[SPOILER] Plot Discussion Thread *Spoiler Alert*

[Kein]

We all are the pig, tickldkfiifo, we are all the pig.

rotten
Kotch
But where is the Egg -- Orb -- itself? If there indeed was an orb that Mandus brought back from Mexico - where it is? it plays quite significant role in the game and its events and yet we never see it. And at the end we do some kind of weird sacrifice instead of destroying Orb.

Honestly, I'm not really fond of this hypothesis, it is way too simple and deus ex'ish. But if we assume it was the orb all along then possible but far-stretched explanations are:

1. Death of the Mandus in the end means shutting down the orb because there is no connection between orb and Owner. As as know from Amnesia, Orb needs a person to work. But in this case there is a bigger issue I will mentioned later.
2. The heart at the end of a game is actually an Orb, it just Mandus sees it as a heart as an allegory to machine's heart (orb, that power the machine == heart). While it makes sense, there are more question of consistency of the story and setting - if that as an illusion, what else is an illusion?


Either way, if we seriously take into account theory with Orb, then there is a bigger issue - the Shadow. From Amnesia: DD we know that only someone who mentally and spiritually strong can actually control and use orb without consequences (like Weyer and Alexander). Daniel was weak and thus Shadow begun to hunt him (he even didn't use Orb, he was just around it!). And let is be honest, Mandus is far less strong person, in terms of mental condition, than Daniel. So here is the question - where is the Shadow then? Are we going to deny the fact that game set is in the same universe? If not then rules are unchanged.