Talk:Fume Knight/@comment-76.17.140.87-20140908014523

LORE THEORY:

It seems that Raime was initially part of the freelancers who arrived after the Old Iron King's death to loot his stockpile of Iron for profit. Upon entering Brume Tower the very first ashen idol that you find has already been destroyed. You collect the first few smelter wedges from its decaying remains around which are scattered the various corpses of those who presumably managed to kill it. The interesting thing about this? This particular dead idol does not drop a soul of Nadalia. So where did it go? Well...the only fragment of Nadalia's soul that isn't dropped by an idol is the one that you get for defeating Raime. So by putting two and two together it would appear that Raime was part of the group that killed the first idol, he then collected the Nadalia soul and was seduced by it into serving her instead of continuing his looting mission.

Additionally, you find Raime's shield in the fire lizard pit which can only be accessed by using a key found in the Old Iron Keep. Perhaps Raime actually assisted the Giants in their attempted siege on Drangleic? Maybe this is why he was a "rebel"? Instead of just having a falling out he could have actively fought for the Giants against Vendrick/Velstadt, although this part is just speculation.

Another interesting lore note about Nadalia: she was never a queen like Elana and Nashandra. Her title is "BRIDE" of Ash and lore items say that she arrived after the Old Iron King had already been killed and turned into Ichorous Earth. This leads me to believe that Mytha may have actually been the "Queen" of the Iron King and his feelings for Nadalia were what tore them apart. This would explain both the lore of Nadalia and Mytha's failed attempts to earn the full affection of the Old Iron King.