Och, thank you, @Deyavi! Completely didn’t expect this (didn’t even know that was a thing)!
In all fairness, I had a pretty hectic week (and seems like it’s only the beginning), so I’m just gonna toss in to the theories about King Rabbit.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he was Cagliostro - either the one behind this crazy soirée or some manifestation of the former one. There are some reasons for this (I’ll try to evade having to hide it behind the spoiler wall but feel free to edit this post out).
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Both are erratic and cryptic in their communications to the level of being a twisted version of Book of Briars. There is a possibility that if there is an antithesis of the Book, he could be the one - they operated in similar ways, with Rabbit dropping hints and rewarding people for guessing his riddles, unraveling new details in the websites. Ok, this was the sub-theory.
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Rabbit didn’t seem to be completely working against the Mounties. Through the entire time, I was more under an impression that he was pursuing his own agenda which sometimes interfered with the forum’s doings - and that’s when he went rampant.
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He is clearly at least as powerful as the forum joined if not more. How he penetrated everything and how he kept on fooling everyone is quite plausible.
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Given what he actually wanted, the seemingly random attack (ok, so I had to insert the spoiler in the end…) and how he disappeared, brings me to believing he had to rethink his approach as it proved rather futile.
5. Coincidentally, when he disappears from the picture, not so much later Martin is invited by Cagliostro.
Like, seriously - I might be completely wrong but if this was CJB’s idea, then it would tie this end of the story.
Or we’re in a pickle and we don’t know it yet with him coming back anytime soon.