r/IsoldeMainsZZZ

• This is a chill post, not theory or fanart, it's really just for discussion. Isolde as Defector or Miasma priest demonstrated a lot of powers. Do you think most are linked to the ceremonial gown and mask she wore? Does she have natural abilities to be a miasma bender ? Is Isolde, like Lucia with Ether but with Miasma ? She did control 120+ miasmic soldiers !
• She infused herself a lot of time, using various forms of miasma. How does the body creation from memory work? Is that memory extraction like how Papago Hollow labyrinth extract memories to recreate places and enemies roaming around within it?
• If Miasma is that great, why does NEDF Obsidian Division didn't brought back all dead soldiers as drowned ideals? Miasma Spawn (The ethereals with mask and miasma backpack) sacrifices awaken from Obscuras outside of the Hollow proved ethereals can live outside of Hollows.

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• -2.3: No backing out. Defector. --- Determination "Mr click is burning - Defiler intro cinematic"
• -2.5: The grieving souls. Defiler. --- Flowers / Stars "The miasmic soldiers, sky with stars"
• -3.1: The "Rare side". Miasma Priest. --- Night / Music "Focus on Ethereals, Fight at night"

Shella / Mr Click reactions are very important. All the themes and words stressed out in the discussions / talks too. I will tell you now what I think and theorycraft with all of that.

Firstly, numbers. As you know, Isolde wears 3 White roses. Whereas Defiler and Miasma Priest happens at Day 3 of the event, Defector happens at Day 6. 6 is a multiple of 3, but still, it's not same number, it means something changed compared to the two other encounters. My take on it:

• 6 is an incomplete cycle, the holy seven days. It means the rebirth didn't happened yet. But 6 being the addition of two 3, can mean the Defector is the fusion/addition of Miasma Priest and Defiler, an hybrid entity between human and ethereal. The "Sacrifice Card" from TOPS lady.

Secondly, the themes associated to Isolde encounters.

1. v2.3. Shella and Mr Click focus on the idea of not backing out, finishing what was started. But at the end, Mr Click overheat and tell us we could just throw water on it to cool it down. Then, it insists on buying a Music Box as a gift or Shella. It's curious, because I originally thought Isolde locket necklace was either a disguised music box or a gift from Orpheus to her.
2. v2.5. Mr Click after the fight speak about the grieving souls of the fallen soldiers who told it they have defeated a formidable foe, the power felt during the battle. Of course this is referring to the miasmic soldiers, and 2.2 events.
3. v2.8. Miss Spacey is mentioned to have a "Rare side" only seen during night. When do we fight Defiler, Defector and Miasma Priest ? Only during Midnight each time. Like the theory I had since v2.0 about Creator power being tied to darkness and moon. Btw, didn't you noticed that in Enigma of Labyrinth Zenkov, the sky and surrounding become darker and darker when Ulidim appears ? It's like the darkness of Ye Shiyuan arena or when Primordial nightmare bring you to her dimension of darkness and red ribbons. Red ribbon, like the one attached on the chest of Isolde, to her white rose.

Thirdly let's review the items / elements talked about in each encounter, the camera frames.

• -The first encounter require "Hollow" poster frame. Mentions of Determination.
• -The second encounter require "Vinyl" frame. We visit a flower shop.
• -The third encounter require "Sky Roscaelifer" frame. We visit a bar / music shop. "Ethereals"

Isolde, as you know, is an NPC, and so it's hard to give lore and infos about her to players since v2.5 as we didn't had any Obol Squad Focus since. And this is why they are giving us a message through the Mr Click event. Isolde hobbies, personality. What she likes.

• Isolde is a determined person, but deep inside, she is attentive and have distinguished tastes about flowers, foods, drinks and music. She is sensitive and very sophisticated about what she likes. She has a link to moon / night / water. She is filled with melancholy. This is the way for the events designer to make us learn more about Isolde, in the only way they can currently. The NPCs chosen along Isolde encounters aren't random. Definitely not random. When Mr Click spoke about burning and needing to be cooled down by water, it's a direct reference to Isolde stabbing herself with her own sword full of fire and miasma to turn into Defiler. The Water part refer to Defiiler arena, surrounded by water, her casting the great wave. v2.4 Achievements.
• But why the third encounter focus so much on ethereals? Mr Click don't even mention "Colonel" or "Isolde". Which hint at what I was saying. Miasma Priest is an ethereal. A miasma clone, a drowned ideal or maybe just a doppelganger. In game data, the miasma priest is an "Ether Mutant". This contradict what they were saying about Miasma priest being Isolde. Mevorakh has red wings, Miasma Priest don't. Mevorakh re-emerge from miasma sphere, so Miasma priest is likely a kind of remotely controlled miasma projection.
• Mr Click third encounter dialogue about a "Rare Side" do intrigue me. Should it be understand that Isolde make miasma clones of herself at night ? Or just that she is Isolde the day, but Mevorakh during the night ? The defiler enemy type is "Sacrifice", Defector is "Organic". How did she un-sacrifice herself ? Without saying, Defiler / Defector infos both signed "Tides of Miasma" Rising Tide for Defiler, Retreating Tide for Defector. So does this mean, that, in fact, the three miasma infused forms of Isolde are all illusions ? Miasma constructs ?

"Evil Suppressing Ink title" make sense against Miasma Priest, in 2.0, this is what it is, you fight miasma, a substance that seems to make peoples ill. Defiler is named "Treacherous journey end" maybe it's because to reinforce the Defector idea? But why just "Encounter" for defector? See. Whereas the two others titles have a negative connotation, Defector one is more neutral. You meet someone. Not evil or good. You met her first at a clock-tower plaza. The fact they put Miasma Priest in Ye Shiyuan arena reinforce the fact it's a Creator's creation. Mindless. No personality. Whereas putting Isolde in Clock-tower arena make it more like a friendly duel, an encounter. Just a fight.