@jeditoph

I don't know if anyone has checked the sea out in the Roar yet... I'm also going to be busy the next day or two so might miss some stuff, so worth keeping on eye on the pinned messages on the Discord for new information.

Update

We also have a new potential lead...

Sea of Thieves tweeted:

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Lord Hat 🏴‍☠️

A well-worn cap with a sizeable feather, surely it can only belong to a pirate of high stature! Or one who thinks highly of themselves, at least. Awarded to those who finish the Tall Tale 'The Shroudbreaker', showing their hunger for adventure.

Alt text:

A pirate with a large beard wears a black hat with a large rim, featuring a silver trim. The hat also features a large green feather.

Note the Fallen Sea Dog Lantern tucked behind the barrel on the left. Hat fits the description in DeMarco's letter.

“T, I entrust you with my ship’s log and the cipher to understand it. You’re to give it only to the pirate with a monstrous visage and a feather in their cap. They’ll carry a silver hook and wear their heart, but not on their sleeve… -DeMarco”.

Theory is now back to us having to dress up an interview "T" wearing a specific combination of cosmetics which fit the description.

I don't know if anyone has checked the sea out in the Roar yet... I'm also going to be busy the next day or two so might miss some stuff, so worth keeping on eye on the pinned messages on the Discord for new information.

I might run out there and see if there's anything crazy. I'm doubting it but worth a quick look?

Theory is now back to us having to dress up an interview "T" wearing a specific combination of cosmetics which fit the description.

Maybe they're going to tell us in social media what to wear? That'd be cool.

Gotta say though... this has been so much fun. :D

@peony7185 My guess is we'd have to speak to the specific person "T" with that outfit, not just any of them. And who that is, is still unknown.

From the Discord (credit: GrimBleak)

This is one combination that we think could be it...

@nic727 if you look at the sea of thieves profile picture on Twitter (idk if they change it every season so if the theme matters or if anything else parrot related happened this season) but at the bottom you can possibly make out two silhouettes, one of which looks like Lesedi to me and the other with a parrot that possibly looks like it has a hollowed rib cage on another persons shoulder (I don’t recognize this silhouette personally)

@realstyli I feel like the tossup is the hook since also every sea dog hook is also silver. Also there is hook called a silver blade that’s for insider week 81, but I dunno if they would require an insider cosmetic for this? If they did it would kind of make sense as 81 backwards is 18.

@doomdad2016 I believe thats the same dialogue that had already lead to a red vision visible with the lantern.

@twistedmarie said in The Mystery Begins!:

@realstyli I feel like the tossup is the hook since also every sea dog hook is also silver. Also there is hook called a silver blade that’s for insider week 81, but I dunno if they would require an insider cosmetic for this? If they did it would kind of make sense as 81 backwards is 18.

Yep, these were all brought up in discussions. A lot of the Renegade Sea Dog set fits as well. There's some agreement on Discord as well that Rare wouldn't require anything time-limited or exclusive, so likely just stuff you can easily unlock or buy (not including The Emporium, of course). It's also possible, assuming we are on the right track even, that there's some flexibility in what cosmetics will work.

@twistedmarie said in The Mystery Begins!:

@nic727 if you look at the sea of thieves profile picture on Twitter (idk if they change it every season so if the theme matters or if anything else parrot related happened this season) but at the bottom you can possibly make out two silhouettes, one of which looks like Lesedi to me and the other with a parrot that possibly looks like it has a hollowed rib cage on another persons shoulder (I don’t recognize this silhouette personally)

The silhouettes have always been a part of the logo creating negative space to suggest the teeth of the skull. The theme was for Pride in June, they haven't changed it yet, likely waiting for Season 7 to start.

I am rather sure that the face paint should be Kraken, not Masque. Due to the Monstrous achievement.
Agree regarding going with one of the Sea Dog hooks.

My guesses:

Another clue....
Sea of Thieves tweeted this today:

For pirates partial to accessories, what are your scoundrel's embellishments of choice?

Alt text:

A suave pirate stands outside an equipment shop with an eyepatch featuring a Kraken eye motif and a jagged hook.

Note the Fallen Sea Dog lantern tucked under the shop counter.

We believe the eye patch to be part of the outfit we need to put together. The hook is also potentially part of it.

@realstyli their tweets giving us the answers are making me realize my sleuthing skills are not as good as I thought :’)

Today's Sunday Vibes tweet appears to show the same pirate that was in the shop above. This time, he's chilling on Stephen's Spoils. Hard to make out much, given the video compression. But let us know if you spot something.

Updated speculated gear:

@ironfistofglee would they include a set that requires you to have played 4 seasons ago? every piece seems obtainable right now in the game.

@twistedmarie Agree that they probably wouldn't add an item that is unobtainable (or can't be obtained for several weeks) and would lock out a lot of people from even the possibility of being able to solve the puzzle.

Time for a word search, I guess...

Sea of Thieves Tweeted this:

Note the ¬ symbol beside the F on row 13, column 7... This is the "not" symbol

@ironfistofglee the jewellery tattoo set also has a heart on the chest as well, it’s a tattooed heart necklace I believe?

@capt-brookes
Could these words be rearranged into a sentence or two?

Edit: the words "Ten" and "Maze" are listed here as well. Based on what words you and your Aunt have found thus far, I'm going to go out on a limb and speculate that the current story arc with Merrick in the Adventures and Demarco's murder are connected.

@capt-brookes
“DeMarco”, “Lesedi”, and “Leopoldo” ( DeMarco’s dog) are also there.

I think this is more than a word search. They never said it was one in the tweet.

If I had to guess, I think this is the ship's log and T has the cipher (the torn part of the page) to figure it out.

DeMarco's note read:

"I entrust you with my ship's log and the cipher needed to understand it."

Theory: I think the "F¬" could be the starting point and the cipher will give us directions to move to make out the message (something like "[arrow right] 4", "[arrow up] 10", etc...). Either that or something to lay over it that lines up with the "F¬".

Ok I have figured this out at last.

Look at the words in the far right column, 4th down 11th down

S E A D O G S A R S E

So all we need to do now is roll demarco over to find the final clue :D

@realstyli
Agreed. As amusing as the word search may be, it’s almost certainly a red herring. I wish we had the cipher key, though that, only time (and T) will tell. It’s not a Vigenère, unfortunately.

@b0ttle-0-rum
Just spotted the word leopoldo, was that not demarcos dog that went missing sailors bounty

my little sister found Amaranta in the word search, so the names we have are Stitcher Jim, De Marco, Leopoldo, Wanda, Amaranta, Lesedi