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The Order 1886 ARG - Missing person
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Vincent4756
Member
Has anybody figured out the connection between the Arthur books? Maybe there is a connection with darkness or the ravens?
EDIT: shamelessly ripped from Wikipedia.
"In Arthurian legend, the Siege Perilous (also known as The Perilous Seat) is a vacant seat at the Round Table reserved by Merlin for the knight who would one day be successful in the quest for the Holy Grail.[1] This knight is either Percival or Sir Galahad, depending on the version of the story. The Siege Perilous is so strictly reserved that it is fatal to anyone else who sits in it.
In Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur, the newly knighted Sir Galahad takes the seat in Camelot on Whitsunday, 454 years after the death of Jesus."
Interesting to say the least.
EDIT: shamelessly ripped from Wikipedia.
"In Arthurian legend, the Siege Perilous (also known as The Perilous Seat) is a vacant seat at the Round Table reserved by Merlin for the knight who would one day be successful in the quest for the Holy Grail.[1] This knight is either Percival or Sir Galahad, depending on the version of the story. The Siege Perilous is so strictly reserved that it is fatal to anyone else who sits in it.
In Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur, the newly knighted Sir Galahad takes the seat in Camelot on Whitsunday, 454 years after the death of Jesus."
Interesting to say the least.
Handy Fake
Member
In case anyone's not aware, the legend is that if the ravens leave the Tower of London, England will fall:
There are two new posts on the site.. I still don't see anything that helps get us anywhere :/
The first post is another from Jim saying try and email Ian since he can't contact him. Not had another email since the first auto reply so I don't know where that leads. He does mention he will post a video tomorrow (sucks having to wait for clues).
The most recent post has two images, a drawn map and a page covered in a black splodge.
It even mentions that it was directly after the other posted page (the one with the code mentioning to reveal the darkness or whatever). You can see some text hidden in the blackness.. with a quick tinker it reveals some writing.. mentions Tesla and such. Seems like just background lore again?
The first post is another from Jim saying try and email Ian since he can't contact him. Not had another email since the first auto reply so I don't know where that leads. He does mention he will post a video tomorrow (sucks having to wait for clues).
The most recent post has two images, a drawn map and a page covered in a black splodge.
It even mentions that it was directly after the other posted page (the one with the code mentioning to reveal the darkness or whatever). You can see some text hidden in the blackness.. with a quick tinker it reveals some writing.. mentions Tesla and such. Seems like just background lore again?
Code:
Little is known of Tesla but it is said that he creates terrible machines and weapons of great power.
The few who have beheld them say they channel strange forces but I find these opinions without merit.
In my view, Tesla appears to have a most national and scientific disposition. His value to The Order is
clear, his presence in the complex is kept as secret as possible and he is treated with the greatest respect.Vincent4756
Member
Maybe that first image is a drawing of the Order's HQ? Seems kinda relevant with the text about Tesla.
Doesn't look like it.
This is interesting. I thought that the raven tower was their logo but it seems to be a scale in this art. It's possible they changed it from the concept art but there could be another faction that we don't know about.
Some Beefeaters (I don't know why not all of them - maybe it relates to their function) wear a crest on their arm loosely resembling this IIRC. I don't know if it's related or not.
edit: hmm, yeah, not as close as I remembered it
Well the image on the left is a map of London near the Thames, with two locations marked. Westminster Palace and St. James Park. My theory is that the image on the right is an underground map that links the two places together.. not a clue what relevance it would have though.
Westminster on Google Maps for anyone who's interested: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place...564,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x7797a8ef74e1f7c
MrRoflWaffles
Member
Could the person in the video on the site be the same as the hooded figure in the second BCO News video?
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Could the person in the video on the site be the same as the hooded figure in the second BCO News video?
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Could you link the vid?
MrRoflWaffles
Member
Absolutely - here is the BCO news video (unfortunately pretty low quality) and here is the video on the order exposed site.
They're both 'set' in the present day, so I suppose it's possible.. but why he would be investigating the old stories of the Order one moment and then drinking black water the next is a mystery to me.
Thanks. It's kinda hard to tell if they're linked since the news isn't dated. I have a feeling it is unrelated but you never know. I guess we've gotta wait till tomorrow for the next snippet of stuff on the blog :3
MrRoflWaffles
Member
Hmm. Was searching for the original 'official' BCO News video that I saw rather than a reuploaded version, and think I might have stumbled on a third unreleased video.
Unless I'm very much mistaken, this is the BCO News channel, and in their playlists, they have three videos listed. The first and second are the videos we've already seen, but the third is currently private.
I could of course be looking at the wrong channel here, but I'm pretty sure this is where I originally saw the first BCO News video a few weeks ago. Strangely, I can no longer view the videos on YouTube, but I'm sure this is where I first saw the videos as YouTube as I recognise the graphics on the channel and YT says I've watched the video here:
EDIT:
The private video definitely isn't a previously public video that they decided to make private as the views on the other two (public) videos add up to the total views on the channel.
I'm thinking it would be a pretty logical progression for Ian to indeed be the guy that gets hit by the car.
Jan 8th 2015:
He starts piecing things together and posts the above on his blog. He wants to spread the word, and is eager to discover the truth.
Later that day, he posts his video. He seems slightly rushed, and is packing his things haphazardly in his sack.
The blog goes silent.
Jan 12th 2015: BCO News post their second report highlighting a man being struck by a car, drinking from a vial around his neck, and running from the scene before the police/ambulances could get to him.
The man (in my opinion) looks suspiciously like the man we saw in the video, Ian. We know Ian has direct access to old notes / materials belonging to The Order, so it would make sense for him to have found a vial and taken it with him on Jan 8th when he disappeared.
Sound plausible?
