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== The Colossi were magical guardians of Dormin's soul fragments ==
The hypothesis is that the Colossi were autonomous beings that had fragments of Dormin's soul sealed inside them (as 'living' [[Soul Jar|Soul Jars]]) by, for example, Lord Emon. The idea was that no one could defeat them without the magical sword. I'm not sure which came first - the idols or the Colossi - but judging from what Dormin said, I'd say the idols came first and the Colossi were magically created by Emon afterwards.
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Oh, and the sword was Emon's. It was instrumental in creating the Colossi, hence its significance in defeating them. It may have also been instrumental in forming the bridge to the Shrine of Worship, explaining why the bridge collapses later, but I'll come to that.
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== Mono is the Queen from Ico ==
It's about time someone added this theory.
* Moreover, to become the Queen is the "[[Fate Worse Than Death|cursed fate]]" that she was [[Mercy Kill|sacrificed to avert]] in the first place. But because [[You Can't Fight Fate
== Conversely, Wander is Yorda's father. ==
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== The forbidden lands where the colossi dwell is really Where the Wild Things Are. ==
In Maurice Sendak's story, a rule-breaking youth traveling to a faraway land populated by huge, hairy giants and swiftly conquering them... sounds familiar? If you're not convinced, look at [
== Wander was turning into a colossus ==
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== Team Ico's new game, ''The Last Guardian'', is a sequel to ''Shadow''. ==
"Guardian" referring to the Colossi. The griffin is a baby Colossus, and the last one left as the newborn offspring of one of the Colossi from the first game. The boy is a trainee to Amon's group, notice that the clothes he wears are similar. So it's about a young shaman and a young Colossus.
* It probably will be (that, or a prequel), much like ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'' was to ''Ico''. The creature from ''The Last Guardian'' doesn't look like one of the colossi to me, though, since it actually looks like a living creature rather than an moving statue.
== Out of all the colossi, Malus (the final one) was the only one that was downright evil. ==
I mean, his name literally means evil in latin. But if that isn't enough for you (and why would it be? Pretty much the point of this game was to make you question such [[Designated Villain|labeling.)]] then consider this: all of the colossi were apparently trapped inside the Forbidden Lands. Malus was locked behind a door that could only be opened after all the other colossi were dead. What's the point in making such a thing when the whole place was pretty much a seal? Malus was unquestionably the most powerful of the colossi. My guess is that he became so arrogant that he came to believe [[A God Am I|he was Dormin]] or something, and began wreaking havoc rather then just attacking in self-defense or living in peace. Since he was so powerful, Lord Emon and his followers, or perhaps the Colossi themselves, sealed him away behind the door.
* The name "Malus" (along with the other names most people use, like Cenobia, Pahalanx, etc.) all came from a message board and aren't official. And he was locked away simply because he was the most dangerous; None of the colossi seem to be sentient, and many of them are almost totally mindless. I don't think that any of them could be considered "evil", as they were just acting on pure instinct.
** They are official. A list of the names was a Japanese preorder bonus.
** What if it's not so much that he was evil but that he represented the most of "Dormin" that still remained in the land. Maybe this forbidden area is where the entity itself actually laired. When the Colossi were born their spiritual energy was likely torn from Dormin and cast loose, entering natural materials like rock and dirt (this entrance point is likely where the runes are on their body) and the beasts were born. But the final Colossi is the remnant of Dormin as he was in his final moments, an angry deity. This beast could represent the main body of his masculine, aggressive embodiment while most of the other Colossi are more representative of the feminine, passive embodiment.
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*** The translation of the title is rough and debatable. It's very likely that it's actually supposed to translate to "The Wanderer and the Colossus". Same thing with the 'name' "Wander". Some people translated it as "Wanda" some as "Wander" and some as "Wanderer". It's likely intended as the third, but was conjugated incorrectly or something. If that's the case, the name is likely symbolic like "Link" is in the Legend of Zelda games. Link is literally the "link" between the player and the game itself, and is more of a filler name than anything, and that's likely the case with our wandering protaganist here, too.
*** I always assumed it was supposed to be "The Wanderer", like "The Man with no Name".
** Almost certainly [[Jossed]] now that the [[
== Wander wasn't the only one who got possessed by the Dormin ==
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== The Forbidden Land is across the ocean from The Queens Castle in [[Ico]] ==
As hinted by the game select screen in the [[
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