Board Thread:Lords of Shadow 2/@comment-216.170.54.18-20140314113346/@comment-216.170.54.18-20140315064626

Thanks, I'll try and help answer your questions.

(a). The mirror of fate was able to exist in both locations (modern day setting & the castle dimension) because both settings are real. The castle in Gabriel's mind was a dimension that could manifest in our physical world.

We learned from the Toy Maker dialouge that several fragments of the mirror went missing at the time of the castle's first collapse (When Alucard & Simon defeated Dracula). My theory basically states - that when the castle collapsed after Dracula was defeated, everything inside the castle, as well as the castle itself, was saved in this physical dimension that exists in Gabriel's mind. When we meet the Toymaker and Medusa, they are literally the same people from before the Castle was destroyed. They simply exist in Gabriel's mind now, in this new dimension. Gabriel's memory of them is what essentially keeps them alive at this point.

(b). Pan and his brother Agreus are part of group that is known as the Old Gods. It is theorized that the Forgotten One was also an Old God but we cannot know for certain. These beings are VERY powerful. The full extent of their power is unknown but they are dimensional beings capable of leaving our physical world and entering other dimensions. I believe Agreus not only possessed the power, but also the knowledge to track down Gabriel in the Castle, enter his dimension where he simply waited for the right opportunity to gain his revenge.

(c). This is an interesting question. Did Gabriel deliberatley "pull" Nergal into his realm, or was it by accident? Either way, because the castle dimension is also a physical place, he was able to enter it, interact with the statues and make use of them to fight against Gabriel.