#miscmtl

This theory builds on the Season 1 DVD teaser - “Mephistopheles”.

Salacia’s been banished to the shadow realm or some shit and is trapped in stone for thousands of years as some kind of divine punishment.

Now here’s Orlaag (before the birth of the Tribunal), with a couple of soldiers accompanying him to perform some kind of ritual to awaken the Half Man from his stone prison. And clearly, the soldiers don’t trust whatever being that’s gonna come out of this statue.

This next shot is Salacia shortly after being reawakened. Body still adjusting to not being trapped for [what was probably] thousands of years, and quietly livid at what he went through. 

His hair and beard has grown long - a lot more unkempt than his usual cleaner appearance.

Also, look at his clothes: the last time those robes were in fashion was probably back in the Sumerian times. He’s been in there a while.