What will happen with the next Adventure? (Adventure and possible Tall Tales Spoilers ahead!)

Why attack Golden Sands outpost first? Why thinner the veil around Crescent Isle, Shipwrecks Bay and Devil's Ridge?

I think this is an interesting question to which I currently have no answers.

I've seen a lot of people on YouTube predicting a 2 way war between Flameheart and the Pirate Lord. However, I think it would be more interesting as a 3 way war, say by adding in the Grand Maritime Union....

@mrat13 I also think we are kinda excluding The Captain too, choosing between The Captain and Flameheart feels actually more interesting thand choosing between Flameheart and Athena.

@pellahh The more the merrier ;)

All we know is the veil is thinning, and maybe that also includes the shroud. Anything is possible.

I actually didn't even think there could be a third option ahah. It's interesting to think that, but I doubt there will be one, I mean... technically not engaging with the event can be interpreted as abstaining I guess?

(PS: Can't tag because the first part of the name won't let me send the message Hombre :/)

I mean I don't want to shill a dying thread but...

I made my own speculation earlier today about this first adventure.

I believe this is Flameheart's doing, even with his massive step back in relevance and appearance.

Wait, that made me think about something. If Flameheart can brings the forts from the Sea of the Damned and make them less ghost like and more real. Whose to say he can’t do it to the burning blade? An entire island? Crews, or heck even himself!

Perhaps Flameheart’s end goal is to break the veil so much that he can get a physical form and take the fight head on personally since he’s just a giant spectral head at the moment. Plus we don’t know what the result will be if he does succeed, will he get new powers like let’s say a combination of Ashen Lord and Spectral abilities? That would make him pretty powerful.

@foxywiththemoxy
Adding a reply cause I just thought of something else as well. The Sea of the Damned represents Memories right? But it doesn’t just mean Memories from the Sea of Thieves, with A Pirate’s Life it would mean ALL memories, regardless of where and when.

Considering the Sea forts might not be native to the Sea of Thieves or even its world in general, whose to say Flameheart can’t bring memories from other worlds or places outside of the Sea of Thieves, like the GMU for instance?

Maybe memories of enemies we fought in the past believed long gone, maybe even enemies from other worlds altogether. Heck, I wouldn’t be surprised if Flameheart manages to bring a dragon to the Sea of Thieves.

@foxywiththemoxy

If Flameheart can brings the forts from the Sea of the Damned and make them less ghost like and more real. Whose to say he can’t do it to the burning blade? An entire island? Crews, or heck even himself!

In fact I, like you, think he wants to build an army of stuff summoned from the Sea of the Damned and, at some point, get resurrected by his son.

But if I were to live in the Sea of the Damned I'd have one bigger fear, if he can truly bend the will of memories in the Sea of the Damned and we've seen animals there, some chickens, pigs and a mule during PotC TT; he could be able to summon the greatest weapon that ever lived in the Sea of Thieves back from the dead: the Old Mother. A creature that has been told to be so gigantic and strong that it took magical chains a a century of starvation to kill her, a creature capable of swarming the Sea of Thieves with Krakens again. Even tho I doubt Rare will make the story go this way, I think it's interesting to keep this in mind.

But it doesn’t just mean Memories from the Sea of Thieves, with A Pirate’s Life it would mean ALL memories, regardless of where and when.

Currently I'd agree with you on the "regardless of when" with a simple limitation about the future: the Sea of the Damned should contain memories of living stuff from all the past for sure but I'm still not sure if it's a completely out of time place which contain memories from the future too, so I'd exclude that for now.
About the "regardless of where" I have 2 theories:

1. The Sea of the Damned contains the memories of whoever lived in Sea of Thieves' world, this would imply that the PotC universe stuff happened sometime before the current Sea of Thieves events. Which can't be true as it's clearly stated that Jack got to the Sea of Thieves world thanks to an artifact (can't recall the name, but the the little glowing cage-like thing he has)
   Or what I most likely believe in
2. When we go to the Sea of the Damned, a fragment of us, an echo of our memories gets stuck there. Which means that Jack and all PotC characters who died in the Sea of Thieves and or somehow got the Sea of the Damned had fragments of their memories replicated there.

Basically, in more simple words: whoever enters the Sea of the Damned (any sentient and/or intelligent life form) leaves an echo of his memories.

That's my take on it.

