#maybe a higher mortality rate because the victim is almost losing themselves to the blot....

[sleepyorchidmonster]

One thing that I really like about Book 1 and the Epilogue is how they establish the game's main formula and themes (also a solid start for the story) while also adding a bunch of mysteries.

The first one that comes to mind is the mines and the phantom dwarves, but also Grim's Chimera form and Riddle's Overblot.

About Riddle's case, that's the only time where a victim's eyes change colour during an overblot, not to mention how he's being suspended by blot strings like a puppet.

While both elements can be justified due to their symbolism to Riddle's story (Idia being connected to his Phantom as a way to represent his grief, for example), or maybe just an early design choice that wasn't used with the other overblots, the fact still stands that this was the FIRST overblot we saw, at the QUEEN OF HEARTS dorm, in a game called Twisted WONDERLAND. Also Yana is great at foreshadowing.

With Book 7 bringing back the overblots, I can't help but wonder if those details will come into play in the story. Maybe we'll have to fight Riddle's overblot to free him from the strings so he can fight on his own, or the red eyes show that SOMEONE is watching and this can be the first time we meet the mastermind behind the overblots (we need something to worry about in Book 8, why not set up a final future boss right before the big Malleus fight)

Playful Land is also focusing on puppets, so there's that too...