Are we going to get some answers to who the Red-Gloved Man is? Are all those others Red-somethinged too?

Penfold said:

But I really like what they've come up with thematically for the new cycle.

Reminds me of Eldritch Edition Block, which I thought was a great setting.

No idea, actually

I thought the arc had finished with Behind the Door:

It shows the key and reveals there is more than one "Red Gloved Man."

And now, indeed, the rabbit hole seems to go far deeper.

Six locations, six "red ones" and six "keys."

Some answers should be unavoidable. Although it probably raises even more questions in the process...

They all seem to be wearing vastly different articles of clothing, and for all the differences and quirks that various Omniscient Councils of Vagueness have between one another, a common theme that they nearly all tend to share is a sense of uniformity, not just in color scheme but in dress code as well. It could be that these are all the Red-Gloved Man's equivalent agents from different parts of the world. This would explain the gloves seen Behind the Door: all New England agents of the Covenant wear the same type of glove.

Anyway, if this is the case, it would tie in nicely with the "international" feel Ancient Relics is wanting to evoke.

Dang, I suddenly really want to catch up on chapter pack purchases just so I can read the story. Is there any chance of FFG posting the serial story to the website for folks to read, I wonder?

MarthWMaster said:

The locations we'll are confirmed as:

"The Valley of the Kings, Hong Kong, the Yucatan, the South Pole, Athens, and the South Pacific"

So, yeah, that makes sense. The question is: Who is who?

Marius said:

The woman with the red scarf and the sword key might be from Athens.

The guy with the red glasses and the sextant key might be from the South Pole (or the South Pacific?). It has to be an area associated with seafaring.

What kind of key does man with the red tie have? Is this some kind of aboriginal item or a piece of rock? Then he might be from the South Pacific (Australia/New Zealand/Polynesia).

Our red-gloved friend's key reminds me of Yucatan.

That would leave the robed cultist with his triangular key (reminiscent of a pyramid?) for the Valley of Kings.

What do you think?

Well, if I was the Red from the South Pole, I'd be the hooded one. I hear back in the 1930's that place was pretty much frozen, so a hood makes sense.

The sextant, South Pasific? The girl in the white dress seems like Athens indeed.

What the heck is in front of the hooded fellow? A walrus steak?

Congress of the Keys reminds me of the gathering of Pirate Lords in one of those Pirates of the Caribbean movies...

Is it me, or has the Red-Gloved Man's key changed between the conspiracy and story cards?

Hellfury said:

You're probably right. But I think I shall refer to it as 'walrus steak' from now on.

What else is in the pic? (from left to right)

I spy a broken crank shaft, a walrus steak, a spaghetti dog, a butter knife, a bong and an ashtray.

I guess the mystery is finally revealed.
They are just garbage connoisseurs who were caught in the middle of "Show-and-Tell".

The picture brings up a question for me straight away. What sort of loathsome optometrist fashioned those horrific glasses? Could it be the gibbering Michael Kors or perhaps the SIlver Twilight's Louis Vuitton?!?! Of course the man could just be a Yithian who used a LensCrafter Groupon and a Flux Capacitor.

So I am just doing some research into the game and stuff and was wondering if these are all part of an actual story and if it is in the cards or is there a story in the packs somewhere ? An ongoing story would be pretty cool.

Everything is told from within the pictures of the cards.