywhere in cotl, be it the ocean, Darkwood, Anura, or even your own cult!

So why is this relevant to the Eldritch form issue?

It’s because of what type of critters they are. For example, there are no actual caterpillars you can see in cotl that aren’t hostile, and yet Leshy himself is a caterpillar.

The only thing similar to Leshy in any way is this smaller enemy you can find in Darkwood.

The same goes for Heket, having no peaceful frogs outside nor inside of Anura. The only difference between her and Leshy though, is that there are three possibilities to what she could’ve been before finding the crown.

But, as for Shamura and Kallamar, you can find both spiders and squids outside of their territories, either by fishing or finding them in your own cult.

There are no enemies in Anchordeep and the Silk Cradle that look relatively similar to the two, so this could mean that this is what Shamura and Kallamar looked like prior to the discoveries of the crowns.

So to end this, my theory is that the reason why Leshy and Heket have more monstrous forms than Kallamar and Shamura is because they were monsters before they found the crown, while Kallamar and Shamura were regular animals who came across the crown.

So what does that mean for Narinder?

Seeing how Narinder has no realm of his own other than the afterlife, and the fact that no regular cats can be found anywhere, Nari is the odd one out.

So it’s possible that he was the only one who used to be a normal follower who happened upon the crown. There isn’t much proof of it, but it’s just a small guess. Maybe he happened upon the crown in death? Who knows..

[purple-eyesgreydragon]

"What once was hundreds, began with six."

"Unlike the lesser gods who came after, their crowns had been theirs since birth."

"They came from the godly realm beyond, gifted this newly shaped world to govern."

"They created all creatures, they crowned all they chose, they were a pantheon unlike any have seen or ever will see."

"They are the Old Gods."

These six gods started this world. It was newly created for these siblings. In the beginning when they came to their new world, it had no mortal to speak of. They came together to created mortal based off themselves.

Morossa, the Scorpion God of Burial, Creator of All Invertebrates, and Judge of the Afterlife.

Pengaia, the Swan God of Seasons, Creator of All Birds, and Mother of Nature.

Doragon, the Dragon God of Storms, Creator of All Reptiles, and Bringer of Life and Terror from the skies.

Xortus, The Axolotl God of Death, Creator of All Amphibians, and Guider of Lost Souls.

Barmacu, The Barracuda God of Dominion, Creator of All Fish, and Leader of Order and Chaos.

Kuluga, The Stag God of Emotion, Creator of All Mammals, and Source of All Feelings of the Heart.

I've kept thinking about what's mentioned as the old gods. Some of the Bishops of the Old Faith, found and claimed their crowns. But who made those crowns to bestow?

They created all manner of crowns they gave personally to those they chose, or simply spread across the world to find. The deemed what they saw the lesser gods would embody, allowed them to develop their own beliefs and gospels. The Old Gods however never wanted for more power and devotion, unlike the lesser gods. For they started at the top, and stood together as equals.

Pengaia was the eldest and leader of this pantheon. Loved and respected by her siblings, gods, and mortals alike. Mother of Clauneck, Kudaai, and Clemach. She who sent her rainbow crow Lomasi to retrieve the warmth of the sun, and made all crows in Lomasi's blackened image. Pengaia controlled the earth and nature. The world rotated itself, but she controlled the shift of it's axis, allowing the changing of the seasons.

Till tragedy struck the great pantheon. Mortals and gods began to discourage one of the Old Gods. They blamed Kuluga as the God of Emtion, for their sadness, their anger, their despair, and thus raged against him. He felt these emotions, they burned inside him. Kuluga thought it unfair the emotions he gave, the positives all went to his siblings, while he was blamed to the negatives. It was as if they'd forgotten he gave them happiness, hope, and love. His beloved sister Pengaia tried to console him. She knew not what it was like to be hated, for she was loved by all. In that moment, the rage of all others filling him. His own rage flooded and consumed his sense of reason. Blinded by emotion, unconscious of what followed, Kuluga struck down Pengaia.

