#or how the first set of Wizard's vault weapons and armor are the same colour and style as Miyani's armour

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Day something or another of having a gut feeling that Akeem and Zommoros are the same person. Like-

It's canon djinn can lose their memories. In fact it's canon that djinn can have their memories removed via other's involvement (Joko's ghost eaters) so it's not impossible that Isgarren removed the knowledge from Zommoros of any involvement he previously had with the wizards. Or legit Zommoros is just pretending to be... well himself.

Zommoros' voice actor had only done about two roles in GW2 - Zommoros and Redeemer Kossan, all the way back in the PoF/LWS4 era. And that was it. Rick Wasserman had been absent for the entirety of Icebrood Saga and EoD. Then suddenly he came BACK and is the voice of Zizel, Frode, Nephus, and a few ambient NPCs if you listen closely enough. Obviously sure, Anet previously worked with him so there was good incentive to bring back someone you know works well. But at the same time...

• Listen to the ambient dialogue in the Bastion of the Obscure.

Head Experimenter Rhianwyn: I wonder how all of this...mess would have turned out if Akeem was still with us? [...] We only have notes and stories now. Which are all...contradictory. One said they were a water djinn; another, earth... A third claimed no one knew for certain. Akeem spent much of their time shapeshifting into other species to learn more about them. Regardless, we follow their lead. Question everything. Never accept the reality presented in front of you.

There's more dialogue along this vein of "Akeem isn't with us - question everything - explore all the secrets" but then you have THIS. ONE. RANDOM. CONVERSATION

Astral Ward Mage: I need to get back into my lab immediately.

Astral Ward Mage: We were so close to tuning the dagger that Zommoros gave Isgarren.

Rift Hunter Warrior: Oh, I know. I still remember how challenging it was to merge Lyhr when it first arrived.

Astral Ward Mage: Alchemy... I've never heard him scream like that. Just holding it made him split.

Astral Ward Mage: You know Zommoros, though. Could've done it just to mess with us.

This is an ambient dialogue that SPECIFICALLY happens in the BASTION OF THE OBSCURE. Not the Bastion of Knowledge or even Balance, you know, areas that deal with Isgarren and Lyhr. They are bringing up ZOMMOROS in the Bastion associated with AKEEM.

Multiple people are casually saying "there are secrets here" and "don't take things at face value" on top of the fact that the FIRST type of djinn that got mentioned as a POSSIBILITY of what type of djinn Akeem is was A WATER DJINN. And then someone else CASUALLY mentioned the most WELL-KNOWN WATER DJINN IN THE ENTIRE GAME is on good enough terms with The WIZARDS to be pulling pranks on them!

• The Mother-Freaking Sword Achievement

So there's a few achievements that mention Akeem or the Bastion of the Obscure, but we need to talk about the sword. The sword you get from completing the Bastion of the Obscure weapon achievement, and how it really makes you stop and ponder.

First off, you get access to Turai Ossa's journal. And apparently he met Isgarren long ago... who initially pretended to be Akeem. Pardon what? We already know from Dagda's journal that Isgarren made himself blue to look more like a djinn and less intimidating, but why introduce himself as someone else? Does he miss Akeem that much? Admittedly, this raises a dozen questions and none of them are easily answered with the Akeem = Zommoros theory.

But what's REALLY suspicious is that to complete the achievement you actually have to use the Mystic Forge, and this is the ONLY achievement among the Bastion weapon achievements that needs the Mystic Forge. Not to mention that there is very little information revealed about Akeem from this achievement, compared to the other achievements which at least offered something. Like Anet is intentionally hiding information.

And yet this is the second time a connection has been made between Akeem and Zommoros.