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How did I miss this thread?

@Adelion

The two who stroke me the most though, however are Atharti and Hekarti for a more stupid reason though. For Atharti it was that she is often depicted as a masked figure entwined with blood-red snakes which would fit with another quote from the last Chronicles:

Had a whopper of a nightmare, concerning a plague of blood-red snakes eating everything in sight.

Although that does sound more like a new menace thatn Kerillian’s new career. However, it is striking that it speaks of blood-red snakes. The second god in question is the twin sister of Arthari: Hekarti. Reason for this is the rivalry between the two which may hint (far-shot) to some kind of favour Kerillian has to do in the sisters conflict as well as a rather mundane reason of gameplay as there is this simple quote (from Wiki): With her favour, it is possible to tap directly into the Winds and unleash their full power.

Wow this fits perfectly with a line I heard in CW! can’t remember it exactly, but it was about hearing “two new voices, pushing me to embrace the weaves like never before”

@Adelion

In this direction also points a random theory I found on Reddit (yes, I am ashamed to have been on reddit, but I found it in an external search inquery):

I think I’ve figured out everything about Saltzpyre (not a joke) : Vermintide (reddit.com)

If you haven’t seen it so far, read it. It is entertaining. It basically says that Victor stroke a deal with Tzeentch: his eye for more insight.

This is more far-fetched: I believe Saltzpyre might have Tzeench’s attention (a dear friend of mine, quite expert in WH lore, said so from the start ) and the recent pilgrimage goes a way towards that theory, but I don’t think Salt would willingly strike a deal with him, not at this stage anyway: it would do Tzeench’s will by his own accord, unwillingly serving his schemes while trying to defy him an the other dark gods.
Plus, it’s the grey seer which took Victor’s eye: “the gray seer saw your truth when he took your eye” (drachenfels). The line about it being a sacrifice is to be intended more as a metaphor, I believe. The previous line makes me think Rasknitt let Victor go, and that would have pissed him off immeasurably. He’d then see the loss of the eye as a price and a reminder of his failure.

@Adelion

What if the demon we heard in Drachenfels wasn’t actually from Castle Drachenfels itself but from the Keep?

I don’t think so, there’s a line (to sienna iirc, might be wrong) about “following her/us home”. Plus, the demon voice was different from the one whispering to us. My theory is that he’s Drachenfels himself, although I’m not sure now, it stil seems a safe bet. It looks to be something almost godly prescient, which followed us from there.

EDIT: to add to the discussion I’ll link you these questions I had: Whose voices are we hearing in our pilgrimages?