The entire world was horrified by what occurred. None thought any but the lesser gods could be killed. Upon regaining himself, Kuluga despaired by what he had done. Killing his loving sister in cold blood, he and his siblings mourned, shedding the god tears. The many of gods feared they would be next, and united against Kuluga for his act of betrayal. Having believed him now slain as well. The lesser gods turned to distrust and their own self preservation. Some united in their own pantheons, others stood alone. After the Old Gods grieved, they decided to choose a new God of Seasons to fulfil Pengaia's duty. They bestowed their sister's crown to her high priest, Yngya. A promising young bird, dedicated to Pengaia's memory.

The rest of the Old Gods however had different fates.

Doragon thought the world was now unworthy, given it drove one of her siblings to slaughter another. She return to the godly realm, her storms now ceasing.

Xortus could not bring himself to pass his sister beyond, and so decided to step down. Death could not leave this world as it was required. Xortus then bestowed the Red Crown to a young disciplined and ambitious Narinder. Xortus is rumored to still be immortal and wanders the world as a shapeshifter.

Barmacu retreated into the depths of the ocean, so deep none but him could reach. Influencing leadership and dominion from the trenches.

Most to this day believe Kuluga meet his end long ago. But as all still feel emotion to this day, some wonder if apart of him still lives on.

Kuluga is who I had in mind to be the raising final boss of Cult of the Lamb 2. He had been hidden, bidding his time, feeding on and bottling all emotions, both his and others' to strengthen his power. His boss form and second phase final form both look different then his past self here. The crystals on his neck and antler embody emotions. His necklace will shift and swap colors with the hanging crystal to symbolize what he's feeling.

Yngya was later killed by the Bishops of the Old Faith, causing the seasons to stop changing.

Each of them I tried to go for a distinguished vibe. Morossa is a judge of the afterlife and wears a robe, Pengaia is nature based and is dressed in her own wings, Doragon has a European style going on with the cape and armor, Xortus I went for a death priest and gave him pink death teeth, Barmacu I wanted to have a pirate-ish outfit, and Kuluga had fur-like robes with armor mixed in.

[sina-hellow]

Headcannon for how Shamura gave Narinder the gift and they subsequent behavior🤔

ENG: I don’t know how Shamura gave Aym and Baal to Narinder, but my headcanon is that they “opened the gates of Purgatory and left only the two children behind.” From Shamura’s perspective, I think they would be reluctant to meet Narinder again because they were the one who declared him a heretic, fought him, and imprisoned him. Of course, Shamura would feel guilt and regret toward Narinder, but since Narinder would likely be filled only with hatred for them, I believe Shamura thought it wise not to show themself and only sent Aym and Baal as gifts.

Another one of my headcanons focuses on the fact that when Aym and Baal, who were only three days old, stayed in Purgatory for 50 years, their bodies grew. I think Shamura must have been the one who continually provided the necessary food like breast milk and meat for their growth. If you ask how they obtained those, I think they got them through Forneus and sent them to Narinder as offerings.

That’s because in Shamura’s domain, the Silk Cradle, there are only arthropods, and their other siblings are also insects, amphibians, or fish—making it difficult to obtain something like breast milk, which is necessary for mammals to grow.So Shamura might have regularly gone to Forneus and ordered him to offer food like breast milk and meat. Forneus, having already lost the precious two children, ended up becoming their food supplier for 50 years.

Shamura is truly a terrible bishop... 🥹

But that’s why they’re my favorite bishop.🕷💕💕

※I’m currently planning to translate and sell my unofficial CotL fan comic, which I published in Korea a month ago. The illustrations used in this post are from that comic as well! It’ll take some time, but I’ll work carefully and release it for sale once it’s ready.💪

🇰🇷: 샤무라는 나린더한테 어떻게 애임과 바알을 줬는 지 모르겠지만, "연옥 문을 열어서 두 아이만 놓고 갔다"라는 헤드캐논이 있어요. 샤무라 입장에선 나린더를 다시 만나는 걸 꺼려할 거 같기 때문이에요. 왜냐하면 샤무라는 나린더를 이단으로 규정해 싸우고 감옥에 넣은 장본인이기 때문이죠. 물론 샤무라는 나린더에게 죄책감과 미안한 마음이 들겠지만, 나린더는 샤무라에게 증오심만 가득할테니 굳이 모습을 안비추는 게 현명한 선택이라고 생각해서 애임과 바알만 선물로 보냈을 거 같아요.

