Wuthering Waves: Lady Crown's Story

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I'll preface this by saying that it's all outside of story leaks, which I really dislike because they ruin the theories and speculation experience.

I've read a lot around talking about the entity seen in the trailers and the 'Lady Crownless' being two separate entities. The trailer starts with this sentence 'One of the Threnodians will soon be reawakened...' and on the background there's this entity

Well, the connection they want us to make seems simple doesn't it? This entity is the Threnodian that the Fractsidus want so badly to reawaken. Which would make a lot of sense, and now I will illustrate why. During the trailer we also see this image where the 'Lady Crownless', as many are calling her, appears.

However, the entity has a crown. She cannot be Crownless. And from here it's just as easy to come to the conclusion that the two entities are distinct, that we are talking about two separate things.

But Kuro Games did their work well and at the end of the whole showcase, at the time of the greetings, they show us three frames that are very important in connecting the two entities instead.

It is the same entity that has been deliberately placed in a position in order to hide its crown and we can see this in the next two frames when it turns towards the viewer.

Having now reached this result, i.e. that the entity seen at the beginning of the trailer, and during, is in fact the same, are we going to reason with the so-called 'Occam's Razor' and say that it is the Threnodian or that Kuro Games is trying to lead us astray and that it is in fact something else entirely?

Before answering that question, let's see what else we have. The most important event is definitely the moment when we confront the Crownless during the first part of the main story. Immediately after defeating it, Rover manages to absorb it with his bare hands and in the next instant has a vision of the same entity of this post

You can also see the crown.

But who, or what, is a Crownless?

From Developer’s Notes - The Crownless is a high rank Tacet Discord which mimics the form and actions that of a knight engaged in a ceaseless crusade. - [We know that the abilities, forms and behaviour of Tacet Discord vary due to differences in frequency information and, most often, through imitation of humans.] - Despite its fabricated appearance, the Crownless knows nothing of a knight's duty, nor does it possess any chivalry. It attempts to understand and learn the behavior of a human knight in ward of its overlord, yet fails to grasp the true meaning of guardianship the role entails.

The crown represents a child's rite of passage into adulthood, and it is also the Crownless' initial stage of imitating human beings. However, perhaps only when the Crownless truly understands the nature of human beings, can it find its own "crown" rather than merely imitate.

Although we should not give too much credit to the discontinued history of CBT1, from the latter we know that it is stated that the Crownless is a fragment of its true strength, and that its power used to be scattered to several Tacet Discord Elite around the world. Also from the discontinued story, we know that Scar was happy that Rover absorbed all the fragments so that the Crownless could be completely reborn through them.

Although the story of CBT1 is to be taken with a grain of salt, we can infer how it is also in line with the story present in CBT2, as Scar tries in every way, through the story of the Black Lamb, to bring Rover himself to the side of the Fractsidus.

Rover: "Why were you following me?"

Scar: "Our goal has always been the same... We want you. Want you to join us."

Scar: "You are one of us, the 'black lambs', and you have been chosen to join us in ushering the new world... Once you discover what you really are, you will come to us with no hesitation. The Fractsidus awaits your arrival with open arms. And I look forward to that day in sincere anticipation..."

So, probably, this part of the story linked to Scar from CBT1 could be confirmed by CBT2 and this leads us to say that the Fractsidus' goal is to exploit Rover to absorb every Tacet Discord in order to revive the Threnodian, since we know that the nature of Tacet Discords is that they evolve by swallowing and merging with other frequencies.

Rover: "Why are you obsessed with reviving the Threnodian?"

Scar: "The Threnodians... They hold the key to our ideal. Together they will bring us the promised 'True Lament', and we will embrace the new world that is bound to come."

But what is a Threnodian?

"Threnodians are formidable creatures with power to destroy human spirit and feed off of their collapsed will. They represent the hidden fears and inner turmoil of humanity, causing destructive disasters known as Tacet Discord in different parts of the world. In essence, they are a reflection of the collective will of humans condensed into physical form."

So, a Threnodian could be a Crownless who has understood the true nature of human beings, stopped imitating them and thus begun to have a consciousness of its own.

Baizhi: "Tacet Discords are classified according to the concentration levels of their characteristic frequencies. Generally, Tacet Discords with higher concentration levels are considered to pose greater threats. The current classification levels, from lowest to highest, are Common, Elite, Overlord and Calamity. Additionally, there is a special type of Tacet Discord, and we call them the Threnodians."

Rover: "The Crownless?"

Yangyang: "The Crownless is a Tacet Discord that embodies war itself. The hatred of the fallen warriors and the fear of the survivors are the ingredients for it. In the limited information available, some researchers have spaculated its connection with the Threnodian."

Rover: "What is Threnodian?"

Yangyang: "When it comes to the Threnodian, there is a lot to tell. For now, you can think of it this way: the Threnodian is the most powerful Tacet Discord. The Battle of the Threnodian that happened before was to fend it off. According to the reports, the Crownless is very much similar to the formidable Tacet Discord we encountered."

If the Crownless is the entity that defeated and absorbed Rover during the main quest, strong yes but not that strong, then we can go so far as to say that the entity with the Crown is the Threnodian that the whole narrative is revolving around and that every Tacet Discord are actually fragments of a single entity.

Looking again at the image of the creature in Rover's vision, it does indeed appear to possess multiple arms, as if to signify the union of multiple entities within it. It recalls the concept of union of the Tacet Discord which tend to swallowing and merging with other frequencies.

I leave you with this last thought:

Yangyang: "Sentinels are present where civilisation and history thrive. Huanglong stands out with the highest number of currently coexisting Sentinels, because of its long history and vast land. Records state the Sentinels in Huanglong were once a single entity."

Thank you to everyone who made it to the end of this post. I am really excited about the announcement of the game's release date and look forward to immersing myself in the world of Wuthering Waves.