Lil' Theory On What Happened With Bak'al

so in the discovery showing the fight against bob and bak'al, at the end Bak'al flees, and never attacks a city again.
But what happened to bak'al

My thought is that he, bak'al, is the Corrupter of Worlds.
Well first off, there isn't much going against this claim. Let's start with how he never attacks a city again. His cave is located near Troms, so it's easy to assume that he frequently attacks Troms. But you see, as stated in Corrupted Betrayal, Slykaar is the one who attacks troms, which is why they need him dead. I went ahead and looked and it never said why Kelight wanted the player to kill CoW.
Next, there abilities
They have multiple things in common

• They are both corrupted beings
• They both are originated from humans
• They both have immense power
• They both have the ability to spawn a horde of mobs.

CoW was one of the miners during the process of the portal, and it's pretty easy to look at bak'al and say Yep he's a human. Now, they have power because as stated in multiple quests, whenever an NPC enters the portal their mind slips and they get a destructive power, so yes they are both powerful. In bak'als destruction 2 and 3, he destroys some towns with a horde of zombies. This also makes me think the more they stand corrupted, the more powerful they get and the more their mind slips. In ToL, CoW is seen to spawn a whole army of corrupted mobs, right before you fight him. Since he might be a more corrupted and powerful version of bak'al (cuz i think he is him) this shows that he has corrupted more.

Now, most of the bak'al scenes take place at around 850 A.P. (After Portal), so this is more of Bak'al's early years. The miner that is now the corrupter of worlds was corrupted at around 0-1 A.P. because you know he entered the portal, and this is A.P., which therefore is after the portal.

Next, both fought bob. CoW is what drove Bob to his death, while Bak'al fought bob in his early years (when he was around.) Now this could just be bob being a hero and all that, but he fought CoW in his 100s, and Bak'al in his 20s-30s.

Bak'al could be the miner because corruption can make a being stay alive for a long time (like garoth in Studying the Corrupt or theorick in Fate of the Fallen) He studied a long time ago, so this could show that Bak'al's corruption led to him living for over 800 years

Now this last piece of evidence will blow ur mind.
Never have we seen both Bak'al and Corrupter of Worlds live at the same time. Back when bob was beating Bak'al, CoW wasn't a problem, and when Bak'al fled, he took refuge at the cave near Troms and soon began to corrupt further until he became Corrupter of Worlds. Since there is no evidence that CoW was the state the miner was in when he was corrupted, we can conclude that Bak'al most likely is the Corrupter of worlds

Thank you and good night (or morning/afternoon depending on when your reading this)

Please tell me if i got anything wrong or more evidence to support my claim.

 

I think he just went into hiding after being defeated for the first time

 

ok ok, bear with me, but what if CoW and Bak'al are just both new Mario captures?

 

This theory is too much based on lack of arguments then it is on existence of proof.

I'm not saying it's impossible, but this is kind of just a cruddy cop-out. Having multiple villains and storylines is what a makes an RPG like this interesting and full of life. Having it all be one villain and one hero is just kind of boring, even overdone at this point.

There are some differences between the two: the CoW really doesn't seem like more than a mindless monster, whereas Bak'al is far more intelligent. It could be said that he went insane, but if after hundreds of years being corrupt, he only went insane in the last few decades, then that's pretty unlikely.

That last argument is probably the worst one of them all. I could say "Osama Bin Laden and Adolf Hitler have never been seen alive at the same time," that doesn't mean they're the same person. That's a huge leap in logic.

Lastly, basically this entire theory can be overridden with Occam's razor, because of how many assumptions it makes based off of lack of information.

 

Bob went to dern here is the proof.

"There is a dark creature of the night in a land "far" away, it poses a threat to all." this is from the sealed letter's it explains Bob went to go fight a dark creature not a corrupted creature also dern is known as a dark far way place.

"According to the Storyline, the Villagers are aware that the province lies on the other side of the Abandoned Mines. It has been confirmed to be a place of darkness and is called a "far off dark land" by lead lore developer, Grian. He also has stated that in the lore of the game it is not considered a province, but should still be treated as one."

Bob never fought CoW you saw bob's power he would destroy CoW into nothing with a single hit.

So yeah Bob went to go fight something else some people think its "the eye" some people don't but for sure it can be confirmed it wasn't cow.

 

hmm i guess...

 

Im pretty sure CoW is someone else not Bak'al. I believe it was mentioned somewhere that CoW was a miner who got corrupted not Bak'al himself. Even CoW doesnt look anything close to Bak'al

 

I don't know if you saw, but I made a similar theory in another thread earlier, with another piece of evidence from Garoth:

Actually Bak'al's scenes span most of the Corruptions history, have a look at the three Bak'al's Destruction discoveries. This doesn't go against the argument, though.

CoW is a skeletal creature, so it is possible that Bob could have weakened Bak'al to the point where he was merely bone and locked him away near a group of the most powerful heroes in the province. The appearance difference makes sense.

Really? He utilises stealth, sets traps and organises an army of those sent to attack him. He's certainly got more brains than the average corrupted.

 

i don't remember that from the lore so i'm assuming his fight has changed since 2013
just a little

if this is lore-based, can you link me the source? i might just be misremembering, but he's always seemed more like the spearhead of a swarm than a tactical leader like Bak'al. I mean, the first two could easily be remnants of his human brain, but organizing corrupted armies is admittedly pretty similar to Bak'al

 

i actually did the quest recently on my warrior, so i should've remembered this. But yes in theory he should've atleast been 3rd, because bak'al and the miner, but instead he was second


take that ganon

 

Bob went to dern, Bak'al isn't darkness it just doesn't make sense.

 

You mean ToL not ToA

 

yes sorry

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however in this case they have a lot in common, like how they are both corrupted. Although you could say the same thing about those two, in this case we don't know if they are the same person, which is why this is a theory.

in the wiki page it is said he did went and attempted to fight him "some 40 years down the line at the ripe old age of 72, Bob vanished. It was rumoured he heard of a beast corrupting the province, promoting the war and increasing the strength of the monsters, I imagine Bob probably sought to destroy it, but in his old age, perhaps he wasn’t up to the mark." although this may be outdated...

DID YOU EVEN READ THE POST?
it is never said that the miner was instantly the corrupter of worlds, he could've started as bak'al then corrupter
I already stated that bak'al could have been the miner
also WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY LOOK NOTHING ALIKE
TAKE YOUR GRANDFATHER
he's much older than the old times, but he's still your grandfather (sorry if he's dead :( )
but come on just because they look different means they are a different person?
The fights between bob and bak'al are from long ago, he's probably aged, and the corruption can change someone's appearance.
he's a skeleton, which means he's older than bak'al. Once again a difference in look from a man from a long time ago to a man today is going to say that he's not the same person
i've included details and facts that your 2 sentence reply left out
why do you think they are different
tell me.

 

its outdated.

 

i thought so

 

What is that? I've heard of it a few times but never bothered to find out.

 

it's a problem-solving principle that basically says whatever conclusion has the least assumptions should be chosen as correct

there's more too it but that's about all you need to know

 

When people take Minecraft too seriously...

 

I thought one of the Bak'al cutscenes said it took place around like 182 AP. Either way, I don't think Bak'al is CoW. If he was they would actually hint at it, and having them both be the same character would hinder the story more than it would benefit it, if it even benefited the story at all.