Unless I'm very much mistaken, this is the BCO News channel, and in their playlists, they have three videos listed. The first and second are the videos we've already seen, but the third is currently private.
I could of course be looking at the wrong channel here, but I'm pretty sure this is where I originally saw the first BCO News video a few weeks ago. Strangely, I can no longer view the videos on YouTube, but I'm sure this is where I first saw the videos as YouTube as I recognise the graphics on the channel and YT says I've watched the video here:
EDIT:
The private video definitely isn't a previously public video that they decided to make private as the views on the other two (public) videos add up to the total views on the channel.
I'm thinking it would be a pretty logical progression for Ian to indeed be the guy that gets hit by the car.
Jan 8th 2015:
He starts piecing things together and posts the above on his blog. He wants to spread the word, and is eager to discover the truth.
Later that day, he posts his video. He seems slightly rushed, and is packing his things haphazardly in his sack.
The blog goes silent.
Jan 12th 2015: BCO News post their second report highlighting a man being struck by a car, drinking from a vial around his neck, and running from the scene before the police/ambulances could get to him.
The man (in my opinion) looks suspiciously like the man we saw in the video, Ian. We know Ian has direct access to old notes / materials belonging to The Order, so it would make sense for him to have found a vial and taken it with him on Jan 8th when he disappeared.
Sound plausible?
It's very well possible that they are linked but I still get the feeling that they are unrelated. The BCO vids seem like Japanese marketing and nothing more.. like I'd reckon Jim would post a link to it on the blog saying like "Omg this looks like Ian, I don't know what to do" if it was. I could be wrong though.
Yeah that's what I'm thinking. The most recent post is just so odd though.. They already made an emphasis on the code breaking technique to crack the whole 'darkness' clue so that we knew what to look for in the ink blotted page.. all just to get a little entry about Tesla. Has Tesla been mentioned in any trailers/press releases? If not I'm guessing he's a super important character in the story.
MrRoflWaffles
Member
Tesla has been mentioned quite a bit - here is the Tesla Trailer.
I wonder how deep RAD will make this rabbit hole go? I live in London.. love the idea of going to Regent's Park (to the marked location) and actually finding something haha. One can dream!
If they make any/further hints to there being things hidden in the park / around London, I'll be on my way outside to hunt for them 
Tesla has been mentioned quite a bit - here is the Tesla Trailer.
I wonder how deep RAD will make this rabbit hole go? I live in London.. love the idea of going to Regent's Park (to the marked location) and actually finding something haha. One can dream!
If they make any/further hints to there being things hidden in the park / around London, I'll be on my way outside to hunt for them
Woop we have an agent close by ready to go into the field. I'd be surprised if they did something where you had to be in London, but it'd be pretty awesome all the same
I just wish they'd release more juicy stuff to solve, it's making me hyped for the game haha.
Oh god, if there's a twist with a sizable last level/prologue (
a la Red Dead Redemption
The video is posted. We were right, the map is for a bunch of tunnels between Westminster Palace and St James Park.. Really really cool video, so well done!
http://theorderexposed.com/post/109116156805/into-the-belly-of-the-beast-i-was-hesitant-to
http://theorderexposed.com/post/109116156805/into-the-belly-of-the-beast-i-was-hesitant-to
Tesla has been mentioned quite a bit - here is the Tesla Trailer.
I wonder how deep RAD will make this rabbit hole go? I live in London.. love the idea of going to Regent's Park (to the marked location) and actually finding something haha. One can dream!
If they make any/further hints to there being things hidden in the park / around London, I'll be on my way outside to hunt for them
I think you're not going to find much because the marked area is St James', not Regent's
Monkey_Plunkett
Member
I love things like this, a good way to build anticipation and keep me engaged, hopefully untill release.
Lifejumper
Member
Oh shit.. That was awesome.
SlasherJPC
Banned
I kinda hope all these are on the disc as extras, but doubtful.
For an off the side ARG video, it was mass marketing quality.. I wonder if they're gonna put this anywhere else.
Yup. What do you mean what did they come for? Underground? I suppose just to see what was there based on the map in the journal. The gun replica's were so so good.
Thats a much higher production quality than I ever expected. The attention to detail on the weapon reproductions is absolutely incredible. Consider me impressed and curious.
3rdamention
Member
The Arc Gun they found......
Elitist1945
Member
DAMN. Those replicas are beautiful.
The Arc Lance replica was at E3 and PSX.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
My guess would be Blackwater.
You know, I'm beginning to wonder if we'll start the game playing a completely different character from the 21st century and then once The Order headquarters are found, the story will flashback to 1886.
Ahh yeah of course. Hmm. I guess we'll find out in a later post?
Blackwater is a good idea though.
Vincent4756
Member
Wow the new stuff is so good! I really wonder where this is gonna lead to. My excitement for the actual story of the game is getting stronger everyday.
IAmRandom31
Banned
how much those replica's selling for? I'll take a thermite rifle please. Move to an open carry state and waltz the earth like a badass
Nightengale
Member
Someone on Reddit said he's played 2 hours of Order 1886...
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Have you got a link?
Nightengale
Member
On mobile, but it's on the first page of r/ps4
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
I haven't got a clue how to use that site. How would I search for it?
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Thanks
Good comments, if legit. I'm always extra skeptical of Reddit posts.
Nightengale
Member
Didn't seem like a troll from his post history, but it's because of skeptism that I didn't create a thread.
Plus there's always a chance he confused it with the 45 minutes PSX demo.
Hhmm, definitely not the retail version. Since he said, ''As I left I wanted to keep playing if that means anything. All of this is based on the build I played. It could change before full release.'' So it might be the psx demo.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
ooooooh, this is cool. ARGs are neat.