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The krill over the path to the ark won’t bother you as long as you stay in the ferry, but if you are determined to fly out/up into its line of sight, it WILL tacklehug you same as other krill
It’s a huge boat, and perhaps may have been noisy is what I’m getting at
They might’ve been trying to plant Forest seedlings that could purify standing water
(um, I mean ark refugees not krills planting things— krill only plant your winged light)
If we’re talking about purifying water, maybe that’s what the blue light spirit was trying to do
am i allowed to talk about details from the trailer here too?
Of course!
cause i noticed at the end the water being covered in blue magic so i think thats what the shrug spirit really was trying to do
This one @coral quail
Yes thanks
hello friends 
Helllooo
....so ash gave us a hint about crabs mimicking something and she also said that if we figure it out we can figure out how their made/why they’re made etc
Are u nice enough to tell us.....what it is 🙂
😔
but it's regarding how they walk
The walk cycle
We haven’t figured any of that out yet but, one of our lore dudes pointed out something
They seem to adapt to wasteland sorta, their hissing sounds like dark plants burning, they shake like dark plants burning, and they turn red and charge like krills
Like
Up down
If anything crabs don’t look like crabs at all, they look like moving rocks
crunchy rocks yum
When u say it relates to their walk
Do u mean how their legs move or.....


just thought you might've missed us
We always miss youuuu
.....ok not jus bc u guys give lore answers
But you are nice toooooo

anything fun from the newest season??
Give us another hint for fun🙂
if you have started 🙂
Oh yes, fun everywhere
our artists put a lot of effort into the murals so take a close look hehe
I learned the swirl symbol represents illusion and that would figure why the red light was able to reveal the murals on the boat, but that’s about it
I’m still working on the mural story 🥵
I take it beta spoilers are out of the question here?
Ye
Alright
The murals are gorgeous and I am especially fond of the lil upside-down legs of the krill struck by lightning
So crabs move side ways yet the ones in wasteland tend to charge forwards... Hmmm
Crabs in real life can move forward too...
Yes but they move quickest when sideways
True
(suddenly earwormed by old Smothers Brothers song about “crabs walk sideways and lobsters walk straight”)
Also the crabs in wasteland don't have pincers
The crabs and rock connection kind of reminds me of that one scene in pirates of the Caribbean, I think it was the third one?
Nice pfp
Mine?
Ya
:c i’ve been saying for ages that they don’t walk like rl crabs
ok
these ones don’t walk sideways
https://youtu.be/f1dnocPQXDQ
Thanks, Jo drew it
are they hermit crabs?
That implies that there is a smaller creature inside and they change shells
Also, hermit crabs without their shells can burn easily which could explain Sky's crabs hatred of light
Also, does anyone else find that the sounds that the crabs make when they walk strange for what they look like they are made of? It kind of sounds like hands or bare feet slapping on a wet floor
So I looked up crabs that walk forward and a family of crabs that do are closely related to frogs so maybe there's something to that
Lore hint ash? 🥺
Lore hint is that we gotta get back to work
talk amongst yourselves! the power of many minds is greater than one 
Oh snap I forgot u guys are devs
HAHA
The thing is tho, we don’t exactly work together, that’s rare
Usually we jus show off ideas and theories and then start yelling at each other....


Wait, what if they are more like horseshoe crabs?
Ooo! I did some further research and horseshoe crabs are clumsy (they often use their takes to right themselves after being flipped by waves), and their eyes are extremely sensitive to light
It also says that they are scavengers kinda like vultures which explain why they are most prevalent in wasteland where a lot of skeletons are and their proximity to the darkness plants which I theorize to grow near decay or death
Oh. Wasn’t there on sprit that had them cooking on a spit?
Well, not this season. A while back
Ooooh, you mean the season of giving area that was added
Yeah. I think so
But I also wonder if how we stun them has anything to do with it. I don’t know that real crabs are that sensitive to sound though
Deep call releases some sort of light, I think
It may be also creating sound wave powerful enough tho knock them
could be a game thing because darkness vs light
That too
Or even more game thing, just protecting yourself by something you can already do
Yeah. Idk.
Butterflies are moths confirmed
or maybe light creatures are just in tune with sky children because of a similar power
They do restore our light.
Season of giving?
I believe u mean season of belonging
Yeah that's what I meant heh
It had a spirit that was sorta like a dad and around his spirit memory there was a crab rotisserie
I believe that’s what u guys were referring to
Also are we allowed to bring in stuff from concept art?
Yeah, Jay. That’s right
I mean I figure it's ok considering it's linked in the pinned messages but I have to ask.
What isn’t allowed is beta spoilers
Concepts are more than allowed here 😂
U got new ones we don’t have?
Cuz if u do, send all of em
Ok because I think I found something further linking my theory of the crabs being inspired by horseshoe crabs
And it's from what's already linked
If you zoom in the concept art for creatures, you'll see drawings of horseshoe crabs
Oh yeah. The crabs definitely remind me of horseshoe crabs.
I just feel like it fits really well along with the other facts about them that I stated earlier
For sure.
Kinda wish the dev artists or someone were online to see how they react to my theory? But I digress, I just checked in on the channel and got caught up in research dive which can be quite common for me. ||If only I put the same amount of effort into my schoolwork||
I feel you

