Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130209000209/@comment-98.221.120.72-20130527085823

"What I'm about to say is all speculative opinion"

I know alot of you will disagree but I steadfastly believe that Manus is the Furitve Pygmy. It makes sense. He is referred to as primeval man, primeval means either "ancient" or "original" and the Pygmy was supposed to be the first human hence primeval/original man. Furthermore the Pygmy hid with his Soul in the dark, Manus's grave is found in the abyss, and being the master of the Dark Soul would probably be well versed, if not a master, of the dark sorceries. Now as for how/why he's dead, I believe the gods discovered him, which makes sense as the games beginning cutscene mentions the Pygmy's existance which would be impossible if he were still hidden, and killed him in a vain attempt to prevent the Age of Darkness from ever beginning.

I also firmly believe that the Sorcerer who discovered the Dark Sorceries is not Manus because he is from Oolacile. That might seem like a thin argument, but why would the people of Oolacile feel the need to awaken Manus if they already had someone who new of the Sorceries and furthermore how could the sorcerer be the "primeval man" if he is quite clearly identified as being from Oolacile, which is a city and thus requires multiple people to have created it. I have two theories: 1) The people of Oolacile were intrigued by the powers being displayed by the Sorcerer and were convinced by Kaathe to seek further power by awakening Manus. 2) Kaathe tricked the Sorcerer into convincing the people of Oolacile into uncovering Manus by granting him Dark Sorceries which would also explain the Sorcerers madness as the Four Kings were, implicitly, driven mad by the powers of the "Life Drain".

Those are my thoughts, sorry they were so long. I actually have an interesting theory about the Broken Pendant but that will be later, I have to think on that some more.