I Don't Think the Lore is Over
Let me elaborate:
I started by going to dmaorg.info, where you get a “404” message. In this message, you’re told not to tell anyone for others’ safety. You also get a violation code (15398642_14). The capital letters in the message spell EASTISUP (East is up).
Now, if you go to https://dmaorg.info/found/15398642_14/clancy.html, you find “entries” that are either photos or writings. All the written ones are signed by Clancy except the newest two. The newest two are unsigned and have a different tone — they talk about finding a way in and reclaiming Dema. I think these are from Josh (Torchbearer).
The last signed message talked about how Clancy isn’t afraid anymore because he found a way to defeat them. He left an ember that he hopes turns into a torch, and then an inferno. And if anyone remembers, there was speculation that the album Breach was actually going to be called Inferno — what if that title was intended for the album after Breach?
Each entry is marked with a MOON date. If you take the numbers and read them as YYYY‑MM‑DD, all the dates line up with something going on with TØP — whether it’s an album, ARG, or silence period. But it goes even deeper. If you line up the MOON dates with how full the moon was that night, you can group them into categories (0‑25%, 25‑50%, 50‑75%, 75‑100%). Each section contains something related to an album, an ARG, and a silence period.
My theory is that dmaorg.info was taken over by the Banditos and is now their secret planning place. That explains why the capital letters spell East Is Up and why you can’t tell anyone — if the bishops find out, they’ll uncover the plans. It also explains the two unsigned entries.
Here’s another thing with the MOON dates: if you read the two unsigned entries’ dates backwards (DD‑MM‑YYYY), they line up again. The first one is set in 2025, which matches the Clancy tour, and the second one is in 2028 — connecting to the “Fast forward 13 years now” line from Formidable. The lore started in 2015, so 2028 would be 13 years later.
We all know East Is Up, but on the map of Trench, the “exit” is to the east. If Clancy’s compass remains true, what if the real exit is actually up (East)? On the map, the Banditos’ east leads to the mountains — and we’ve never been there. Maybe Dema prevents anyone from reaching them because that’s the real exit. What if it only appears after Dema is liberated, making the Banditos’ compass truly correct?
And finally, if the lore were truly over, Tyler and Josh would have shut down dmaorg.info or removed the subpage. But it’s still online, and the newest entries talk about finding a way in and reclaiming Dema.
All of this points to one thing: the lore is continuing.
