is arche the creator?
(+ carole arna, hollow zero, helios academy & the exaltists)
i still wonder if professor Arche is the Creator... arche entered hollow zero to seek out the truth but hasn't returned for an entire era, discovered the common characteristics between hollows, created the H.D.D. system, and founded helios academy.
if the gate to the final domain is in the center of hollow zero, and arche is depicted as venturing to its center... maybe they are in the final domain. maybe they are the creator, the...architect. and maybe their goal is/was to find a way for humanity to transcend the hollows.
furthermore, if the final domain also holds something carole arna seeks, what if she was also looking for her predecessor? arche? just like phaethon, venturing into hollow zero to find her "teacher".
and. "arche" means beginning or source... and in hollow zero is the gate to the final domain... the beginning and end. origin and finality. (with the hollows representing limbo, the in-between of origin and finality... nihility.) the creator and the ender. the one who will bring about a ~new future~ for the world.
also, alice said this in a trust event. referencing the giant hand that took carole arna away, and also an obscure piece of lore: there is supposedly a crystal door in the center of hollow zero that can transport someone through time.
presumably implying that carole did open the gate to the final domain, and that's why she was dragged into that "other world" by the giant white hand.
btw btw.
yeah. and at the end of 2.2, after the proxy sees carole in the miasma, she talks about opening the way to the final domain, and the proxy remarks about her colluding with the exaltists. who, yk, are loyal to the creator, and created the sacrifices. which helios academy could be tied to.
