Chapter 21 - "Mark of the Beast" - Part 1

[laxspartan007]

Fixed! Stupid player...

OH MY GOD, THANK YOU KC!!! for a moment i was thinking i should go download itunes

[mobyfreerunner]

OH MY GOD, THANK YOU KC!!! for a moment i was thinking i should go download itunes

why not download from itunes? u get it immediately it comes out and u can re-listen to episodes
Anyways wats up guys, awesome episode! immediately Tar mention that the roads were trapped i was exactly like lizzi, i was screaming AMBUSH! lol (in my mind of course) yah i totally saw that coming, and it sounded amazing,
im very interested in the little 'uns, i'm very excited to see the return of Ink and the specialized zombies
imma admit i didn't recognize pippin until came onto these forums, and there is no doubt in my mind that he was sent by the mallers as a spy, things are about to get hella interesting in the tower

[shadow]

I think the marked one will be the mole, I also think the way that bricks told tar no you won't means he will help lizzy get away and back to the tower. Actually everyone that has had some speculations in this thread sound right. Confused., need more episodes. Anyone have a time machine

[Cutting-T]

It can’t be a coincidence that days after the Colony coup, the Mallers suddenly packed up and are all moving to a new location. The Mallers must have sent a few of their men in as survivors into the Colony to cause trouble and get their current leadership overthrown. Once that is done and the infiltrators have control from inside, the rest of the Mallers can drive right up to the gates and inside before anyone else can stop them. The Mallers must have been eyeing that place for weeks and would explain why they left the Tower alone.

However, it is evident that whatever they we're planning they have beeen planning since chapter 6, before they went after the tower.

[mascaria]

However, it is evident that whatever they we're planning they have beeen planning since chapter 6, before they went after the tower.

Which is why they needed all those tankers in the first place right? Wouldn't it be fun to find out the Mallets are headed to the fort that the tower is headed for?

[Arkum]

"The Mark of the Beast" could also imply that one of the survivors is marked as a target for the beast (say Ink wants one of them, for instance).

[Adventureless_Hero]

I'm thinking that the Mark of the Beast has several references in this chapter; Scratches scar, Ink's tattoos, the road block marking an ambush, the cut on Lizzie's leg from that tardust sob who tried to rape her, whatever Saul plans to do (leave his mark on the Mallers because right now, that boy is in beast-mode), and possibly some tattoo that Pippin has that would identify him as having been in prison, like a gang tat or something.

At first I believe the Mallers were headed towards the colony, going south on 110. But after I heard about and saw the chapter art I immediately felt that the Mallers were headed for the arena. What thier reasons are for heading there I don't know. Maybe they were going to offer the slaves to Ink or something, but I can't see how that would make sense. A truce between humans and biters just doesn't seem likely to me. Perhaps they were headed there to exterminate the nest, taking tankers full of gas to burn the arena down. Or maybe they were on thier way to a new home (with a definite locale in mind) and just happened to catch Ink's attention.

I don't think they are going too far though because if they planted Pippin at the Tower, that means they are going to stick close by. If they were leaving the state they'd probably give two shits about the Tower. Hmmm, maybe the Mallers were going on an all out offensive: eliminate the zombie threat by burning down the arena, then return to the Tower with Pippin as your inside man and take over. If the Tower was able to use the zombies as cavalry in the last fight, what happens if you take away that support? IDK, there is just so much that could happen. Is it Monday yet?

[IAmBabs]

I have to say, I'm very interested in Lizzy this season. I can't help but wonder how much knowledge she would retain if turned? I say this because she is always the first to notice when the zombies make a trap. If she was turned instead of her and the two Mallers escaping, would she be able to help them [zombies] make better traps?

As for where the Mallers are heading? Part of me wants to believe that they are heading towards the Colony. Their mobilizing so close to Marcus' supposed downfall is too convenient. I think they met some of the recon teams when the teams were out and eventually spoke through the to incite the rebellion.

I don't see the Mallers going to the arena since they don't seem to be the bunch to want to research the creatures or rescue a comrade. But if they want to cut down the number of zombies, maybe setting that place ablaze would help, but I'm also not sure how they would know that the arena is where the zombies all go back to since they don't even know zombies make traps.

As for Pippin, I don't know. I don't remember Scratch saying anything about him, but I also need to re-listen to the episode anyways. He could have been a troublesome slave (like Michael would have been had he been captured by them) that she wants to beat the crap out of and leave for dead, or a mole, or someone to communicate with the Tower's mole.

[Bulldog711]

No doubt about it now.....my money is on the Maller's offering slaves to INK for protection of some sort....then Saul and Co find them and blow up the arena! BOOYAAH!!!

[yarri]

5.does the chapter artwork look like an arena on fire to anyone else but me?

I have to agree with you Nik. It does look like the arena on fire.