Internet rabbit holes are the best
Seems like one is here



Im sorry Reika, I have to
And now she ridin krill
Ash: We're getting back to work
Reika: Ye sure, gotta ride krill
May she ride the krill safely then, as env artist she clearly deserves it

Ooo! A dev!!! Omg I follow you on Twitter!
You do amazing job, I honestly bow to you as a beginner artist and as a player 
Somebody sent here murals with crabs ealier
Are those from forgotten ark or somewhere else
it’s from the cave on the right side of the ark area
Yeah, that's what I meant, thanks
Couldn’t rlly get much
There were mantas and stories with ppl with contact with the crabs
Then there were pots
Another one showed that they sorta emerged through water and even hostile to some of the people because they were running away from them
So Reika, I'm curious on your reaction to my theory on crabs from sky being inspired by horseshoe crabs? That is if you're not too busy or something... This is probably the first game that I have played for almost a year straight and I'm still in love with everything about it...
@sly kestrel yeah, I know, I asked because earlier I discussed with others a theory that spirits took too much crabs water and that's how they bacame hostile towards them and players
I just couldn't find those around the area
someone probably already talked about it, but i think the colored lights we chase down at forgotten ark are quite literally the orbs we see on the murals of the ark
Yea, they are
I wonder tho — sorry if that was discussed — who is the guy with hat giving light to elders
Hmm, to me the hat reminds me of the season of lightseekers
Y'know from the spirit that had the flute and was found in the aviary?
I'm sorry I'm a moth, I don't speak previous seasons
But I know what you mean, saw the hats 
If there were umbrellas in the same season as hats, that would make sense
Good to know
horseshoe crabs with horse walk cycle?
Horse walk cycle?
Where’d horses come from 🤨
Walk cycle = @
who was the one who compared their leg movements to horses
ya it u
sec
is this symbol a horseshoe or a lyre or an ark?
Idk where horses came from
I thought u guys were comparing to horseshoe crabs not actual horses
the crab walk cycle is like a horse’s gallop
Not rlly
I thought the symbol represented the light on the ark rip
I used to think the symbol was a lyre but now it just looks like an ark with cargo inside of it
same, I thought it was a lyre and that we'd get lots of music this season
but lots of magic is better 
If there were actual NPCs in the games I could have investigated on them a bit
Like NPC children
Also what's the pink thing that pumps out diamonds everytime it sees...
"A WILD PLAYER HAS APPEARED!"
lore: spirit can eat. thx
Tell me what that thing is
It almost looks alive
Contracting
Like a heart?
Also anyone who is discussing about the name
The full form of eden is eye of eden
So yeah nothing special
for you all: 
that's the red light right?
Yep
wonder what them light means
Since it’s illusion it should make sense why this red light is able to reveal the hidden murals on the ark
yeah

