u/FortOfSnow

I’m becoming more and more convinced of the theory that has begun floating out there that the new weekly boss Dottore might be an imitation of the abyss, or forbidden knowledge. Remember, Dottore was looking into the possibility of weaponizing dreams and the withering.

Now, we know from leaks that this Dottore is going to have quite a bit of dialogue and I’m guessing that could be taken from any of the memories now existing in Irminsul, he certainly have quite a few of them floating in there from the death of the segments and I think this is partly why we see hints of Webtorre in the design. It’s part of the imitation.

This may also be why ALL language’s livestreams were so wishy-washy if what we were looking at was really Dottore.

But the blackened skin here and masked faces of both Dottore and Roland looks very similar, don’t they? Roland was also a manifestation of the abyss based on his memories.

That’s also why it seems regular (non-boss form) Dottore swoops in at the end of the quest. That’s the real one who set the plan in motion and observed the ”experiment” in action. Similar to the Dottore we saw observing the tree burning in Lazzo, and we’re already seeing in the trailer for 6.6 that they’re drawing heavy inspiration from the visuals of Lazzo.

I’m curious if they give us an opportunity to use Nahida’s mind reading skill on Dottore next patch, in which case I can’t wait to test it. The next AQ takes place within Sumeru’s borders, which usually means the devs take care to add thoughts to every character in cases where they stand around in the overworld. It should technically work on him, he’s Sumeru born, and Nahida could still read thoughts in the 6.1 event.

I wonder if it would be a case like Wanderer where he notices and comments on it.

But then there’s the problem if Irminsul burns and Nahida’s mind reading skill is tied to her consciousness being connected to Irminsul (I don’t believe this is known with certainty), in which case it may stop working during the quest.

But aside from that, any thoughts on if he’d notice her intrusion? With Lunar powers or Irminsul powers I’d say 100%, but without it I’m not so sure if I think of it logically. Wanderer’s case might be tied to his Irminsul origins as well.

These two are looking increasingly similar, aren’t they? [6.6 theory and leaks]