I'm sure someone else has found it, but have you ever wondered about what she's on about? Well, I cracked open the map and it turns out that all 4 islands that she mentions are along the X-axis at 16. To me, this wasn't a coincidence, but I didn't care enough to go on some long journey across the 'net reading constellations or worse, going to visit Sudds to borrow his telescope.
So what can be gleamed from her book? Well, she says that the constellation she's been looking for isn't around that part of the map, so she's going to check out 2 routes. If you plot them out on the map, you get a (fairly) straight line along 16 up to Devil's Ridge (I think). This doesn't make any sense, though, because this season's supposed to be all in the Devil's Roar, not at the beginning of A/16. So, what's over there? No clue. Keep in mind, if you read the 3-page book, it doesn't say WHAT constellation she's looking for, just that she's giving up looking there, and where she's going to search now. So what's along this route?
Belle's Book (lore)
@d3adst1ck said in Belle's Book (lore):
This is probably an old book referencing events that are no longer relevant. Where is this book located?
It's in the Devil's Roar in one of the three new (key word) Eternal Guardian Vaults, the furthest one north, if I'm not mistaken. It's on a small rock next to the alter with the Smuggler's half-disc on it, so it's not out-dated content. Since you have to kill a brand new enemy to get into a newly-added area, it logically can't be just something I was too stupid to notice (this time). I did some more thinking and I'll expound on the theory for those interested. The book is 3 pages:
- "I can't find the constellation that I'm looking for here (in the Devil's Roar, doesn't say what it is)
- "I should consult with the one who knows about the constellations, Sudds (mentions him by name). He would know."
- "I will sail the following routes, and check there for the constellation (again, doesn't say what it is) that I'm looking for."
So, the Scarab/Beetle appears in a few places. It appears on the discs in these new vaults, it's a constellation, it appeared on the Reaper pillars you had to dig up, and it's in Sudds' book with some weird story behind it about fighting with the Shark (among other stuff). The Eternal Guardians ramble on about "the Widow", but the only being that fits this description is the Siren Queen, as the King was killed (I forget why, but it's in the Tall Tales, if you open up the chamber regarding his fate. It wasn't a nice break up). The head pieces are sort of similar, resembling antlers; the Guardian having stone antlers, while the Queen has coral antlers. If we rewind to the book Sudds gives you, the Bear is supposed to be female, and gives birth to everyone, but that doesn't make sense, because there aren't any. The only bear is from Rare's old Banjo/Kazzooie property, wherein the former is a male (don't at me, gender studies students), so this is a dead end, too. So 3 questions emerge: What's this all about, what constellation is she chasing, and is it related to future material?
Hey I've never posted on this forum before, but I have been going crazy trying to figure out what she's referring to. There is zero chance it's there by accident, so there must be something hidden. Just not sure what.
So the clue is that she's looking for a missing constellation, and says it isn't here (aka inside the vault in Cinder Isle). There are constellations on the floor of the chamber. Maybe get a list of the known constellations, both ancient and modern and compare them to those vs what is on the floor of the temple to find out which one isn't represented.
So that's step one - narrow down the search for the actual constellation.
Step two has something to do with her retracing Sudd's steps across those islands, not sure if we would need to line up the stars on the corresponding islands or what exactly it is we're searching for. Maybe it is just finding the next journal left by Belle? I will do some more investigation tomorrow and see if I can figure anything out.
