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I’ve always loved the art style from the LoS dlcs and I’ve been wanting to try it for ages so I finally tried to roughly replicate it

How did I do? 😅 shares appreciated 🙏🏽

Ok, kinda back on my theory. Quick warning for Animal Death and Blood.

So in LoS2, Gabriel has three (technically four if you want to count the decrepit form) new forms. Mist, Rats, and, what his title is under, a Dragon.

Now, there are some inconsistencies as far as how Gabriel transforms. The mist is with his blood, but that's not the form with these inconsistencies. The Rat form is. Now, I have read sources that claim that Gabriel turns into the plague of rats. However, I believe more in the side that states that he takes over the rats and forces his consciousness into them. Especially when you watch it in game. You see him take over the rat in the cutscene and anytime a rat is killed, you see him hop to a different rat. You also see it when you unlock the ability and watch the sketched out animation as well!

However, the rat form is not what I wanted to focus on. The thing I want to focus on is that, Gabriel does not have the actual ability to shapeshift, outside of the mist form, that he uses to take over certain creatures. We also know that Gabriel's blood is incredibly toxic and that next to nothing can survive it, outside of his Actual flesh and blood son. While we don't see this with the Rats, we see it with the Golgoth Guards.

Let me also hit you with, there is No living Dragon in LoS! No where in the trilogy do you find a living dragon. You find bones in the Great Deku tree

And you face the Draco Lich, which is the creation from the Necromancers.

But those aren't Living Dragons. So where does this form come from?

Answer: Walter Bernhard.

Proof? The puzzle scene where you meet the Toymaker. Walter tricks the Toymaker into working for him and keeps him there by summoning a demon to enchant the Toymaker and take his freewill away. Now, what does this have to do with Gabriel's dragon form? Take a look at how the demon is shown via the puppets of the play

See that dragon-like creature to the right? That is the demon in question. Now, where have we heard of a demon that takes over entities and takes their freewill? The Castle. In the castle sections of the game, we fight Gabriel's minions who have been taken over by the castle. Hell, we see Gabriel almost get enchanted by the castle using the image of Carmilla! There's a whole bad ending cutscenes if you do choose Carmilla!

We also know that the Castle is dependent on Gabriel for its own survival. If it has no lord, it cannot survive in the human realm. But we also know that, although the game states otherwise about its sentience, the Castle is blood bonded to Gabriel, clearly not above exploiting Gabriel at his most vulnerable moments.

Let's list down what we know.

The Castle's true form is a dragon-like creature, though it manifests as a puddle of blood, which makes me wonder if the true form of this creature takes a lot of energy to manifest in the human realm

It can control other beings, stripping them from their freewill.

It feeds from the Lord as well as the inhabitants of the castle.

Now, if we take the whole 'it takes too much energy to properly manifest in the human realm', who do we know that does have limitless energy? Who is incapable of controlling and using the dragon form at will? What do we need in order to summon the dragon form?

Gabriel has limitless energy.

Gabriel does not seem to be able to summon and use the dragon form at will. (If you look at the trailer, it shows Gabriel needing to drink before being capable of using the form)

The Dragon Talisman, which we get from either the Chupacabra store or pieces of it from various drops from enemies.

This also is the reason Gabriel can force his consciousness into those he possesses. This power comes from the Castle. So if Gabriel killed the sentience of the castle, that must mean he lost this ability by severing himself from the Castle's clutches.

But we don't see that in the post game. Now, this could just be because it would've been a pain programming the dragon form, only to lose it by the end of the game, especially since you get freedom to go wherever you want post-credits. However, I like to see this as Gabriel's inability to fully let go of the Castle. In fact, it doesn't stop taking over and throwing your minions at you when you're in the castle portions. Again, this is probably just programming.

Just wanted to get my theory out there.

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