SPOILER Some Observations of TNA and the EO.

This post is just a list of some observations of details, and some random ideas I had.

An image from the new The Nameless Anomaly raid:



There's something pretty interesting about this image. Notice the style of the trees. Blue leaves, with dark wood.

Now, an image of the EO entrance, from Olinus10's video guide for A Journey Further:



Here, we once again see blue colors and dark hues. This is an interesting similarity, in my opinion. I think that it's very likely that the decorations on the walls that seem to be branches of a tree are of the same species as that of the ones we see in TNA. We don't really see any of these trees elsewhere in the Silent Expanse, and the EO is very close to Void Valley and the Path (portal? I forget its name) to Dern which leads me to believe that this tree species is native to Dern.

Also, the designs on the walls of the EO could have been made by the inhabitants of Dern; in TNA, there are "Dernapien" enemies, an intelligent species of Dern. In fact, the entire EO may have been built by them, and not Olm, as many current theories claim. It would explain the different colors of the EO. The Olm theory still has precedence though, in my opinion. It could very well be that any paint the Olm applied to the buildings of the Ancient City was just burnt off during Dern's siege of the Silent Expanse.

Perhaps, even before the reveal of 2.0, this was obvious to you. To many people, maybe. But 2.0 has brought us more details and information, which contributes to this idea.



(This detail isn't from 2.0.) The exit from Happy Lutho in Point of No Return, from another Olinus10 video:



Tan colors, in a dark black area.

We also see this in the EO, several times in fact:

From the Wiki:



From Aezerie's video "Wynncraft | Eldritch Outlook | Quick Guide":



Again, we have tan colors on a black background. My explanation is this: much of the Eldritch Outlook takes place not in the physical world, but within the mind. There's also this room from the EO:



It's a mirror. One interpretation of this could be that we are looking inwards at ourselves, traveling to the "mind realm," like in Point of No Return where we look at our soul in a mirror. The surrounding build of the mirror in the EO and the mirrors in PoNR are different, though, but I still think this is a valid interpretation.

In the bridge room, we have to walk across a bridge, but in our mind. We balance and try not to fall off. This could represent the player's struggle of morals or personal values; we must keep our ideals, and not fall off. It is something of a psychological battle.

In the parkour room, there are pairs of red dots on the walls. It's likely that these could be eyes, like those in PoNR. This detail supports my theory that the EO rooms and the setting of PoNR are related.

So, basically, we are waging not only a physical war, but also a mental and psychological one when in the EO. Indeed, the Darkness is something not of just the material realm; it would make sense that this battle takes place within the mind too. It is a struggle of willpower.



These are a few of my observations I have made. It's quite late, so I don't have the energy to continue to elaborate, but I hope that I've revealed something to you or given you a revelation.

Thanks for reading.

 

What this really means is that TNA IS USING EO STYLE. SMH BUILD TEAM :angr:

 

i call this new material "sandstone"

the willpower to continue trying the parkour over and over again

 

guys hear me out

what if the desert is all an illusion

 

I am... growing rather tired with all these Shitposts, Samsam101... They are... pissing me off...

 

Well of course it's all in your head. Do you really think we fight a 21 foot tall eyeball that can eat you?