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Someone posted a really great lore recap on reddit, I think it's worth sharing it here as well :
The Syndicate - We first are introduced to the Syndicate in the Red Herring, when a member tells Orion, Luna, and Annie where to go and lift the curse that leads to them acquiring a Gem of Doom. The Syndicate also gives Orion a letter before the heist mission, which he is told not to open, but that he needed to receive it now because they had tried before. If you do open the letter, it reads "askion kataskion lix tetrax damnameneus aision," which are Greek magical words that proteect those who speak them, (look at the wikipedia page for the Ephesia Grammata for more info). We know from Mr. Mos that Ulysses is aware of the Syndicate, but we don't get much more than that. We are also told that the Syndicate's goal is to help players get the Gems of Doom, but based on the dialogue from the girl who hands Orion the letter, I believe that their goal seems to be to help specifically Orion get all of the Gems and Doom, a task that they have tried and failed already. This leaves the question of whether the Syndicate's members are players or NPCs, as there is some evidence that Idriel is tied to the Syndicate in some way, as the way she speaks is very similar to its members that we do meet.
The Immortals - We know from Bardot that the Immortals were a group who were able to access Eternum at will. Calypso claims that the Immortals imprisoned her long ago, and suppressed her magical abilities. Perhaps the most important question is what happened to them, or if they still exist. We know that the Founder is most likely an Immortal, and I think that Orion is an Immortal, which I theorize is what 100% compatibility marks.
Eternum - It is not a game, but rather completely alternate worlds. Somehow, the Founder was able to use the neural implant to create the inventory system, exit portals, levels, and more through what William Bardot assumes is coding.
The Founder - We have very little to go off of on him. We know that most of the higher-ups at Ulysses haven't even met him, and that he is trying to accelerate the process of players gathering the Gems. Upon meeting him, voices ring through Orion's head telling him not to trust him. The Founder claims to have offered the Amulet of Blair - a one time resurrection item - to everyone who has gotten a Gem of Doom, which will somehow have consequences for accepting (according to the walkthrough). We are told by William Bardot that the Founder is an Immortal, and that he discovered Eternum, and gamified it through his advanced coding skills.
Calypso - It's difficult to untangle what is going on with her, as we have a lot of backstory, but we do not know how it ties in with the rest of what we know. Her ancestry goes back tens of thousands of years to Anima the Radiant, who we are told also had the power to travel between worlds or "servers," and had powers akin to a God. Calypso also tells us that the Immortals had imprisoned her. Unfortunately, we do not know exactly how long ago this was, and we have no idea why she was imprisoned? Was it the Founder who imprisoned her? I have no theories for this one, so it'd be interesting to hear what you all have to say.
NPCs - NPCs are people who have died but remained living through Eternum. Bardot tells us that while most NPCs are simply puppets of the Founder, some, like Thanatos, live their lives outside the control of the Founder without knowing that they have died. We also know that there is a device that can allow players to take control of the NPCs, as shown in Blackridge. The device looks exactly like the box that contained Calypso, which leads me to believe that it is made from the technology the Founder uses to control the NPCs
Compatibility - Orion describes his experiences in Eternum as him being able to learn new things extremely quickly. It seems that the more compatible you are, the more quickly you adapt to the world of Eternum. It also seems however that high compatibility leads to more "bleeding cases," based on how often Orion has accidently entered Eternum when he's been playing for such a short time.
Idriel's Heads or Tails - It seems to me that we don't have enough information to fully understand what she is getting at with this. The way I read it is that she is trying to signal to Orion that he has the power to control what happens in Eternum and alter fate, (I'd have to imagine that the coin flip in Hollowbrook is tied to this in some way).
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The Syndicate - We first are introduced to the Syndicate in the Red Herring, when a member tells Orion, Luna, and Annie where to go and lift the curse that leads to them acquiring a Gem of Doom. The Syndicate also gives Orion a letter before the heist mission, which he is told not to open, but that he needed to receive it now because they had tried before. If you do open the letter, it reads "askion kataskion lix tetrax damnameneus aision," which are Greek magical words that proteect those who speak them, (look at the wikipedia page for the Ephesia Grammata for more info). We know from Mr. Mos that Ulysses is aware of the Syndicate, but we don't get much more than that. We are also told that the Syndicate's goal is to help players get the Gems of Doom, but based on the dialogue from the girl who hands Orion the letter, I believe that their goal seems to be to help specifically Orion get all of the Gems and Doom, a task that they have tried and failed already. This leaves the question of whether the Syndicate's members are players or NPCs, as there is some evidence that Idriel is tied to the Syndicate in some way, as the way she speaks is very similar to its members that we do meet.
