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:

1. "I can't find the constellation that I'm looking for here (in the Devil's Roar, doesn't say what it is)
2. "I should consult with the one who knows about the constellations, Sudds (mentions him by name). He would know."
3. "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?

@cpt-maully said in Belle's Book (lore):

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.

I'm so very glad someone else is going nuts over this, too. The floors on the Vaults are all Scarabs, and look like the discs (which also happen to only appear in said vaults) that you bring to the Smugglers that are in league with the masked guys (not the Reapers, the other ones). I had just assumed it wasn't in the sky in that area; the Scarab is referred to in the Sudds book as "The Iron One" or "The Teacher", the totem opens Crook's Hollow, and it's in the South East. There aren't really any other symbols except for the Scarab inside of the Vaults, either (I've open ever inch of those Vaults). The faces that appear in the Vaults are the same as the ones on the huge statues on the Shores of Gold (if you've never been there), so these are clearly excavation sites by...someone (probably Belle), that were digging up treasures of the Ancients.