But I think there's one more limitation: it only contains the memories of who visited the Sea of the Damned AFTER it began to exist.
The Sea of the Damned might have always been there of course, but it begun to exist only at a certain point or was created by someone I think it wouldn't contain the memories of who existed before it's creation, as they wouldn't be able to enter it since it didn't exist.

@cpt-redmane Man, the idea of being able to choose Team Ramsey or Team Flameheart sounds awesome to me! Ramsey in his prime was highly regarded, and it's kind of a shame to see him being nothing more than a glorified quest giver lol.

@pellahh said in What will happen with the next Adventure? (Adventure and possible Tall Tales Spoilers ahead!):

@foxywiththemoxy

If Flameheart can brings the forts from the Sea of the Damned and make them less ghost like and more real. Whose to say he can’t do it to the burning blade? An entire island? Crews, or heck even himself!

In fact I, like you, think he wants to build an army of stuff summoned from the Sea of the Damned and, at some point, get resurrected by his son.

But if I were to live in the Sea of the Damned I'd have one bigger fear, if he can truly bend the will of memories in the Sea of the Damned and we've seen animals there, some chickens, pigs and a mule during PotC TT; he could be able to summon the greatest weapon that ever lived in the Sea of Thieves back from the dead: the Old Mother. A creature that has been told to be so gigantic and strong that it took magical chains a a century of starvation to kill her, a creature capable of swarming the Sea of Thieves with Krakens again. Even tho I doubt Rare will make the story go this way, I think it's interesting to keep this in mind.

But it doesn’t just mean Memories from the Sea of Thieves, with A Pirate’s Life it would mean ALL memories, regardless of where and when.

Currently I'd agree with you on the "regardless of when" with a simple limitation about the future: the Sea of the Damned should contain memories of living stuff from all the past for sure but I'm still not sure if it's a completely out of time place which contain memories from the future too, so I'd exclude that for now.
About the "regardless of where" I have 2 theories:

1. The Sea of the Damned contains the memories of whoever lived in Sea of Thieves' world, this would imply that the PotC universe stuff happened sometime before the current Sea of Thieves events. Which can't be true as it's clearly stated that Jack got to the Sea of Thieves world thanks to an artifact (can't recall the name, but the the little glowing cage-like thing he has)
   Or what I most likely believe in
2. When we go to the Sea of the Damned, a fragment of us, an echo of our memories gets stuck there. Which means that Jack and all PotC characters who died in the Sea of Thieves and or somehow got the Sea of the Damned had fragments of their memories replicated there.

Basically, in more simple words: whoever enters the Sea of the Damned (any sentient and/or intelligent life form) leaves an echo of his memories.

That's my take on it.

But I think there's one more limitation: it only contains the memories of who visited the Sea of the Damned AFTER it began to exist.
The Sea of the Damned might have always been there of course, but it begun to exist only at a certain point or was created by someone I think it wouldn't contain the memories of who existed before it's creation, as they wouldn't be able to enter it since it didn't exist.

I like your take on that and I think its the most logical one. Honestly I completely forgotten about the Old Mother altogether.
Anyways it does make me wonder what kind of memories the Sea of the Damned take when you enter there, is it just a small piece or does it take all of them? Plus one has to consider who else has been to the Sea of the Damned at some point, including those we don't know if they've been (e.g. the NPCS).

I believe Pendragon went there at some point so its entirely possible foes he battled might appear in our world as Phantoms, its possible some of those who are part of the trading companies have been there at some point as well so anyone whose been there will have there memories (whether its their time in the Sea of Thieves or the outer world), that small piece will appear in the SotD. So for all we know, the GMU could appear in the form of a memory.

Maybe the Wilds or the Roar will be eventually be completely transformed into the Sea of The Damned versions… no idea really.

The thing I’m enjoying about Adventures is that story is being shown and conveyed through gameplay, rather than scouring for journals during Tall Tales. I think it’s a much stronger and more memorable approach to plot and continuity.

@mrat13 I agree with this, although I have my own theory. I believe that the GMU has been stockpiling and preparing for another full scale invasion since their first failed attempt. They have already managed to get their envoys (the pirate emporium shopkeeps) into our waters, and likely have been slowly gathering intel on us and our waters for a long time.

As for when they will likely invade, I believe it will happen after our climactic battle with Flameheart; what better time to invade an enemy than after their victory against another? We would be taken completely by the wayside, and likely not prepared for another full-scale invasion by a military force that's had years to prepare.