i thought the magic pros said the purple one was illusion/conjuring
if red is illusion what's the purple one now
What do you call something that’s purple......
AN EGGPLANT
Alright I need sleep but I always thought the purple light was sorta like darkness
the whole collection of this season's symbols for all your lore seeking needs!
bruh what
Isn't purple like sign of dark magic
That’s how I viewed it
Looks like an eye 👁️
I’m not sure tho
Here’s the way I see things
Illusion, something, fire, earth, wind, water
I’ve always thought purple light is the mind, and since it will be shown in vault, I guess vault magicians use it for their telekinesis
Could the emote be our answer?
The MIND
Who knows 
Light of the mind
If any of the staff answers probably thru a riddle
No illusion is red light
Ash noticed 
Sorry aria 😛
It’s fine
Because it is opaque?
Oh hey Ash
😏
It can be defined as telikenisis
I think as the season progresses, the areas these lights are found will help uncover what they are+how they effect the world
Is ash short for something? Or is it jus ash
Maybe....Ash—ely
ASHELY?
each light has its own power!
Near the vault elevator ground floor
switch the E and the L and youve got it jay 😛 but its not ash-lore-discussion here hahaha
I’m gonna refer back to what someone said about the purple light, purple in some religion means purification of sin or evil. So most likely have to do something about minds
Not stuck to the ground
I wanna talk about the light colors but I already know what they do so anything I say is considered a spoiler
Perfectly cut stones
But.....purple light is a mystery to me 👀
Like for a purpose or something
I wanna know what purple light does after we collect it
Purple means royalty and also a color used for pride
Door
It’s hurting my brain 
Try typing in long messages so it won’t get lost in the chat
Purple could be magic
I mean technically they are all magic
Yeah most likely they’re using their mind to move and manipulate stuff
Telepathy?
That’s gonna be a lot of pressure if they have a headache
I imagine them telepathically listening to other people’s secrets
Mini gods maybe

What else in ark do we still need to theorize
https://discordapp.com/channels/575762611111592007/632004389137154048/697556839260487731 are these the meanings they're using for the symbols or nah
the elemental ones look about right
Going off of the upside down boat?
I notice that some murals will show up when you live the spirit’s memories and with the red light in ark, I think this is Sky’s version of “water is memory” thing from Frozen 
personally i like the earlier theory about the spiral representing a journey/passage, that's why the red light tells the story of how they ended up there
the person who named the symbol meanings said they're left to right, which is red then purple
The symbol of the light looks like an eye so I wouldnt be surprised if it really was psychic
if red is illusion and purple is psychic then it's the other way around
I thought that the spirits with their corresponding light were in the ark to fix the damage done in wasteland, I wonder what the red light would’ve done there..
Oohh good point
anyone know about that symbol?
It’d be nice if there were pants
I think that’s the king’s symbol
o is the king back
The unsaved Elder in Eden, most likely
what king?
Isn’t the gem in the middle the usual light reacting slot?
It’s from old concepts of Sky
Some may be in the office right?
What happened with the eden elder
He’s no longer in game
The office spirits don’t affect the lore maybe
What was confirmed the king?
You mean?
I meant the murals in the office
But hey, Ashley gave us a hint about that symbol and it’s meaning, it’s important apparently
On the walls
See, some fiddling riddles
And the king was said to not b in game anymore
Also no one confirmed it to be current canon
Office spirits are actually just tgc employees
so the only lore there is just guessing which employee is which spirit 
There’s spoilt pizza inside the fridge, who left it there 
Like.....not in game
The pizza party spirit
And concept art on the walls of the office are just that concept, and not canon, but could be used as hints maybe?
So I have a story about the blue pizza if you all would like to hear it
Sure
Too much pizza party
Sure
Always good
Blue dye on pizza?
Abandoned and frozen 😔
Noooo

Moldy
Smurf pizza
This is a long story
I’m scared there’s about to be a 5 page essay coming
Prepare urselfs, I haven’t seen ash type this long.......
Type erase type erase
Hit us with a brick
Its not related to the world of sky's story buuuut this was back when rainbow bridge OOB accidentally got patched. In the process of reopening it, we were asked if there were any other fan favorite OOB's that were also accidentally cut off. I made a comment jokingly saying that there was one OOB that I was disappointed that there wasn't a secret hidden inside, and showed a picture of a group of friends+I in the previously empty fridge.
:0
I got asked if I would like to add something inside the fridge and of course I was like YES
and that is how the fridge pizza came to be.
Now the reason why its blue is a different story 
KEEP GOING
is it made from crab
Blue cheese in pizza?
legend of the blue pizza: the sequel
(and another fun fact, I initially wanted to stick a tiny krill or crab in there but that was a little too extra 😛 )
I love how we’re like young children and Ash being the great storyteller
krill pizza
Does anyone want the spirit cutscenes?
Spirit pizza
Would’ve been funny if u glitch inside a fridge and then AHHHH
From the ark?
it must taste amazing
Ok
In reality the tgc fridge is just full of diet coke
oop
I did record some spirit cutscenes but deleted it 
The lore channel never fails to bring a smile to my face. 
Sending three videos
who put the champagne emoji 😂
Yes
🥤
I’m prolly gonna get my alt to collect all seasonal spirits
I only sent three so it doesn’t look like spam 
I have all cutscenes of regular spirits except vault
Yeah I was from gratitude
Oh
What was September?
You meant all seasonal spirits from grat to now?
I thought u said u seen all cutscenes of regular spirits except for vault
Yeah
New emojis!
My alt hasnt went to vault yet