또 다른 헤드캐논은 3일된 애임과 바알이 연옥에 50년동안 있었을 때 이들의 몸이 성장했다는 것에 초점을 두었죠. 즉, 애임과 바알이 성장할 때 필요한 모유 및 고기 등의 음식을 샤무라가 계속 조달해준 거 아닐까요? 대체 어떻게 조달해줬냐? 라고 물으면 포네우스를 통해 나린더에게 선물로 보내줬을 거라고 생각해요. 왜냐하면 샤무라가 관리하는 지역인 비단 요람(Silk cradle)은 절지동물들밖에 없고, 다른 형제자매 또한 곤충, 양서류, 어류이기 때문에 포유류가 성장할 때 필요한 모유 등의 음식을 구하기 힘들었을 거에요. 그래서 샤무라는 포네우스에게 주기적으로 찾아가서 모유랑 고기 등의 음식 공양을 바치라고 명령했을 지도 몰라요. 포네우스는 소중한 두 아이를 뺏긴 것도 모자라서 50년동안 그 아이들을 위한 식량 조달원이 되었다니.

샤무라는 정말 나쁜 주교에요......🥹

하지만 그래서 제가 가장 좋아하는 주교에요.🕷💕💕

[rainbowolfe]

Observations of The Goat

The first thing the trailer highlights is the lighthouse. Fully repaired, the yellow crystal gives off a pink light and aura.

Lamb on their last heart hides behind rocks marked with a parenthesis-like symbol with a slash through the lower half. This appears in Clauneck's room.

The light from the lighthouse highlights more of the symbols in a puddle on the ground. In this puddle we can see two chains. This could be a portal to the Realm Beyond. It would also imply that Goat is trapped somewhere they can't leave. A drop of Lamb's blood enters the puddle, triggering the next sequence.

A brand new, never-seen magic circle appears in pink. Placed on a hexagon, the ends decorated with the symbol of the Heretic (see: Fleece of the Old Faith). The inner circle has many of the symbols found on the Bishop's magic circle, but also a few new ones, for a total of 12.

There's this series of flash frames:

It looks like the Goat casts a second magic circle, this one with a prominent triangle in the center.

Lamb is pulled into the puddle. But when they cross over into the puddle, it swaps their position to turn them from being "the pulled" into "the puller". This may imply this was a mild act of possession.

Goat wears the same style of Crown as Lamb, but in purple. They have larger, curved horns and non-curly hair. Their cloak is purple (with a lighter purple stripe) and their bell is white. They've got a very... smug cat face.

Based on this frame, I don't think Goat is quite "alive". You can see them through the sword in pink. They're something non-permanenent, like when we turn our Followers into demons.

Cast in the lighthouse light again, they turn their Crown into an axe. They attack the Enforcer in this shot where the lighthouse is very prominent. (Also more Enforcers have arrived)

Then there's this symbol again as they cut the Enforcer in two. The force of which shatters the ground.

In-game, Goat is summoned from a pool of Ichor, like a demon. Based on the arch the ichor follows, we most likely summon them with a relic. They're summoned using white magic. Lamb's eyes typically turn red when summoning anything. The Goat most likely exists on a "meta level" as Player 2, and as an in-game NPC for people who don't have someone to play with.

Finally, the splash art. Goat and Lamb touch palms, seemingly combining their Crowns in some way, on another magic circle. This specifically is likely the "unholy alliance" this update is named after. The symbols we can see are all used in alchemy. This star seems to be the one that appears when the Red Crown speaks to us as a snake.

Goat uses pink, ground-shattering magic like they do in the animated trailer. But it's interesting to see Lamb using green magic. New curse maybe?

And an 'X' to add to my conspiracy board...

[dykedvonte]

In the trailer for the update the lamb seems so out of their depth with all the sins and debachuary going on. It’s funny at first glance but actually makes sense when you think about it.

Lambs were being hunted and killed in mass. They either didn’t have time or the conditions to copulate or just saw it as a waste of time seeing as they’d be killed shortly. Drinking, drumming and especially dressing in loud flashy manners just draws more attention to yourself and that’s the opposite of what any species trying to avoid being wiped out would want.

Actually indulging in traditional sins is probably a foreign concept to the lamb or has weird associations in their mind making them adverse or hesitant even as a god. They mostly partake in adjacent ways to keep their followers happy.

