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I have a theory... Eisen and the other originals played the game before. The company put them in the game and had them do as they like, probably with time accelerated. They became the first originals, Eisen hatched the dragon god egg (which people said sounded what something he’d do) Their memory was then stolen (experience or wiped by the company). Then they entered the game for the “first” time. Dream Eisen is probably trying to tell the originals the truth, probably a dream message from the box or something.
Yesss! With each new chapter, the plot thickens... And their group looks more villain-like! I mean: Eisen looks intimidating and evil enough in his Titan-size demon transformation. Now there's Xenia in Black with a dark elemental snake. Jyuuk with that necromantic scythe. Evalia got an assassin's gear to hide in the shadows... And Brody looked like a demon King's general from the beginning. There's also Stahl with Thul, a golem butler and the possibility to create an army of his own (a mix of undead, beasts, golems, etc). If an illustrator made a picture of each character and showed around to people that have never read this novel before, they would imagine they were the evil antagonists of the story.