The Immortals - We know from Bardot that the Immortals were a group who were able to access Eternum at will. Calypso claims that the Immortals imprisoned her long ago, and suppressed her magical abilities. Perhaps the most important question is what happened to them, or if they still exist. We know that the Founder is most likely an Immortal, and I think that Orion is an Immortal, which I theorize is what 100% compatibility marks.
Eternum - It is not a game, but rather completely alternate worlds. Somehow, the Founder was able to use the neural implant to create the inventory system, exit portals, levels, and more through what William Bardot assumes is coding.
The Founder - We have very little to go off of on him. We know that most of the higher-ups at Ulysses haven't even met him, and that he is trying to accelerate the process of players gathering the Gems. Upon meeting him, voices ring through Orion's head telling him not to trust him. The Founder claims to have offered the Amulet of Blair - a one time resurrection item - to everyone who has gotten a Gem of Doom, which will somehow have consequences for accepting (according to the walkthrough). We are told by William Bardot that the Founder is an Immortal, and that he discovered Eternum, and gamified it through his advanced coding skills.
Calypso - It's difficult to untangle what is going on with her, as we have a lot of backstory, but we do not know how it ties in with the rest of what we know. Her ancestry goes back tens of thousands of years to Anima the Radiant, who we are told also had the power to travel between worlds or "servers," and had powers akin to a God. Calypso also tells us that the Immortals had imprisoned her. Unfortunately, we do not know exactly how long ago this was, and we have no idea why she was imprisoned? Was it the Founder who imprisoned her? I have no theories for this one, so it'd be interesting to hear what you all have to say.
NPCs - NPCs are people who have died but remained living through Eternum. Bardot tells us that while most NPCs are simply puppets of the Founder, some, like Thanatos, live their lives outside the control of the Founder without knowing that they have died. We also know that there is a device that can allow players to take control of the NPCs, as shown in Blackridge. The device looks exactly like the box that contained Calypso, which leads me to believe that it is made from the technology the Founder uses to control the NPCs
Compatibility - Orion describes his experiences in Eternum as him being able to learn new things extremely quickly. It seems that the more compatible you are, the more quickly you adapt to the world of Eternum. It also seems however that high compatibility leads to more "bleeding cases," based on how often Orion has accidently entered Eternum when he's been playing for such a short time.
Idriel's Heads or Tails - It seems to me that we don't have enough information to fully understand what she is getting at with this. The way I read it is that she is trying to signal to Orion that he has the power to control what happens in Eternum and alter fate, (I'd have to imagine that the coin flip in Hollowbrook is tied to this in some way).
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shot in the gut and left to rot seriously horrible place for a cliff hanger and all the good devs do then forget about the game come on stop with the bad cliff hangers
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Screenshot below is taken from a leak of Cari's QnA that he posted on Patreon and Subscribestar a while back.
Prepare to suffer.
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Haven't really considered how things after Eternum will be, a new game huh...Screenshot below is taken from a leak of Cari's QnA that he posted on Patreon and Subscribestar a while back.
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Prepare to suffer.
Well, Once in a lifetime was great and Eternum is probably one of the best games of the genre.
Could Caribdis actually pull off a three of a kind?
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He basically mentioned in replies in his Patreon and Discord that he's doing pre-production (fleshing out the story, the setting, the characters) while working on Eternum, which shouldn't take much time as he's still essentially jotting down and refining his ideas on paper. Would not surprise me however if he already has working prototypes for the LIs, Major Characters, and the MC for the next game as he could just do that in HS2 during his off-hours.
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There is some curiosity from me as why Caribdis wont moved on to DAZ so he could put his game on Steam on top of patreon so he can earns more, there is a certain Mafia game that the game and the dev attitudes not as good as Caribdis and he still able to earns over 100k USD ( based on someone calculation on that thread ), personally i liked HS more than DAZ but if Caribdis can earn more by moving to DAZ for his next project then i dont really mind about it tbh.
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I may be wrong, I hope Dorf can correct me, but as far as I remember Cari likes anime style, and as far as I know from the discord dev doesn't like DAZ
Upd... Dorf has already answered
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C'mon, it's the MC. Of course he will survive. The question is HOW he'll do it and how it'll afffect the girls and Chang
really wannago there and here i was thinking the dev would of pulled a tls opening move lol that was a joke