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Anyone got any fan theories on lore for the series?


1/2

Personally I always found Arek incredibly interesting with how little the games tell us about him. My impression is that he's the one pulling the strings between the Humans and Sinistral conflict, but never in any direct way - He seems to wait a hundred years, resurrect Erim which in turn resurrects the other Sinistrals, and then wait for the outcome before repeating the cycle. In 2 its also implied there are "good" gods counter to the Sinistrals, but Arek has stopped them from appearing.

This seems to imply is that Arek is "testing" humanitys dependance on gods and their ability to stand on their own.

Combined with his musings in the intro for 2 where he debates if humans or Sinistrals should rule the earth, and add to it that Sinistral is just a translation for "Mad god" in the Japanese script, it seems like Areks Ultimate goal is to determine if gods are needed at all. If humanity has no need for the good gods that would normally counter the Sinistrals and humans continually prove they can fend for themselves, what use is a god for them?

Anyone got a quick rundown on Arek the Absolute?

>>9912880
Me too fren - I've said it before; More remakes should have the nuts to actually be a complete re-imagining instead of a tepid do-over that fails to capture the spark of the original. Far more interesting that way.

Can I get a quick rundown on this guy

what the FUCK was his problem

>>8309972
>We never fought him
>We never found out what he wanted
>We never even get to meet him

You don't just place an obvious leader like this in the fucking intro of the game, hint that he is the big cheese and then do nothing with him in any of the games