It’s fine
Hmm,
: The red light or the spiral, my theory. Is the element of knowledge or light since it did unveil the scriptures on the ark.
It’s not a beanie it’s a hat
dang i was too late with the 💧
the fire emoji 
This would be air
Best emoji in the list
Wooshhh
water obviously, since it can purify water as we see the water spirit attempting to purify it.
Not sure what this is
But Beanie,
is the alchemical symbol for air.
a door diamond
This would be earth
Perhaps there’s two air symbols?
air air
But beanie, it was said that the swirl symbol is illusion and that’s why the red light is able to reveal the hidden murals on the ark
Wow that sent late
Of course, I never said they couldn’t! All theories are valid here.
BACON MODE
GASP
Pfft-
Bacon mode. Easy breakfast.
They shall summon pigs once we get the cyan light
you guys it's blue bacon
Pfft-
🥓

right
It’ll make skykids hungry
this is now bacon and none of you will be able to convince me otherwise
Press button receive bacon? Is that really where we are going with that?
I love this chat 
Oh. My theory for the green one is that it’s earth. The spirit who holds it is the farmer, and works in the earth. So I’m with you Beanie
Just slurp the bacon
Nvm then

Most of us think it’s psychic
Could be light. Just like the diamonds are full of light
there's no spiral in the alchemic symbols
Then the sky symbols are not alchemical
or bacon, for that matter
Bacon is everywhere it is illusion, it is life, it is heart attack death
No wonder alchemy failed. It doesn’t have bacon
Did they say that all the symbols they made for this season were based off the alchemy symbols?
oh but that Life symbol looks a bit like 
Earth, Wind and Fire. One of my favourite bands.
psst, avatar
oh right
Oh, yeah. Something something fire nation.
The symbols might be inspired by alchemy but might not be the same
True
Hmm
That seems to be the most likely answer, Vibatu.
Harry Potter-
I think some of the symbols they made the symbols a little different from the alchemy ones
And the avatar symbols are way different
Until we get official word on the meaning behind these symbols, it’s all up to speculation.
earth, fire, wind, water... heart? captain planet? earth day season??
Fire
Alchemy symbols coming through 
Maybe the
could mean earth. Most of the art shown on the ark this season is very raw and specific.
I would like to believe the symbol is a mountain, and the line that crosses would be the horizon

