more theory talk
I’d imagine Adrian or U are much more likely to betray the group if we fail their subplots.
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Re-posting and expanding on some Camelot incarnation theories I posted on the Patreon:
Lorelei theories
From highest likelihood to lowest:
Dinadan has appeared in the first Camelot dream sequence in Chapter 2, so he’s a character all players are intentionally introduced to, and a character who knew/was in proximity to the Camelot MC. His attitude towards knightly chivalry (and competence whereof, despite that attitude) fits Lorelei quite well.
Dodinel isn’t as well-known (or as competent) as Dinadan, but he’s a renowned hunter who spent a lot of time in the wilderness, which fits with what has been revealed about Lorelei in drabbles on the Patreon:
Gawanides isn’t very well-known either, but has connections to Gawain and Lancelot, who are likely to appear, and also possesses extreme strength, which fits Lorelei:
Agravain is one of those well-known (hehe) characters that you just know is going to appear one way or another. I could honestly see either Lorelei or Broderick as Agravain.
Adrian theories
I honestly don’t know what to think about Adrian’s Camelot preincarnation anymore!
He gives such strong Lancelot vibes (dark armor, fae connections, water motifs) but then, why does one of the MC’s Camelot preincarnations feel so much like Morgause? Where’s the connection?
If Adrian is Lancelot, the obvious choices for the MC’s Camelot preincarnations would be Galahad, Galehaut, Guinevere and Elaine!
If Adrian is Mordred, Morgause would obviously work as a connected Camelot MC, and I suppose Galahad would too, because it’s mentioned in Merlin’s Guide that Mordred trained Galahad and Percival. But that would mean Guinevere is off the table, presumably, and she also feels like a solid pick for one of the MC’s options right now. The only real connection OKS Mordred and Guinevere seem to have is that Mordred was betrothed (begrudgingly) to her sister, Guinevak. It doesn’t sound like he liked her very much, though. But… if the theory about Gwen being Guinevak is true, that means there’s a connection between Adrian and Gwen…
Another point in Mordred’s favor is the fact that Adrian appears to be intending to play the part of the antagonist to secure a happy ending… which may be what Mordred did during the fall of Camelot.
Adrian is definitely Lancelot, Mordred, or possibly Gawain (though I rank Gawain pretty far behind the others in terms of possibility)
Though, Gawain is the author’s favorite knight, and Adrian is the audience’s favorite RO…
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When I first saw it I thought the “U” was Arthur, since he’s the only one among the ROs with a known first name that contains this letter.
Summary
Even though Morgause doesn’t appear to have many direct connections to Lancelot, Lancelot is pretty closely tied to both Arthur and Gawain, and Morgause seems to care a lot about her brother and children. I think this leaves some room for a bond to form between them.
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I suspect nobody noticed that I edited one of my earlier posts, so I’m reposting this theory.
Sebile is sus
Starting with the fresh NEW theory: I believe Adrian might be the human who was switched with the Changeling MC.
And this ties into another theory I’ve had: that Sebile is the Changeling MC’s mother.
Merlin’s Guide says this about Sebile:
OK, so Sebile is a fae/elf, a Queen, a prophetess (so she has clairvoyance/can see the future), an enchantress (powerful magic user) and a rival of Morgana who managed to pass the blame for a lot of her evil deeds onto Morgana over the years. She’s also (as far as we can tell) not aligned with either the Seelie or Unseelie Court.
Oh, Merlin also speculates that Sebile went by another name earlier in her life, and there’s a separate entry for her:
So she was yandere for Lancelot, great…
It sure would be a shame if her clairvoyance revealed to her that Lancelot was being reincarnated.
I’m sure she wouldn’t try and kidnap him (again)
Adrian really, REALLY seems to hate clairvoyance and the concept of destiny/fate.
Could it be because he’s been groomed since he was a child to fulfill a certain destiny, as foreseen by his “mother?”
To go along with this theory, when Sebile took Adrian as a baby, perhaps she also sent an elf changeling of her own to live among humans? Since she’s a clairvoyant, assumedly, she also knew that Changeling MC was going to be a Harbinger. Maybe she wanted them to grow up among humans so they would be more human, since one’s humanity is what makes them eligible to be a Harbinger? This is assuming she wants the apocalypse averted, of course…
…she could probably go either way, going by Merlin’s Guide. And honestly, even if she does want the Harbingers and the Circles to succeed, she probably has her own plans for her own gains in all of this.
