How Mob of the Dead fits into the cycle.

[caljitsu]

At the request of @RadZakpak after an interesting discussion on Mob of the Dead and Blood of the Dead, here is the script for my video on the way in which Mob of the Dead fits into the storyline. If the video is more to your liking, I will leave a link here (https://youtu.be/8Ikf97ADLsk)

 

 

 

 

ZOMBIES DISSECTED #3 - How Mob of the Dead fits into the cycle 

 

 

The ZOD map of Black Ops 4’s Aether Storyline, Blood of the Dead, marks a crescendo in the story, however its exact position and the events leading up to it have confused some players -  similarly, the role of the map’s predecessor, Mob of the Dead, is also one of uncertainty for fans. In this video, it should be kept in mind that all the information available will be used, so any preconceptions about Mob of the Dead that you may hold from its release should be abandoned here at the gate.

 

The Warden of Alcatraz, an sadist and avid occultist, was contacted by The Shadowman, masquerading as Lucifer and given specific instructions. The Warden, enthralled by the promises of his new dark master, set about enacting every step of his plan, unaware of its true purpose and unaware of the lies he had been told. 

The Warden is instructed that he must condemn three prisoners: Sal DeLuca, Billy Handsom and Finn O’Leary to death for their murder of Albert Arlington and shortly after, end his own life. The Shadowman would then trap their souls in a pocket dimension (similar to the events in Morg City), and informs him that though he is free to fulfil his depraved need for torture and cruelty, he must push them towards the goal of Albert Arlington avenging his own death and killing the three mobsters. This is evident during Mob Of The Dead, where the warden says he will tell the inmates “The Truth” and then proceeds to play them the words of longserving prison guard (and known illuminati associate) Stanley Ferguson, who informs them all of their death and their former betrayal of Al, before their souls were sentenced to Purgatory. According to The Shadowman, this is to “trap another, a Doctor Edward Richtofen”.

 

Now, the way in which this fits into the cycle, though at first seeming abstract, is actually fairly simple to understand, and confirms Jason Blundell’s statement of Mob of the Dead being “the most important map”. Between the events of Zetsubou no Shima and Gorod Krovi, Primis Richtofen brings his compatriots to his lab constructed by the illuminati under Alcatraz and rendezvous with a slightly younger version of himself, who hands him Blood Vials collected from Victis - Go and watch the Richtofen(s) video fore more clarity - and afterwards immediately leave. This means Takeo, Nikolai and Dempsey have blood vials from Victis, safely sealed in cryogenic storage, and Richtofen has blood vials from the Mobsters. This is important because at the moment the cycle repeats, any ordinary matter left over from the previous cycle would cease to exist, however, as Primis ingest organic matter from beings trapped inside a completely separate dimension that exists independently of the cycle, they themselves become paradoxical and cannot be erased. Unbeknownst to Richtofen, this fits perfectly into Doctor Monty’s plan as he is able to send them forwards to the medieval Great War, thus continuing the cycle.

 

However, when Al Arlington kills the other three mobsters, the blood vials cease to work as this independant loop that is visited as a part of the main cycle is now broken. Blood of the dead takes place after this has happened and so the Warden’s attention is now no longer focused on the mobsters and can engineer the final part of the plan, to trap Edward Richtofen and drain him of his blood (which as explained by Maxis is infused with the Aether itself due to having teleported so many times). He believes he can use this to free the Apothicons and join them in immortality, though the Shadowman has no intention of letting the Warden leave, and we see in Revelations that he can free his brethren with relative ease, making the Warden of Alcatraz nothing more than a gullible pawn. The Shadowman’s true goal was the killing of Primis Richtofen in order to ensure the cycle was broken, and opening a path to defeat Doctor Monty.*

 

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At the time of writing the video, I believed this was the exclusive goal in this situation. Whilst still technically true, as destroying the Aether is inherent in destroying Doctor Monty and vice-versa (we learn this in Alpha Omega), the destruction (or rather Banishment... Theory soon...) of the Aether was to take precedence. 

[anonymous]

I get that the Mobsters' blood is outside the Cycle and thus paradoxal and unerasable. Why Victis' blood as well, though? Their current state of their bodies is in the Alcatraz pocket universe, yes, but their actions were part of the grander loop, right? Could it possibly have something to do with another locked-off universe, the one where they follow Richtofen's path? I know the concerning Victis in Alcatraz have followed Maxis and thus the Loop, but maybe their blood also works as a paradoxal insurance measurement if other versions of them, with the same blood, are outside the Loop, in "Richtofen's universe".

 

Thanks for posting this thread!

[caljitsu]

1 hour ago, anonymous said:

I get that the Mobsters' blood is outside the Cycle and thus paradoxal and unerasable. Why Victis' blood as well, though? Their current state of their bodies is in the Alcatraz pocket universe, yes, but their actions were part of the grander loop, right? Could it possibly have something to do with another locked-off universe, the one where they follow Richtofen's path? I know the concerning Victis in Alcatraz have followed Maxis and thus the Loop, but maybe their blood also works as a paradoxal insurance measurement if other versions of them, with the same blood, are outside the Loop, in "Richtofen's universe".

 

Thanks for posting this thread!

It's literally just because they are there within Alcatraz. There is a cipher (likely from the one of the myriad of Richtofen's operating it... We know Arlington even spotted Ultimis Richtofen at Alcatraz at one point) that refers to the "Specimen rotation", with the "current blood sequence" being "SSMJABR" (the initials of Victis).

This suggests to me that Victis are "recycled" every loop, specifically just before the next Victis arrive at the lab, from the events of the comics.

[anonymous]

20 hours ago, caljitsu said:

This suggests to me that Victis are "recycled" every loop, specifically just before the next Victis arrive at the lab, from the events of the comics.

How do you mean? What haooens with their bodies just before the new Victis arrives?