imagine the
spirit doing Earthbending stunts
Don’t tell me we’re going to Sky prison when getting that light
aren't we already in a prison
Maybe
when we die we're reborn into the same place
That’s slavery i think
Does anyone want more spirit cutscenes?
SLAVERY?
Probably
the fire and water alchemic symbols don't match
and
either...
Hmm, has anyone noticed that the dark plants don’t have orbs
I mean we’re continuously reborn from Orbit
Continuing our mission over and over and over and over and—
The orbs was used as the elements.
And to know it matches the same size 
Of the orbs
That means the dark plants are flowers, if you consider the orbs to be the stigma of the flower.
But importantly.
How did they manage to manipulate it into something that creates life.
Balloons? You mean those small light balls?
Surely they literally can’t go open sesame to their powers to just use them-
Ooo
The swirls.
Hmm
It must be the light we have been catching.
about that mural, it looks like one launched halfway and then fell before exploding
Maybe they're instructions 
I'm curious about that one Krill on the ark. Was the artist just inspired or does it mean something deeper?
There is a krill flying over you when you are in the boat.
It might’ve played a part in their crashing
Maybe that’s the krill that attacked the ark?
or maybe it's intentional and it's supposed to be magic that's applied to the ground
Which is why they were there in the first place
Another family
And farmer boi
Unless, family 
Aside from belonging
Scare and Angry at your friend emotes are a power duo
More family spirits 
I really feel the family connections in these spirits
They’re definitely family. Or really close to it if not
They feel like a real ship crew 
It’s really fun to watch honestly
Hmm, hold up
Did the red light carve the murals?
Or the owner of the red light I meant
Not, just uncovered them
The "nod nod" emote was shown painting the drawings on the Ark after it fell
Yup. Telling their story
Vandalizing their own ship cough cough
have you guys heard the idea that the ark we see is actually one of the smaller boats and that the giant ark is still yet to be found
Probably
And that it came from space
Maybe the smaller Arks carried passengers
And the big ark was made solely for the Orbs
That makes sense actually. Doesn’t the ark have to be big enough for a whole civilization?
Maybe the ark we see now is for special people
it’s much smaller and keeps up with the latest fashion trends compared to the shipwreck
Like mantas
Or, they were their own
Or that
yeah the really giant anchor might be from the actual big ark
Or each of the peoples are different maybe and that there is not one culture present. Like they all have their own story
Six days until we get more stuff to work on 
However the end of last season did all leave in a boat going to that island
If Owl's boat crashes istg
I still have yet to actually take the boat to the ark
Big winter owl crashed onto the boat
Just slightly off-topic from this alchemy theorising, who, or what do you think made those holes in the Vault’s block-library? It’s clear that someone or something caused all of that damage, but my main question is why they’d do such a thing.
Ease of access? Unless there were already entrances and exits beforehand, perhaps the reason those holes were broken was to allow easy access to the blocks and their contents if the blocks were sealed off.
Before the area was renovated in an earlier update, it was more clean too, it looked less broken, and the holes that lead to the lower floors were instead supported by staircases, the exit wasn’t a carved out tunnel either.
Maybe belonging grandpa had to be there to fix it
Some big guy probably smashed their head on that wall
Crabs
Hold up, I just checked beta’s constellation of the season
It’s much more different.

Who ate the light mantas so only the space mantas were left
Who had pics of that old area before they polished it?
And looks nothing like the 
What’s it look like before?

Walls were neat, there used to be staircases
Now the entrance seem to be broken in, with water filling up way down
a lot of the entryways we skykids use look like they're not what the ancestors must have used
jumping into holes, jumping into a huge swirling storm, riding mantas
they must have had proper roads and ferries to places
We just use the leftovers
Very uncivilized
There's a theory the Valley races are not even supposed to be races
Kinda like water ducts and stuff
They just wanna slide on the snowy slide
Can relate
anyone saw the tiny text when u enter the forgotten ark area that says "what was that buried in the sand"
Yeah
yeah we've just turned their ruins into a big playground for ourselves
I thought it meant the ark on the sand
No it’s rushrooms
There's gonna be a lot to unbury tho
proceeds to use shield as a shovel
Lmao
That is so Lah maow
Valley twins' paddles are weak sticks change my mind
Ahah
Those things are made for playing cricket and nothing else
Also I doubt the twins would actually manage to focus

They’re the youngest Elders so far
They make great shovels too, but the Valley twins would get distracted on a game of trying to one up each other.
Exactly 
good, they can dig everything up faster between them
Oh no more vandalizing 
.
That drawing of the Krill is the clearest side profile of one I have ever seen
With Isle grandpa smacking his head
Sky artists liked that
fr
unless their paddles were from a boat 
oH

