Dormin
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The Dormin, far from being evil, were once worshipped as Gods.
Dormin themselves are enshrined in a great temple,
built to their dimensions, and around the land others are erected in worship
to them. Idols are built to paganistic design, each to worship a different
aspect of this divine entity. The status quo is set for centuries.
But eventually -- one may say inevitably -- this changes.
Dormin became the symbol of the enemy,
darkness and death. The people, once worshipful, rose up against Dormin, and
through the use of a magic sword first sundered then bound their former 
god, a god no longer amenable to the beliefs of the people, a relic of a time 
already gone. Binding Dormin’s soul to the idols made for its worship, each 
corresponding to a different area of the land that Dormin itself had been lord 
over, Dormin was left, trapped eternally, bound to the land itself and to the 
shrines once erected in its honour. It is sealed away, abandoned by its people 
in a land whose name would be lost, and it would be remembered only as a 
place wherein none could tread: the Forbidden Land.
Dormin is left bound into the land, never able to truly come together again,
the idols that bind its soul rendered indestructible by Dormin’s own
immunity to dissolution.

Then one day, during a sacrifice like any other, Wander's faith is called into
question. Told to sacrifice a girl who possesses a cursed fate, he is
presented with a woman unlike any other. Mono, beautiful and perfect, utterly
without flaw. He is struck suddenly with how unfair, how cruel and uncaring
his act is. He performs the deed, and the sacrifice. He is left guilt-ridden,
tormented by his act. He thinks back to the words of Emon, to the tales and
parables that make up his faith. He remembers a sword that sealed a creature
with power over death, and he remembers the land in which it is sealed. And
thus, he has his plan.

He travels to the Forbidden Land, to the land of Dormin, and therein he finds
the Shrine of Worship, the one untarnished relic of a civilisation once built
on the worship of an undying yet living God. There he encounters Dormin. He
puts forth his supplication, and is accepted. Dormin has its chance, for it
sees the sword that once sealed it, and recognises that this might well have
the power to destroy its secondary prisons, and give it a chance to escape
into the world once more. Whether out of pity, or out of duty, or out of mere
inclination, Dormin gives this supplicant one chance to turn back. When he
does not, Dormin lays out his path. The stones are rolling, and Dormin sees
its chance for freedom.

Wanda systematically kills the Colossi. He hears Mono’s voice, he sees an
image of her shrouded in darkness, sitting up on the altar, and he sees
himself beginning to change, to degrade as Dormin’s essence fills him. He
knows now what is happening, but it doesn’t matter. Mono’s voice tells him all
he needs to know. Dormin will hold up their end of the bargain. Beyond that,
nothing matters. The only thing that he cares about now is a chance to atone
for what he’s done, and a chance to apologise to her for his actions.

Wanda seeks out the final Colossi, with Dormin’s words of warning in his ears.
Emon is on his way to stop the spell, to stop the fall of the idols. Wanda is
finally filled with the last essence of Dormin with the death of the last
Colossus, and the loss of his beloved horse. He has sacrificed everything he
has, and he’s done everything he can. All that remains, is the resolution.

Emon Arrives 
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Emon sees the last idol fall, the impossible occur. He says a catechism over
the defiled body of Mono, a prayer for the dead. Then he sees the arrival once
again, for the final time, of The Wanderer, the templar that betrayed him and
undid the seal upon their religion’s ancient enemy. He is horrified that one
he knew, and trusted, betrayed him so heavily. He rambles, coming up with
reasons for The Wanderer’s death, until eventually, with Wanda staggering
towards the altar, he simply orders one of his men to quickly kill him. Wanda
is shot in the leg, and he looks up with whitened eyes into those of the man
who ends his life. Desperate to see Mono live again, he nonetheless staggers
to his feet, spraying black blood, and staggers to the altar. But his
strength fails him, and he collapses after ripping free the sword. Filled
utterly with Dormin’s essence, he is quickly reduced to a shadow like the
others. With a difference...

The Dormin take control of Wanda’s body. In him, their temporary avatar, they
are united, and their power is released in part into the world. They declare
their freedom, while Emon in horror recoils. However, Emon’s men have in luck
alone secured their victory. Dormin is lame, as Wanda is lame, unable to
properly move the leg that the arrow struck. And so Emon and his men easily
make their escape, and cast a temporary seal upon the entire shrine of
worship. A spell that will once more discorporate Dormin... for a while.


The End
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Though Dormin are pulled from Wanda, there is too much left, and Wanda himself
is now a dead man walking. He no longer belongs in this world, and the sealing
spell recognises him as part of Dormin. Though he struggles vainly to see Mono
again, he cannot. He is inexorably pulled into the pool of light, and his
struggle to see her live again ends unfulfilled. Yet Mono awakes nonetheless,
for Dormin stick by their word, and she awakes in an unfamiliar place, unsure
of what has happened or why she lives again. However she hears and sees a lame
horse, an animal she does not recognise, injured in some battle. She follows
it for lack of options, and comes upon the strangest thing: Dormin’s last gift
to Wanda, a thanks for their brief freedom and the knowledge that they will
rise again. A second life. Mono ascends with Agro to a secret garden, there to
live out her existence, to bear the children of the very man who once killed
her in another life, a man who now bears horns from the time when Dormin
inhabited his body.

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This theory while complex explains quite a bit (Why Mono dosen't seem to recognize Argo, Why Wander seems so determined, Where Emon ties in).
Feel free to browse the FAQ link above but be warned it is quite a hefty read =p
What do you guys think? 

The only thing broken about LAIR, is the Reviews...

I absolutely love how you compiled the more 'popular' theories and used evidence to either disprove, or support them. It was a very interesting read, and set my mind a-churning. In the 'meta-theory' section (which i honestly did not read all of, but some of ), I support the part about the Colossi forming, from dormin's stray/bound essence:

'Dormin’s fractured soul permeated the land, and
those fragments began to fuse with the land itself, to those places which they
were bound. In doing so, they created secondary, more fragile prisons, prisons
that personified the elements of Dormin’s own soul that were bound to the
land; prisons that could, theoretically, be broken. The Colossi were born.'

Overall, I think your thesis is very well written and put together, and I commend you for putting such an effort into something like this Now I see the storyline of the game from not only a few different directions, but a whole lot of new angles. Your effort is truly appreciated! Keep up the good work, you've made my day!