Dunno if anyone's done this, but here-

If you know who The Game Theorists are, you already basically know what this is about. It's Sylestia Game Theory.

If not, basically we do one of two things:

MATPATS pull things out of the game and try to string stuff together, and do various things with their predictions, such as try to estimate the future direction of the game's lore, or even point out monopolies and scammers in the community.

AUSTINS use SCIENCE like physics and chemistry and so on and so forth to justify or deny the possibility of events in the game.

Those names aren't really important, but it felt right to explain it that way.

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It doesn't matter if you're right or not--it's all just good fun. I just wanted to do this to put forth my own outlandish and probably not correct but still fun theory.
Remember: that's just a theory. A sylestiaaaaaa theory! Thanks for reading.

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Rules:

-Don't be disrespectful. This is only for fun.

-Healthy debate is fine and encouraged, as it helps develop and solidify theories, but please have evidence to support your case. It's annoying otherwise.

-Please be at least semi-literate with your theories.

-Keep your posts safe for work.

-Please don't repeat theories. I will try to keep a list of all theories on a post below with links to them. Feel free to build on past theories, but don't restate redundant information.

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Oh I should probably make a sign-up:

Preferred nickname, if any (I can see yer username and ID on my own, I'm not gonna bother):

Pinglist?:

Theorist, or just want to keep up with theories for the heck of it?:

If theorist, what kind? Can be multiple. [The SCIENCE! The community. or The lore...] (please put this on theories you publish):

How good are you at ranting? Collaborating with others?:

Are you okay with criticism and correction on your theories?:

THEORIES

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The SCIENCE!

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The lore...

-Are we Sylestian Dieties? by AlphaDawg.

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The community.

Preferred nickname, if any: Alpha, Dawg, doggo, the, whatever you want to call me I'm fine with

Pinglist?: Yee

Theorist, or just want to keep up with theories for the heck of it?: Theorist

If theorist, what kind? Can be multiple: The lore...

How good are you at ranting? Collaborating with others?: Great at ranting, bad at collabing
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Are you okay with criticism and correction on your theories?: Yes :3 Let's figure this game out!

The lore...

Okay here's the theory I wanted to put forth, and the reason I made this thread--

On the Home screen, there's this image on the fourth tab of announcements:

And looking at the URL for the image, this is what it says:
https://www.sylestia.com/images/website/backgrounds/news/portal_to_sylestia.png

Okay, so we have a portal to Sylestia. The game being so early in development, it's REALLY hard to piece together what's happening. But that means anything's valid right now, so :P here's my most outlandish theory.

Evidence 1: Our character can take on a wide variety of different appearances, from changing skin tone to sprouting wings. Sure, it could just be a fun customizing feature, but we have so little to go off of, it's important to take EVERYTHING into account.

Evidence 2: We use a portal to get to and from Sylestia. Therefore, it's not our home. A different dimension? A parallel universe? Who knows at this point.

Evidence 3: Our character has good intent. There are never any options to directly kill someone that is a 'good guy'. We save people in trouble and offer our companions, carefully raised and trained, to the aid of others.

Evidence 4: Our character cannot die. While this is arguably untrue, there is no evidence to support the reverse. No one can attack us directly, only our pets. Once, and only once, I came across a pile of dirt and had my sylesti dig at it, and though the ensuing explosion took out each of my pets, my character was fine. Sure, maybe this is just a function of the game, like pokemon. But we can fight many people and zombies, yet we ourselves cannot be touched.

Okay, okay, what am I getting at? Keep in mind, this is just me taking everything I've dug up and coming up with the wildest theory I can imagine.

I believe our character is a deity of Sylestia, an immortal being of war with the intention of purging the evildoers from the land. We can use our godly powers to change our appearance to suit our pleasure. We use a portal so we can go from conversing among fellow high beings to our own Sylestias. We won't touch the 'good' people because they do not need to be taken out of the world, they are, whether they know it or not, fighting to destroy evil with us. We can't die because we're immortal deities.

Do I think I'm right? No. But, just in case, I predict that by the end of the game, we learn of our own identity as celestial Sylestian beings and must fight another higher power--a god of evil and wrongdoing that works to destroy all good in Sylestia.

(A variation I thought of while writing all of this is we are the puppet of an immortal being [ourselves, behind a screen], which is why we, the player, as deities, can change the appearance of our character on a whim, and need to send our puppet or watch over them through a portal, and why their intentions are good, as they're being manipulated to do good, and when they die, we, the deities, just resurrect them. Might still lead up to our character having an epic boss fight with a God of death and destruction :/)