Theory: Grunty the witch made Sea of Thieves
Spoiler
At the end of Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts Grunty has to work in the Lord of Games Factory.
She says „Leaving me here was a big mistake, just wait for the devious game i make!“
As i thought about Sea of Thieves with Gruntys message in mind i found multiple indicators that my theory could be true.
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As Grunty is a Slave in LoGs Factory she wants to be free so its plausible she makes a game about Pirates. To cummunicate the idea of freedom she creates a world with no rules and a big open sea to sail where ever you want to. The thing that the sea turns bloody red if you sail over the borders of the map and damages your ship resembels Gruntys current situation. She wants to escape from the factory but can´t and gets hurt or punished if she trys.
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Beacause Grunty is Evil "her" Game puts the player not in the role of a hero but a criminal that betrays, destroys, kills, steals ...
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As talking in rhymes is a part of Gruntys pesonality the riddles are also rhymes and triggered by magic. The message that appears wehen the servers merge is a rhyme too and you can think of it as a spell that magically puts more people in one big place to kill each other o.O!
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Grunty hates Banjo so much that she wants him to be finaly defeated and dead. Maybe its no coincedence that the players arent allowed to play on a Banjo and the only place where a banjo exists is in the realm of the already dead pirate legends. Also the Banjo Kazooie Figurehead could be an expression of Gruntys feelings. Atleast its a thing that doesent live and has the purpose to decorate your ship or be a public sign that Banjo got beaten.
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Because Grunty still identifys with her role as the opponent and she had the same appearance in Banjo Tooie she puts herself into the Game as the many Skeletons that rule over the World and come back even if they get killed... again..and again...and again. The different types of skelletons could also be based on gruntys history. The plant ones for Gruntys original nature-themed witchform. The golden ones for her beautiful form if Banjo fails. The normal skeletons for her undead-form in Banjo Tooie after she got defeated in the first game. The shadow skellys resemble her current condition in the factory where she has to work in the dark (sensitive to light) and is just a furious shadow of her past self anymore.
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The Ferry of Damned where killed players have to wait till they can respawn is similar to the sceneraio where Grunty gets defeated by Banjo over and over again and has to wait for a new chance in the next game.
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Last but not least! Because Grunty still wants to be pretty and beutiful the only rewards that players can earn in Sea of Thieves are cosmetics :D!
For now thats all that came to my mind thinking about my theory but maybe there are even more things in Sea of Thieves with Gruntys signature.
Tell me what you think of it. A statement from the devs would be very nice too ^^.
(I apologize for my bad english skills. I hope you still get the idea.)