They stole a boat

the krill painting is unlike any other mural in the game
just a big solid silhouette
distant crying
Someone draw this idea lol
intense sweating
Forest aunt scolding the Twins is my favourite headcanon
Valley twins sandfighting, forest mom scolding them and isle grandpa smh
Unstoppable force(s) meets unmovable object
How would daylight elder discipline?
Oh right
.
Daylight elder: that’s it, no more capes for all of you takes capes
Vault elder just watches with concern as havoc is unleashed
No, if he punishes is sky kids
Summarize this
GASP
Shhh headcanons are also lore if you try hard enough
This is so good someone sum it up
I’d gladly share and take some concept art to break this memeing.
Turrets were part of the concept art once. Giant stone turrets with 360° vision and heated lasers of super-death. Quite the optimal form of home security, if you ask me.
Ok so, valley twins sand fighting, isle grandpa smacking his head, forest mom scolding the twins, prairie uncle sleeping in a boat, wasteland dad and vault auntie doing whatever they’re doing
Anyways that’s a scary spider 
Looking at that I'm glad we got the Krill
The sand-grouper’s what’s bugging me.
Same, imagine walking calmly and then tentacles show up outta nowhere
Would be great for a sky chapter 2, a dark chapter 
Earth: Children of the dark
Sea: Children of the Deep
Wh
A little low-res, but I think you lot will enjoy reading this just as much as I did.
So whats the lore behind the krill?
black flying shrimp
They seem similar to a light creature ive seen twice idk the name
Yea
I have a whole theory about Krills being scared of whales based on their positions 
Maube its the kril sound when its hunting
pun10
Sounds more like agressive purring
Idk I think it's more like a deep growl
What about the little crab things that tackle you?
Ah yes, crabs,,,,,
Oh those are just grumpy because we use their walking too often
That sort of clicking sound?
Well their both creatures of darkness they could just hate light other than red light
I do wonder, what on Earth happened in Golden wasteland? Sounds dreadful, there is poisoned water and broken things everywhere.
Ah yeah
It does sound like an helicopter tho lol
Yea seems like something terrible happened in the wasteland with the storm and everything, maybe something similar to edan
Sound design probably used one
Maybe there was a war, cuz the elder of wasteland charged in like RAWR FIGHT ME (before collapsing)
Oh ok
Who were they fighting?
Krills lel
They hab krillk
Jk
Yeah that was a joke...
It's b/w the sky people
Maybe like how were made of light theres ones like us made of darkness?
Seems to be a theme
Ye it's our job to get rid of darkness by going thru Eden. It seems that war has made it worse
Its our job to guide the wing light to the next life
Ye
And that clears darkness
Sure...
That's y we relive their memories and deliver winged light to their home
Yea the ones the end lost their light and your retrieving it
Ok so I went AFK looking for a Krill video just to hear the sound they make again. It does sound like heartbeats but I think it's just the Krill making it's "I'm getting ready to attack" growl
Which is why you give it to them instead of keeping
Maybe their eye is the heart simce it flashes
Otherwise they wouldn't be alive they need some sort of bloodflow
Otherwise they wouldn't be alive they need some sort of bloodflow
@hushed steeple assuming their made of flesh
Hm
Maybe both
One things for sure. I panick when it sees me °-°
Both would make sense, krill hunting, us panicking
Today I saw someone get Krilled from far away
A few minutes later a moth was running towards me lol
Well they dont seem intelligent beyond an animal instinct/hate for light
||The heartbeat at the end of Eden is heavy, so idk if it our heart so idk...||
We hear real heartbeats when we hold hands and at the end of Eden
||The heartbeat at the end of Eden is heavy, so idk if it our heart so idk...||
@hushed steeple could be the hearts of the others you are guiding
