Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24041796-20141202073300

Hello, everybody! My last theory was 19 days before this one, I believe?

Anyway, I threw a Guide Voodoo Doll into the Underworld's lava, and spawned the Wall of Flesh (Abbreviated WoF), then wondered "Why the Guide?".

(Theory Start)

Okay, so you know how when you get all DECKED OUT with the Night's Edge, Flamarang, Pheonix Blaster, Molten Armor and all that, but you want more? Then your instinct is to go into Hell again, summon the Wall of Flesh, and kill it to activate Hardmode, right?

Well, you kill a Demon which so happens to have a Guide Voodoo Doll. So you kill it, and get the Doll to swim in lava, so the WoF gets pissed and comes to kill you, right?

So, why the Guide? And where did the Doll come from? We'll get back to the Doll's origins in a bit.

The Guide isn't the only NPC to have a Voodoo Doll. The Clothier does, too. Also, the Clothier himself is actually under a Curse as the Old Man. After killing Skeletron, the one who had the Clothier Cursed, you can enter the Dungeon, unlocking a new level of Difficulty.

Ever thought about the Guide, though? The Guide, as said before, has a Voodoo Doll just like the Clothier. Does that mean the Guide himself is cursed, too?

Well... yes.

See, the thing is... The Guide will always be killed on the Surface, where you built his house -- unless, of course, you make him live in the Underworld -- and you wouldn't be able to see his death -- again, unless you make him live in the Underworld -- so, the Guide could have an unseen teleportation to Hell, and transformation into the Wall of Flesh.

The Doll could have been made at a table that is found in Hell, and created by the Demons. They could possibly have made the Guide Voodoo Dolls out of possibly their own wings and skins... Or the skins of other entities that happened into Hell. The Demons, though not seen in the Overworld, may sneak up sometimes to gather fabrics and plants, etc. to also make the Dolls.

It is possible that if the Demons did venture to the Overworld, the only NPC that they'd have seen would have been the first to spawn; the Guide. So they make dolls out of him because he's the only human that they've seen, and they are sick of making dolls that represent each other.

This is not for an act of love. They must think that the Guide is a kind of God, which he probably might be. Though not you, even though you are, of course, more powerful than the Guide, in terms of power, not brains.

Demons that made the dolls may have imbued it with Protective properties, to protect the Guide, because gods aren't actually fully unkillable.

The Demons may have also put a spell on the Guide directly, before your character comes into the world, or before the world has even been fully generated, yet. This would have caused the spell on the Dolls they craft to mess up, and instead directly influence the Guide himself as they were affected.

Now back to the reason I think he's the Wall of Flesh.

The spell they may have put on the Guide may have caused him to have the teleportation and transformation as previously mentioned. The Guide himself may have his spirit changed, the spell influencing the Dark spirit, and his Purity influencing the Light spirit, hence "The Ancient Spirits of Light and Dark have been released." However, the Light spirit, said to be ancient, may have been passed down through his ancestry. And the Dark spirit caused by an ancient power.

Also, after killing the WoF, the Guide WILL respawn soon after. This may confirm the Guide himself being a god, but he may come back as a different name, probably being Reborn somehow, and given a new name, then significantly aged to the Guide's age.

So, that's all I have. Thanks for reading this theory. I hope you enjoyed it. I may come up with more theories, probably crazier than this one. 