#everbyte moonvale

Etymologically, moonvale means "valley of the moon" or "moonlit valley." Or at least that's my interpretation. Many cults worship the moon cuz the phase and stuff (yes I still think it's some sort of cult). Valley is a place between two peaks. So because valley is kind of hidden, the moonlight might not reach the whole place. Only during a specific lunar phase does the "true face" of the valley appear. Still with me? Still with me?

Have you guys seen The Cabin in the Woods? It's like satire (is that the word?) or a parody of horror character archetype: the whore (Jules), the athlete (Curt), the scholar (Holden), the fool (Marty), and the virgin (Dana). They would sort of "kidnap" a group of people to fill these roles.

Back to the card, the other one is The Liar. I think I don't need to explain the symbolism there. Us and the Liar are just the first two pieces. More invitees exist (The Martyr? The Fool? The Hunter? The Sacrifice?). And then the other roles would come in circle, filling out some sort of "prophecy."

I don't wanna overanalyze the picture too much but it's clearly some sort of deer creature. The closest one would be wendigo. Wendigo has a pretty clear symbolism, which is how far the need to survive could change a person. I'm guessing at some point of the game we would be force to make some pretty harsh decisions either to survive or to save someone. We might even be forced to make sacrifices or even sacrifice the others.

Human turns into a monster (wendigo) because greed and selfishness can consume us from within. Here, we are a stranger. The wendigo symbolizes the breaking of social bonds. We may be the protagonist of our story, but we might be the antagonist of Eric's friendship group. If that makes sense? Keep in mind antagonist doesn't mean bad person, just someone that keeps you from your goal.

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So, I had a crazy thought when Thomas came to apologize for not being relevant on Hannah's disappearance investigation. It was ok for me until he started to ask if we could imagine where Jake was hiding from the police.

At that moment, a thought crossed my head: what if he was asking this to have a guess on Jake's whereabouts just to inform the FBI? Would Thomas be an FBI agent, or at least an informant? Could he be manipulating us, pretending to be just interested on Jake's well-being? Who told the FBI that Jake was in Ironsplinter Mine? At that moment, everyone from our group was aware of Jake's presence in Duskwood, right?

And then Thomas talked about going on the search for him with the others. Well, that made me reconsider the suspicion I had. Maybe I was just paranoid?

What do you guys think?