I guess it's kind of silly to continue grasping at straws so close to the reveal, but hey, I'm bored. And hyped up.
So I've slapped all the images revealed from [url]http://alphalupi.bungie.net/[/url] together into one sort of 'map,' and I've been reading about the geomantic figures and studying the 'map,' trying to make sense of all this.
The best I can make of it all is, in the future, humanity has terraformed all of (or just some of, I don't know for sure) the planets in our solar system. This seemed the most obvious answer for [url=http://alphalupi.bungie.net/09394972304.jpg]Tuesday's[/url] image and [url=http://alphalupi.bungie.net/1291670595463907.jpg] Thursday's [/url] image. Tuesday's mentions 'red rock,' and the geomantic symbol represents Mars; Thursday's talks about 'the largest body,' and its geomantic symbol represents Jupiter.
So that's all pretty straightforward, it doesn't take a genius to get that. But the way these pieces of prose are written, aside from being stylish and mysterious (as Bungie is wont to be), all seem to speak directly to the reader by talking about 'you.'
To me, herein lies the actual mystery--is this all the same 'you?' Or are they referencing a different faction or race each time? My guess is 'you' is actually humanity, as it talks about 'your voice' transforming places into something new, and building settlements, etcetera. But at the same time, we're all confident that Destiny will have a number of different factions. Could each piece of prose be describing not only a different planet, but also a different [i]faction[/i] associated with said planet?
Side note: The very first image's geomantic symbol represents 'the people,' so perhaps [i]this[/i] one is meant to be humanity? Or perhaps just Earth? It also speaks of how 'only the trusted few can absorb what is necessary.' Is this a reference to the characters that we're going to play in the game? The 'Guardians' as referenced in [url=http://www.destructoid.com/photo-m.phtml?photo_key=250877&post_key=245096]this[/url] picture?
Anyways, that's all I've got for now. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. I've been trying to read through all the speculation threads I can, and I almost feel like my theory is too simple; I'm somewhat new to Bungie's ARG methods though. I realize they go pretty deep with the details and such, so I could be WAY off for all I know.
Thoughts? Feedback?
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I thought the exact same thing, aside from the faction part. That could be interesting,