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yeah I hear a heartbeat when I hold hands
Oh wait this also is spoilers...
Shadowclaw they could still see you if ur above them, at a certain height
@hushed steeple seems more like you know if someones next to you without looking
I should sleep today. I got carried away when I did the crab walk irl
Never fly over Krill, unless you are 100% sure you're really far up
@heady sinew I always do that
Gn! 
The big question here is what caused the storm at edan
Gn boopthatsayskwak owo
F
Tomorrow im gonna take my mom thru edan
I got her into playing it
She afked in the wasteland water so...
Anyone wanna uber her? X3 (dont answer ill ask tomorrow)
So i got an instrument recently which spirits have songs?
And what do somgs do?
Yea prob
Ill do later
are krill dark matter?
well I’d definitely not say they’re light
Does this game have Boss?
they are new players
they are brown, fly uncontrollably and are attracted to fire
i would prefer the word “sparrow” though
akdfhakjhgs
there are 7 passengers
but it didnt show where the other one went
when they got strucked by the lightning
the one with the big Candle looking headwear disappeared
wow the ark captain was lost in the storm
Boopie XD
are these just happen to be similar?
those meditation stones have
because they are from Season of Gratitude
like how catch the light quests are from Season of Lightseekers
I see a third Mochi >:0
you can call me Mochi the third
What seasonal symbols signify:
: Snowflake (probably)
: ???
Light and hands (From devs livestream: The image tries to convey that light is very precious, with the hand symbol surrounding and receiving the light.)
People getting together (From devs livestream: The symbol shows people getting together. Each diamond represents a person.)
??? (ark?)
lol
omniscience
that's the point! we don't really know that
so I thought maybe
and
were actually related and now we might know what
meant
I played Gratitude but was a newbie then
Watched Gratitude videos to find lore stuff but still don't know what
meant
can be "Gratitude" itself
actually, I have a thought in mind for the symbol of Enchantment
main theme of this season is boAts (kinda)
and the season symbol looks like a harp
there's this story where the most handsome guy who plays the harp really well and a beautiful girl get married
but on their wedding day, a snake bit the girl and she died from the poison
harp boi decided to venture into the underworld to save her
and there's the ferryman of the underworld who takes people across for 2 coins or smth
he played the harp so emotionally that he got past for free
and you can even see the season's symbol on the ark
The underworld and wasteland look pretty similar so yeah...
the spirits who were on the ark died, underworld's a place for the dead
so maybe it's like a symbol praying for luck and safety on journeys?
or smth similar?
Is it logical enough tho?
to make it really logical we must assume Orpheus and Eurydice myth also been popular in Sky, which I'd say is unlikely
but i agree it maybe the symbol of luck and safety on journeys
OH1
it makes more sense than a symbol of Ark
kinda weird to have Ark symbol on Ark
So.. imagine this:
There are 2 friends having fun, a Krill knocks light out of one of them (Snake bitingEurydice)
The other rushes over to light them (Orpheus saving her from the Underworld)
but then the other friend didn't have enough time to save her winged light, so she still lost them (Orpheus turning back on their way back to the land of the living)
In the story, Hades and Hesojwijidjiw her name's too hard to remember said that on their way up, if Orpheus looked back then she'd have to stay there forever
The friend who got krilled being lit up again but still losing their winged light is kinda similar to that
That's all I had in my mind. This made no sense at all
(´・∀・`)
ORPHEUS YES
welp, time to figure out what Gratitude's symbol could possibly mean...
I have a thought already so may I?
yes please
Alrighty
So... Gratitude