[gniht]

Do yall think Narinder is the reason the Lamb has to lay the Bishops' souls to rest?

Spoilers Below

After defeating The One Who Waits, the Lamb is told that they, as the new God of death, have to lay the souls of the Bishops to rest. But why weren't they at rest already?

Is it because, as Bishops, killing their bodies doesn't kill their souls? Or perhaps they require special attention to be laid to rest? Maybe, but after defeating The One Who Waits, killing him, and laying his siblings to rest, the Mystic Seller gives him to you with no fanfare or care, not at all like he did when ordering the Lamb to fix the problem with the Bishops.

The Bishops clearly were a special case, but is it because they were gods? Based on what we know, unlikely. Instead, maybe The One Who Waits is behind the situation, being the Bishop of Death and all. Maybe, facing his siblings after their demises, he didn't want them to pass along so quickly. Maybe, he wanted to inflict to them something similar to what they did to him: a prison.

For one reason or another, the Bishops didn't kill Narinder. Whether they couldn't (post-game, the Lamb can still respawn fine) or wouldn't (they were family, after all), the Bishops chained Narinder up and left him in Purgatory for who-knows-how-long. But he was still the Bishop of Death, and was still the one who greeted all who died. Would that include the Bishops?

What if, the entire reason the Lamb has to go and lay the souls of the Bishops to rest, is because Narinder decided that they didn't deserve to rest?

TL;DR: What if Narinder kept the Bishops souls unrested cause he was a petty bitch?

[miasudare]

Trailer break-down + Tiny Theories?

So, yes another trailer/teaser has been dropped -> This

So let's go over the check list first (I'm sorry if it's messy, it's really late at night for me)

These are the 5 follower forms: Check!

Meerkat, Skunk, Panda, Echidna and Camel(?)

2 outfits for BOTH the lamb and the followers: Check!

Lamb's being the cowboy clothes and this wheat one

Said outfits on followers + from comics with the backside

5 New decors: Check!

Bamboo walls, Chinese lights, Trees, Pagodas and Flower pots

2 unique quests being ''Jalala's Followers'' and something that isn't mentioned yet (or I've missed). But I think it might be about one of the npcs. Check?

Now, about pilgrim story:

This is what our Meerkat friend sees during their flasback moment, which is also the same things our Lamb sees when Clauneck shows them Narinder's card (you can even see both). Somehow, they get to see what Lamb saw. Maybe it's some sort of an astral thing. There's not much I can add, both because we have limited information and my main theories are based around the game itself.

Chemach

For a moment if you pay attention, you can see little Chemach, clearly way younger and without her crown/s. We probably will learn what caused her madness and her state of mind, how did she got a crown, how she killed other bearers and basically all about the feather family. From what I could read, it says ''WHY NOT CHEMACH!'' in the dialogue bubble. And she has legs.

The fucking adition

We have never seen this monster before. It does remind of the massive monster, it's clear that this creature is a spawn from the deepest rings of hell. Or maybe it's a new species of divines being added considering that one has fur and the game doesn't have demons but has angels (???'s babies and the enemy)

This new addition might gave us a new adventure route in the new update, other than purgatory and realms of the bishops. Maybe a realm for sins completely?

Not that divine

Let's play spot the difference! similarities!

Notice how the white part we thought of their face is just a mask? And the similarity between the 1st and 2nd skull?

Edit: So, the skull does has the name "god_skull" in the files. But I still like to think that guardians are related to the skull.

In my Story theory, which I find absolutely canon, I talked about Aym and Baal being demi-gods. Their fighting is literally same with ''Guardian'' (Baal's three hit melee combo and Aym's fireballs) Which technically means that Guardians ARE part of demi-gods. Sorta?

Even their idles are same!

And just like I said before, Aym and Baal ARE guardians.

Aym: Guardian/Protector of hell

Baal: Guardian/Protector of heaven

But there is something that takes my attention. Look at guardian's and Baal's weapons. Both are Sun. And, Baal's HP is higher than Aym's. So, does that mean that Aym hasn't fully reached godhood? His scar does match with the Guard's but I doubt it means anything.

Back to the subject, that the theory for Spore Grotto's skull being a God's might be wrong. It may be demi-god's too.

Check my other theories here!

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