But the Amnesiac Changeling MC might be a little different. What if that changeling grew up with Adrian, being raised by Sebile, and the reason they ended up in the desert was because they were trying to help Adrian escape? I think it failed, because Adrian still seems to feel shackled by fate.
Also… since Sebile is a Queen, the Changeling MC can fulfill their dream of being a Fairy Prince(ess) potentially!
Obviously, Sebile could have stolen Adrian even if she didn’t have a changeling to “exchange” for him. Sebile could be Adrian’s “mother” even if the MC is not a Changeling and she has no relation to MC.
Well, that’s all I’ve got regarding Sebile, Adrian, and Changeling MC.
I’ve been waffling on who I think Cassandra is. I definitely think she has a connection to Avalon, but is she a reincarnation of Ninianne? One of the damsels of the lake in disguise? Or could she be Morgana herself?
After rejoining the Patreon and gorging myself on the sweet, sweet lore held within… I’m pretty confident Cassandra is Morgana. Unfortunately, I can’t elaborate. 
Changeling theory (related to the above)
As a Changeling MC player, I’ve been curious from the start about who the Changeling’s parents could potentially be. Merlin believes the Changeling is an elf (half-human, half-fae) and while they can’t confirm that, I think their judgement is sound.
“Elf” and “Changeling” aren’t species of fae, however, and the Changeling MC gets the chance to select what variety of fae they would like their fae parentage to lean towards…
There’s only two possible choices for fae heritage, confirmed in the code:
Merlin has some interesting things to say about elves, or “ellyllon”:
The implication here, of course, is that Changeling MC must have a fae parent, and a human parent.
But the thing is…
Technically speaking, if two elves had a baby, that baby would also be exactly half-human, and half-fae.
And going by what Merlin says, to qualify as a Harbinger, you only need the bare minimum human blood, so the Changeling could potentially be 3/4 fae, 1/4 human and still be a Harbinger.
However, if you read my theory posted above this one, you can guess where I am going next - if Sebile (half-human, half-fae) is the Changeling’s mom, that means the Changeling’s dad must also be an elf. And that dramatically winnows the list of possible options!
But wait, we can winnow it even more!
Why is it, perchance, that the Changeling MC gets exactly two options for the variety of fae that they are? Hmm… could it possibly be because one option would be inherited from Sebile, and one option inherited from their father?
If you remember from my first theory and the Merlin’s Guide entry about Sebile, she kidnapped Lancelot to a place called The Vale of False Lovers. Well… there’s a Patreon snippet about that place, and it is apparently full of living plants that will try to stop anyone from getting through. Sounds pretty similar to the powers a wilderness-aligned Changeling might have access to.
And if Sebile provides the forest/wilderness heritage…
…maybe Oberon is the Changeling MC’s father, and provides the dark/light heritage?
The only other fae I can find in Merlin’s Guide that might work is Arawn, and he’s a full-blooded fae.
Of course, it’s completely possible that Changeling MC’s dad simply isn’t listed in Merlin’s Guide. Merlin only said that all the potential Camelot reincarnations are listed in there, after all.
Or maybe Changeling MC doesn’t have a dad? I mean… magic, right?
(≖_≖ )
Everywhere I look, I see her…
As a bonus, here’s Horny MC vs Adrian, which is always a good time.
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I tried looking through the code for the polo club to see if Sebile is mentioned if you investigate the trailer, but I didn’t find anything. It’s interesting it’s just the fencing club. Though book club might have something when it’s released.
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Conincidentally, Lancelot responds nearly identically if you flirt with him in the dream. Yet another win for Lancelot!Adrian. (I’m teasing… or am I?)
I love reading your theories. You’ve always got such fascinating insights that make me go, “Oooo, so intelligent!”
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Hehehehe, yes, the Lancelot!Adrian Truthers grow stronger every day… ԅ(≖‿≖ԅ)
For such a handsome and popular guy, Lance really didn’t know how to flirt. I guess that’s what happens when you’re raised by a fairy in a lake.
Same to you, I only lurk on the Tumblr but I enjoy reading your comments there too! 
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I kept getting tripped over game describing “red halo” in Adrian’s hair and thinking it may be referencing Mordred, because that seems to be Arthur/Pendragon’s color (even tho Mordred apparently has dark hair) and missed this obvious- AUGH (you saved my life, thank you!).
