Eternum – A Working Theory
Based on what we know and what the game subtly shows, Orion does not fit the category of a normal human protagonist. Everything points to him being
something closer to an Immortal, or at least a new generation of one—not fully awakened, not fully aware, but fundamentally different.
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Calypso and the Dual Legacy of Idriel
Calypso stands as the other half of Idriel’s legacy. Unlike Orion, she is not a human altered into something more—she is a
pure creation, and possibly Idriel’s most powerful one. The Founder’s words suggest that Calypso was not merely designed to rule, but to exist
outside conventional systems, which is why her prison had to be constructed by the Immortals themselves.
Orion and Calypso mirror each other in inverse ways. Calypso is power without human limitation; Orion is humanity enhanced toward Immortal capability. Together, they represent two solutions to the same question Idriel was trying to answer:
Can a being exist beyond the Immortals without becoming one of them?
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If so, Orion may not be meant to free Calypso out of rebellion, but out of
correction. Not to break Eternum, but to finish what Idriel started—creating something that even the Immortals could not fully predict or control (Remember he didnt even got that close to the box but it oppeded itself)
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Orion’s unusual growth, his resonance with powerful entities (He saids ths on Hil'yl Rar that he feels stronger), and the sense of strength he experiences in key moments all suggest a latent inheritance—
not just power, but access. He is not meant to dominate Eternum outright, but to eventually decide its fate in ways even the Immortals cannot. In this sense, Orion is neither pawn nor god, but a successor—created after the Immortals failed to fully control what they made.
Idriel – Mother, Echo… or Penny?
When it comes to Idriel, there is a second interpretation that cannot be ignored.
Either Idriel is literally Orion’s mother, trapped within Eternum after its collapse into control by the Immortals…
Or Idriel is not a separate being at all, but an echo expressed through Penny.
The visual and narrative parallels are too consistent to dismiss as coincidence. Idriel and Penny share striking physical similarities—facial structure, posture, and even color palette—suggesting a deliberate mirroring rather than simple reuse. More telling, however, are the
clothing details. Penny’s disguise and later outfits echo elements Idriel consistently wears, down to specific ornamental choices that feel symbolic rather than practical. These are not random assets; they read like identity fragments.
Narratively, Penny is the first to push Orion toward self-destruction as liberation—
“Break me”—while Idriel repeatedly urges him to
“break the chain.” Different words, same intent. Both frame destruction not as violence, but as
release from constraint.
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If Idriel’s consciousness was fractured when she became trapped inside Eternum, it is plausible that part of her embedded itself into Penny—either intentionally as a failsafe, or unintentionally as a side effect of system collapse. Penny would then function as a
localized, human-scale anchor, allowing Idriel to observe, influence, and emotionally guide Orion without triggering Immortal-level safeguards.
In this reading, Penny is not a replacement for Idriel, but a
vessel of proximity. Where Idriel operates at the mythic level, Penny operates at the intimate one. Both serve the same purpose: keeping Orion moving forward until he is capable of choosing for himself.
Whether Penny is Idriel’s fragment, her reflection, or her contingency plan remains unclear. But the symmetry is deliberate—and in a system as carefully constructed as Eternum, symmetry is never accidental.
Orion’s Father and the Cost of Creation
This framework also gives weight to Orion’s father and his apparent downfall. If Idriel was not only his partner but the core mind behind Eternum’s deepest architecture, then her loss would not have been merely emotional—it would have been existential. He didn’t just lose his wife; he lost the person who understood what Orion truly was.
His alcoholism reads less as weakness and more as
collapse under impossible responsibility. He is one of the few humans who knows that his son is not fully human, that Orion carries abilities and access meant for beings like the Founder. Protecting Orion while hiding the truth from him—and from the world—would be an unbearable burden. Alcohol becomes an escape from knowledge rather than grief.
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This also explains why he both underestimates and fears Orion. He sees the child, but he remembers the design.
Idriel being his mother reframes almost every major mystery in
Eternum. Rather than a distant creator figure, she appears to have worked directly with Orion’s father during the early stages of Eternum, likely in collaboration with either
Ulysses or the Syndicate, before those groups fractured or redefined their goals. Orion, then, would not be an accident or a byproduct, but a
designed being, meant to bridge human consciousness and Immortal-level access.
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Idriel’s or Orion’s Mom “death” is likely not a true death. Instead, she seems to have become
trapped inside Eternum, existing as a Game Master–like entity: influential, knowledgeable, but not fully in control. This explains her limited interventions, her cryptic guidance, and why she pushes Orion toward breaking chains rather than directly acting herself. She is constrained by the system she helped build.
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