We were here together story explained?

[puur0]

Just finished the game with my friend and we were really confused about the story. Can someone offer their insight into the lore (long explanations are welcome too)

[Gubbelgunther]

I'm wondering about the lore too. I finished part 3 just a few minutes ago with my friend. I believe all 3 parts play kinda parallel. There is this intro of part 1 (we were here). It shows 4 people in front of the castle, 2 of them enter it. They both get struck down by someone. I think that was the jester. The 2 guys that stayed outside the castle shot the flare gun (red!) for some reason. During the theatre-puzzle we get a few information about the story of the king and I believe there was some environmental storytelling stuff of the jester. But also not to much. However, part 2 (we were here too) starts with an intro aswell. 4 people are walking throught the snow but they got seperated in 2 groups of 2. One group reached the castle after they saw a red(!) flare gun sign. During the gameplay we can read lots of letters. One of it discribes some sort of ritual between the king and his jester containing a dagger that takes place during a red (!) moon is seen in the sky. Since there was always the red flare gun sign in the sky when the player plays the game I believe there is a connection. In part 3 (we were here together) when you reach the liftpuzzle there was a red flare gun sign shot in the air. The way the map is build it could come from somewhere around the castle - like in the other intros. In the end of part 3 the survivor shoots a flare gun aswell from a position that could be the spot where we saw the flare gun sign earlier (entering the mining area with the liftpuzzle). Having the last quote of the outro from part 1 in mind (Have we been here bevore?) it is possible that the protagonists are trapped in some sort of repeating cycle.

Well these are my first impressions. I have to replay part 1 and 2 or maybe I just watch some gameplay since much time has past since I played them. But that has to wait a while cause I have to learn for an exam^^

What do you think? And sorry for bad english.

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