So. Maybe Adrian’s glasses are there so others don’t recognize him since he seems to look pretty similar to Lancelot apart from the eyes. AND they change his eye color HENCE the Harry Potter reference BECAUSE in the books he’s supposed to have green eyes, but Daniel Radcliffe didn’t want to wear contacts so they were blue in the movies! (or maybe he was actually re-born with those, but the theory holds!)
Now, if you consider Lancelot killing all the people in defense of Guinevere to be a manifestation of Wrath vice and Adrian kicking the vending machine to be the same, it would explain why he’s so hesistant to be romantically involved with MC (apart from whatever great plan he has in mind), because last time he lowkey went yandere and ruined the work environment for everybody.
THE.DOTS.ARE.BEING.CONNECTED.
Adrian being the game’s freebie fr (easiest relationship to cultivate, does damage control if you fail checks, forcefully dragging you away from Dead Ends, easiest reincarnation to pinpoint etc.).
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I circled through so many reincarnations for them I’m back at the starting point. The “problem” in oks is that their behavior/personality/morality can be completely unaffected by their reincarnation and vice versa, so unlike Adrian who is so blatantly affected by his previous life anything goes with everybody else 
Like Gwen could secretly be Gawain and that’s why she can suplex(?) people or maybe she just has a luck talent or is a changeling
I hope real Adrian is just like that.
I feel like Lust MC is more likely to push him into one xD
THE DRAMAAA
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I think he is our freebie. I enjoy imposter games the most when I know there a few people I know won’t be awful (like Luna in Virtue’s Last Reward). It’s why Gnosia was so hard for me to complete, honestly. The reason is because if I trust none of the characters, I care for none of them—if they’re all lying to me, why should I?
The next five Harbingers (Merlin excluded) are proving to be much more of a challenge to guess.
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Adrian’s glasses are very sus. You can already call out in-game how they do the Gendo Ikari anime lens flare thing at will.
Adrian is a Harbinger, so his vision is fine. The glasses are either to help him see something that wouldn’t normally be visible, or (as you suggested) to prevent others from seeing something about him.
Perhaps the glasses have something to do with the “static” that keeps Merlin from easily reading his mind?
(It’s also very sus that every time Adrian is not wearing his glasses in a Patreon drabble his personality is drastically different. Maybe the glasses keep Dark!Adrian/Lancelot contained somehow.)
Lowkey looking forward to Berserkalot Adrian. And also lowkey hoping Crush/Romanced MC will be able to break Adrian out of berserker mode at some point. THE DRAMA!
EDIT: NEW THEORY JUST DROPPED
“OKS Merlin is being purposefully vague about their origins.”
Three\* possibilities here that I can see…
Either Merlin was, at one time, (before he met Arthur) a human, and was possessed or made a deal with a demon, becoming the incubus Merlin that we (and Arthur) know and love…
OR, in order to escape being imprisoned with Vivian at the edge of the Veil and try to stop the Apocalypse, Merlin separated their soul from their body, and while they were in their weakened state they were subsumed by someone else. Something else? Well, if Current Merlin counts as a Harbinger, whatever subsumed them must be partially human, anyway.
Despite this possibility, I don’t think Merlin is the saboteur. I don’t know WHY this Fake Merlin is carrying out the Original Merlin’s wishes to form the Circles, but they are! Maybe don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. …PUT THE SWORD DOWN, ADRIAN.
*Okay, I missed a third possibility even though High Charisma MC pointed it out for me. Maybe Merlin is actually a legitimate half-demon somehow…
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I’ve had a similar thought! What I imagined before was that when Merlin first got through the veil, they stitched themself together with other thing(s) to overcome their weakened state. That being wouldn’t exactly be Merlin, but Merlin’s consciousness would still be the one in control (… like what sometimes happens in FGO), which could explain why the Merlin we have now hopes to form the Circles.
Speaking of Fate, that Tumblr post assigning servant classes to the ROs is pretty… sus.
Also, I’m thinking about whether Lorelei’s real class in the post above is Avenger. Considering Lorelei’s fun facts mention that she had a twin brother who passed away a few years ago due to strange circumstances, maybe her subplot matches the Serial Killer MC’s.
Yeah (just noticed you edited this sentence
), if these guesses are correct to some extent, Alter Ego or Pretender would probably fit them better…
Perhaps this is connected to Adrian’s secret. For example, his true role might be to oversee the rivalries between the different Circles, which could be what he was doing in Cape Town back in 2020.