If you look at the symbol, there's a circle and one branch growing off which loops into another circle
what I think this is displaying is that gratitude is an endless cycle
Someone does this for the other person, the other person repays. The person who got their debt repaid feels guilty and thus repays again, so on and so on. Either eventually stop and then except, A.K.A the branch growing off
spirals are associated with spirituality so it made sense to me that they were on meditation stones
for the little circle in the middle, that's jut to emphasize more on that? Saying that it'll happen again?
Spirituality..
AHAH!
either that theory or this:
In my country, there's always this thing about "Being grateful to your elders" and "Honor what your past ancestors did to bring us this peaceful world that we live in right now"
Basically, showing gratitude to spirits of those lost within conflict to allow us living in a peaceful world and at this time
Sky goes around the concept of spirits a lot. And the fact that we have lore on wars breaking out between the lands backs up this theory more! 😄

we live in peace now because they wiped themselves out 
that's still the spirits doing SOMETHING for us to live in peace 
maybe spirits are grateful for us skykids
oh that could be true too
yes
Can we measure how much time passed based on how deep the boats are buried in the sand?
Game Theory where
since we're pulling all these regretful spirits back into the cycle of life, death and rebirth
we need him at times like this, come to us, Matt
(which, coincidentally, is another thing represented by spirals)
we can actually see that the Ark was buried as deep as it is now when it crashed on land
because in their memories spirits are not afloat
actually, this might contribute something. it shows how deep the ark has been burried
ark kinda looks like 3 pieces of a sliced banana from there 
lol
from what Eralea said, can
be the cycle of life
we can see it's not technically a spiral, it's two circles connected
so maybe not related to the red spiral light in this season
"The circle is a universal symbol with extensive meaning. It represents the notions of totality, wholeness, original perfection, the Self, the infinite, eternity, timelessness, all cyclic movement, God ('God is a circle whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere' (Hermes Trismegistus))."
: Megabird
that's an interesting point, that the ark has apparently always been half-buried
how do you crash land something into the sand and it stays that way
unless the spirits came a long after the boat crash, which i think is unlikely
depends on how sand works
"I believe the two circles represent the human and its Daimon. The mandorla is the area of intersection, which, of course, is Soul. The Soul of the Daimon and the Soul of the human inseparably linked together throughout the earthly life of the human" so i guess it has smth to do with spirituality too, just like spirals
and apparently it's been buried all this while and recently uncovered and just happens to be at the exact same level as when the ancestors camped at it
why is that? the ark has been buried?
"Sand forms when rocks break down from weathering and eroding over thousands and even millions of years"
i want to think that the spirits at the ark are the ones who crash landed because they drew the murals to tell the story of how they got there, but it would also make sense if these were a second group of people who came later when the ark had time to be slightly buried under the sand
it could be that so much dust was sent up during the crash that it all came back down and buried the ark
we don't see many rocks around or insidee the ark
But maybe sand was always there so probably irrelevant
so maybe it crash landed into a mountain/ hill of sorts, broke it apart and many years of erosion burried it?
I guess so
the ark itself is made of stone
the first few days after the crash must have been a big mess
the ark has kinda eroded edges?
yeah, but not gone completely
Only on the places where it broke apart tho
But those edges aren;t too large, that amount couldn't possibly have been enough to bury it
I think
you've just crash landed, you're in a big storm, there's dust and sand everywhere and there's nothing around but mantas and crabs
yeah, i think they just crashed to sandy land
Mantas and mushrooms
mantas! why we don't see mantas there
oh speaking of the mushrooms
yeah, I haven't noticed any either
mushrooms are probably not part of the lore xD
I think they do at least tell some details
they were growing on the crashed boat
In the Playfight cutscene, we saw 2 spirits collect them, it was most likely one of their food sources
at the very least, it tells us that when the boats crashed, the area was a lot more humid
considering the fact that collecting one gives a candle. That must have meant that spirits can eat the same material that made up candles- wax
but y'know...
so maybe there was more stuff than just sand and crabs
TGC officially calls them "Light" and "Light tributes"
the collectable (candle) mushrooms are not supposed to be there so those are not part of the lore
but mushrooms in murals and spirit memories are relevant
tHeY sTiLl EaT tHeM
The only other mushrooms I've seen is the mushroom circle in prarie
Forest has the glowing plants that make you rise up, people call them mushrooms too
those are a bit different
I guess so... :<
tree fungi are pretty closely related to mushrooms
i'm not sure that the ones in forest are edible tho
wait you don't call them mushrooms???
"bit" and "pretty" share basically the same meaning in this context
technically they're mushrooms
I'm trying desperately hard to dig smth up but have been contributing nothing so far... 
I'll go take a quick look at Ark again
take a shovel and dig the ark up :')
:))
yknow the islands in prarie? the right one has a perfect circle of mushrooms, but I didn't see any growing anywhere else
This would be easier once all the lights are available as well as the season finale
but our main goal is to piece things together the sooner, the better. Correct?
oh yeah, most people call it the "Fairy Ring"
we can take our time, no need to rush
why's that? xD
not sure :>
this miserable rocky place must have been a lot more humid once
mushroom circles are called fairy rings irl
oh wait that was a train of thought I was trying to finish
there was a theory that the ark was on a mission to save the wasteland
Oh, I didn't know that, that's cute lol
but if things were still growing there it can't have been too bad back then
oh my number 1 question
probably. we can see power diamonds on them
when and where did the ancestors pick up antigrav tech
yea
imo the elders brought the tech and taught people to make power diamonds
Is this the only time we've ridden a boat?
yesss I think they're aliens with advanced technology and the megabird is the mothership
yea, it's the first time for skykids in live
Wht is megabird
And if so does that mean that our light is only enough to carry us slightly above water?
Actually that's quite impressive tho
read the pins if you wanna know more about megabird
Either light is more powerful than I think, or boats have such a technology to use lights that effectively
power diamond is an advanced tech
I hope they'll add more distant areas that we have to ride to
that would be really nice
I know nothing about the past seasons :O
every time we find a mysterious empty cave or mysterious empty room it's always from a past season lol
yeah I think it will be permanent
but we are wondering if things like the murals on the Ark will also stay after the season or not
Will the child lights stay too?
they will stay unless the area is removed which never happened before
moths in the future are gonna see the mysterious crashed ark and mysterious crab cave and wonder what in the world happened there
Did past seasons have child spirits added too?
sometimes yes
Oh probably citadel
The valley maze, vault archive, and forest pineswood and winged light there were added with Season of Belonging update
Woah, that's a lot
yeah, 7 at once lol





