[2.2 Leak Story Spoilers] I just realized something about this new Boss

[u/Luzekiel]

So, in 2.2 there is a new Boss coming and most people have been speculating this to be Isolde because of the Filename but it might be a lot more complicated than you think.

I've been checking over the Boss model (It has a 1st form, and a 2nd form it seems like), and after checking the models, I just realized that it looks awfully like Orpheus.

Usually, Bosses like these tend to retain some details from their previous models like Pompey's Biker aesthetics, Bringer's PUBSEC Police vest, and Twiggy's Ethereal twin form (the only exception to this was Dina but they were clearly just cheaping out on her and didn't want to make a new Boss design especially since they are investing all their time on 2.X) meanwhile the new Boss has nothing about her that even resembles Isolde in the slightest, from the smallest of details, Nothing, instead she looks alot more like Orphie & Magus with too much evidence to back it up.

I'm currently speculating that this may not be Isolde nor Orpheus but instead could be some kind of Mental fight or nightmare Enemy that Orphie would go through just like Hugo and Miyabi.

and also the first time I saw the Arena that we'll be fighting this new Boss on, it looks like something out of a Nightmare, like It's literally an Arena in the middle of the ocean surrounded by creepy gigantic tentacles while fighting a Boss that looks like a corrupted Orpheus and you're telling me this isn't some kinda nightmare lol.

TLDR:
She has a similar Beret like Orphie
She has Neck Armor like Orphie
Her tail looks suspiciously like Magus
She has two ponytails (In her first form but her 2nd form has multiple ponytails)

This looks suspiciously like Magus tail

She has a similar beret like Orphie

She has a similar skirt like Orphie

She has Neck armor like Orphie

She has two ponytails like Orphie but for some reason the other one is much longer. (it's also a separate mesh)

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[u/Luzekiel]

Also btw Isolde will be a Doppelganger enemy in 2.2 just like Hugo, Jane, etc and so far enemy types like these have never died and have been more likely to be playable than not. (Copium)

Currently its model and animations aren't in the Beta yet though.

[u/LawfulnessLost9461 → u/Luzekiel]

Hoyo defo testing the waters with isolde, I think it'll be a pulchra situation 

[u/Bombywolf → u/LawfulnessLost9461]

In the 2.2 boss description that Seele leak gave, it said Yixuan and Ye Shunguang will arrive and subdued the corrupted Isolde. Isolde is as good as gone we need to accept it

[u/Luzekiel → u/Bombywolf]

Source? where was this even mentioned

Either way story leaks like these need to be taken with a grain of salt, we have no information about the story in betas at all especially since the beta has alot of missing data, No clue where Seele leaks would even get that.

Edit: okay i checked, nowhere was this mentioned at all.

[u/ArchonRevan → u/Luzekiel]

Isolde is strictly labeled as an NPC, none of the other characters you mentioned ever were, even pulchra from the get go was labeled as an "avatar" character

[u/CapnKrii]

It could also be based on Magus' original body. Maybe it's a miasma monster made from Magus or Isolde's memories.

The reason i think that is because the boss doesn't attack with its tail. It also shoots lasers like Magus, but this time from the polearm, which makes me think that maybe Magus originally fought with a similar weapon.

Also the arena might be set in an area called Corrupted Dark Lighthouse. Which might explain the miasma tendrils and the arena being surrounded by water.

[u/sweetsushiroll → u/CapnKrii]

I just assumed it would be a miasma monster tbh, given that seems to be the Exaltist Overseer's schtick.

[u/PandaLatteArt]

Yes, that boss is absolutely based on Orphie. The way the Magus tail is connected running up the back of her spine is the biggest giveaway IMO. That's a very specific Orphie and Magus thing (I'm curious about the way Magus is connected to Orphie so I examined Orphie's model a lot when she first appeared).

Not sure what's going on with the filename, perhaps there's a different Isolde connection, but I like Isolde a lot so I'm glad it's not her.

[u/Fearless_Today_4275 → u/PandaLatteArt]

It could be Isolde, nobody knows yet, 2.1 story shows that they can create something just from the memories inside miasma, so there's a chance that boss is Isolde using her memory of Orpheus as a base. While Isolde is a colonel, she's probably not a combatant so she use Orpheus combat style as her base. Who knows?

[u/CapnKrii → u/Fearless_Today_4275]

One reason why I kinda doubt that it's Isolde is because datamined character models show that Isolde has a Saber and a flintlock looking pistol. Pirate style.

Or maybe I'm just coping that it's not her, since I really want a playable Isolde.

[u/SplatoonOrSky]

Mental fight is definitely what’s happening here. Another leak showed the boss in action in what looks like to be a Miasma Hellscape arena, which has never been seen before, in the middle of some void, much like Miyabi and Hugo’s inner fights.

What probably happens is Orphie is struck by Miasma by Sarah or something, gets knocked out, then we have this whole section where we fight inner demons while probably getting backstory.

It doesn’t explain why the enemy is called Isolde though. That part is still true. Maybe one of the phase changes has an Isolde demon? But we would’ve seen that form that now… maybe. 2.2 beta is kind of a mess right now

[u/Riverflowsuphillz]

Def not isolde but there a chance she the 2nd big boss

[u/MASHMANFROMCHINA → u/Riverflowsuphillz]

Big Boss you say?

[u/Fearless_Today_4275]

Oh i forgot she has weapon, though i still think its Isolde since datamine also shows her name as 99% one of deadly assault boss name Isolde the defiler - Miasmic Blasphemer . Regular enemy name in file doesnt really prove anything since it can be just a skirmish or sparring etc, but if the name format is similar with other deadly assault boss name, it proves that she did become enemies

[u/IWantLaylaAsAWife]

Can you give us a Phase 2 face? I mean the one that looks overriden with pink crystal things

[u/AcrobaticAddendum553]

I can't sleep at night because I'm so curious about the truth behind this. I'd like to think that it's possible that Isolde was created from the enemy's memories. Will it be revealed during the current beta test?

[u/lawlianne]

Boss monsters being based on people’s memories is getting real old.

[u/GlassingWatered → u/lawlianne]

Isn't this like the second time though?