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Maybe if Merlin isn’t Merlin they are actually a Pretender.
Adrian and Percy can be Rulers who in the Fate universe are supposed to be impartial overseers of the war and have no desire for the Holy Grail. Usually they are summoned as saints (though this is kind of a gray area). Percy I can sort of understand. I don’t see Adrian being impartial, especially when it comes to the MC.
I assumed Merlin meant “mother” as like an incubator for how incubus/succubus are born. Perhaps they had a human mother and a demon father (like Rumi in KPop Demon Hunters lol!).
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Lord, Merlin isn’t Merlin, what if Galahad was a saboteur, Circles aren’t doing what Merlin said they’re doing, can the foreshadowing just be telling? My head hurts
Sussy Galahad
Ngl can’t remember where this came from. But him being the leader of the Circle that supposedly takes on the greatest burden and still being the only one to survive is sus
Adrian going: “MC, I’m afraid we will have to kill that incubus” at the slightest opportunity
BURNNN.
But since it’s Saber or Ruler maybe it’s route dependant? Like Adrian on certain routes doing certain things. Depending on the outcome of his subplot? Pretty sure Adrian would have a wish for the Holy Grail, the difference would be whenever he feels like he deserves to have it fulfilled. Or maybe he’s one ROs that would sacrifice MC for the greater good in the end and then fall on sword or it’s just because he’s ready to sacrifice himself!
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Adrian’s role in 2020
The reason Adrian didn’t join the Lesser Circle in 2020 was because his “role” at the time was to watch the chessboard, not make any moves. He was reporting everything that happened and information about the players involved back to his “patron” (Sebile) and then she was doing what she does best… manipulating people’s minds and emotions from behind the scenes, just like she did in Camelot (Gaheris…). I’m sure the Harbingers being teenagers rife with hormones didn’t help.
Maybe she also manipulated Adrian into believing that what she was doing was helping, and when he realized the truth that was the catalyst for him running away from her to find MC and make sure things go differently this time.
Hints that Sebile was meddling in Camelot’s affairs
I can’t post it, but the September Q&A on Patreon has a lot of clues…
Basically, Sebile only needed ONE well-chosen inciting incident to involve herself in, and as long as she chose right, all the pre-existing rivalries/enmities would do the work for her. A domino effect.
And she picked to possess Gaheris into killing Morgause and Lamorak, taking the latter two out of the picture, and Gaheris was also then locked away in prison, so he could no longer mediate for his more hot-tempered brothers.
Oh, oh this is DELICIOUS. Cassandra not beating the “Morgana incognito” allegations. Percy not beating the “Percival” allegations (uhhh… were those ever “allegations” to begin with?) Adrian… surprisingly dodging his allegations here, good job buddy!
“One version of the MC” being prioritized by 404… Liar, is that you???
Theory about Audrey III and Magic 8-Ball
I wonder if Audrey is a spy from Sebile and the Magic 8-Ball might be a spy from the Summer Court (or perhaps Oberon directly, if he is the Changeling’s father?)
I’ve long suspected the Magic 8-Ball might be Puck. It would be funny. 
My MC with Adrian (after he finally accepted that they are “married”)
This is his comeuppance for the years of mixed signals.
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Chapter 2 Part 5 - The Reconnaissance
Featuring…
- Time to head to City Hall. It’s totally normal. Totally.
- It’s Percy Time as the Non-pocket Menagerie makes its proper debut
- Chase after suspicious ice cream trucks, indulge in Pigeon Football, & punch unsuspecting children in the face.
- Subway monsters. Disney Sing-alongs. Time slippage. Try to 1v1 that dubious statue. First contact with two different factions of the fae if you can figure out which subbranch they appear in!
- Time to scout out the Philadelphia Museum of Art for shiny bling-bling* worth looting during a certain upcoming nighttime activity.
- The long + short versions of the customization scene in Chapter 1 have been streamlined to have multiple selections on the same page.
- Some clarifications to certain entries in Merlin’s Guide.
- There’s now a checkpoint between Chapter 1 & 2 which I will never update, so hopefully all saves made there will also never corrupt.
- All the typo & bug-fixes to literally every previous section of the game except for Chapter1-2-2 (second half of polo club meeting) & interlude_adrian. So it’s quite possible that all saves except in those sections might break this time.
*Bling-bling actually exists in the museum and was previously suggested for the purloining by players, so go see what your fellow IF enthusiasts want to run off with!
Make sure to clear your cache and reload the game start page for the oneknightstand.co website, then check that the game is displaying Version 0.25. Finally, check the Status menu to make sure your stats haven’t been reset to default.
If your stats are showing the default ?¿?¿?¿ values, it means that particular save has corrupted, and you’ll have to use another one (as proceeding with a corrupted save will just give you a bunch of nonexistent error messages & you’ll auto-fail every stat check).
Play the Updated Public Beta Test
(Since there were bugs & typos fixed throughout Chapter 1 & 2, your current saves are probably going to reset to the beginning of each section of the game. If things get too wonky, you might want to try restarting from the beginning. )
Note: You can view the game code on my site the same way you could on Dashingdon (R.I.P. 
) just add /scenes to the end of the URL.
- Additional Word Count (Sans Code): 74,000+
- Additional Word Count (With Code): 128,000+
- New Total Word Count (Sans Code): 1.2 Million
- New Total Word Count (With Code): 1.5 Million
- Average Playthrough: ~88,000+ words
Uh, yeah, about that… *stares at all the files except for two updating*
Man, I hope the new checkpoint that I added between Chapter 1 & 2 can help with this as I hatessss it too. From what I’ve seen, saves seem to corrupt when both the startup file and the chapter file where the save has been made both update, similar to the bug with CoGDemos save system.
Since the startup file is almost always going to update, that just leaves stabilizing the game file where the save is stored. This didn’t seem to happen on Dashingdon anywhere near as much. I wonder if Dashingdon somehow managed to force all the games to load the updated startup file from the beginning?
The skill stats should be pretty finalized now, outside of the Free Time Hub. It’s probably just fear_level and health fluctuating a lot at this point. Of course, if you’re trying to minmax the more obscure hidden stats…
Otherwise, all the theories…
Adrian:
But nothing is ever taming that hair.
He’s had years of practice doing obfuscating obliviousness in some routes.
Merlin: (✿ ︣⓪ ᴗ ︣⓪)っ🔪 Bad juju in that family. Punch her in the dick.
Arthur would like to point out that, despite everyone having a fit of the vapors over the High King riding out in his later reign, he too is a knight.
I see you finally found the single line in the main game proper that references the name “Sebile”… You never brought it up before amongst all the other Sebile theories.
That’s certainly one way to describe the fallout of the Lancelot-Orkney confrontation that destroyed the Round Table.
You know, I was about to say that Kukrushka seems pretty sweet in Gnosia and-- OH DEAR GOD THIS EPISODE.
As soon as he finally gets that enchanted antique bastard sword in Chapter2-6-2 he is never putting it down. It will be a new roomie then… MC, Adrian, and Mr. Stabby-kins* in the master bedroom.
*Either Percy or a certain MC named the sword
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ahh so the story genuinely did update, i actually shat myself and started a silent 2nd-degree breakdown when i got kicked out of the story just when i was on my 2nd try on getting to the free-time hub update— on one side, i get a longer update, on the other, much miserable side— i have to try again from the very beginning for the 3rd time. I suppose i should’ve looked at the forum first before diving in without the knowledge that it would update this very day
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My condolences for the confluence of terrible timing. 
Have all your previous saves also corrupted too? (Probably only a save in the second part of the polo route or during Adrian’s interlude would be safe this time). At least if you’re using one of the longer customization options, that should go quicker now.
Otherwise, definitely try saving in the new Checkpoint between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 and hopefully that helps!
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Good, better for the MC to pull it later 
Sebile is my Pepe Silvia at this point 
I’M LOSING IT!
My MC: (suspiciously squinting at where Adrian is spooning Mr. Stabby-kins… “It should have been me, not him! It’s not fair!”) He’s thinking about how much he loves Arthur more than me, isn’t he!?
Oh ho? Perhaps my fairy princess MC will get to escape the museum on horseback after all? I mean… “Not now” isn’t the same as “Never”
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…I’m picturing a fairy princess cloudcuckoolander escaping the museum riding a horse statue now.
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Fairy Princess Cloudcuckoolander MC: Well, if Adrian refuses to princess carry me to safety, I suppose this will have to do. HI-YO SILVER, AWAYYYYY!
Adrian: …WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS???
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