It is possible that Wander and Mono had founded their own kingdom, or Mono used her power to take control of a kingdom, one which she would rule for centuries. This could explain the statues of the horned people seen in the castle in ICO. Mono would become the Queen, and as time passed she began to demand the horned children as sacrifices so she could continue living. Another possibility is that, rather than being an actual queen of a forgotten kingdom, Mono/the Queen simply terrorized the land kidnapping any horned children she found in some deranged attempt to be reunited with Wander who had died long ago, until it became tradition for people to willingly sacrifice the horned children so that they would be spared her wrath. Either way, it became a tradition, and the horned children were seen as a curse. Mono made her home in the abandoned castle, and waited for each sacrifice to strengthen her and prolong her life.

But the Queen's body, Mono's body, would eventually begin to deteriorate as the time between each sacrifice became longer and longer, due to the horned children being sacrificed before they could have any children and pass down Dormin's power. The Queen had absorbed much of the masculine part of Dormin, which was another factor to her madness. She thought of a plan and created a new being, her daughter Yorda. It is possible that the Queen had Yorda with one of the horned children sacrificed. The Queen instilled in Yorda much of the feminine part of Dormin, which would cause the Queen to die quicker, so she needed to take over Yorda's body quickly, until Ico got free...

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In some sense, Ico killing the Queen and escaping with Yorda can be seen in some way as redeeming the acts of Wander and Mono's life s the Queen. Much like Wander, Ico is determined to save a girl he likes, but whereas Wander's deal with Dormin could be seen as selfish, someone unwilling to let go of the dead and going to great extremes, Ico saves Yorda out of pure kindness and selflessness. At the same time, at the end of ICO, we see that Yorda is willing to part with ICO so that he can live.

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Another possibility is that, rather than being an actual queen of a forgotten kingdom, Mono/the Queen simply terrorized the land kidnapping any horned children she found in some deranged attempt to be reunited with Wander who had died long ago, until it became tradition for people to willingly sacrifice the horned children so that they would be spared her wrath. Either way, Mono made her home in the abandoned castle, and waited for each sacrifice to strengthen her and prolong her life.

But the Queen's body, Mono's body, would eventually deteriorate. The Queen had absorbed much of the masculine part of Dormin, which was another factor to her madness. She thought of a plan and created a new being, her daughter Yorda. It is possible that the Queen had Yorda with one of the horned children sacrificed. The Queen instilled in Yorda the feminine part of Dormin, which would cause the Queen to die quicker, so she needed to take over Yorda's body quickly, until Ico got free...

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It is possible that Wander and Mono had founded their own kingdom, one which Mono would rule for decades, maybe centuries. This could explain the statues of the horned people seen in the castle in ICO. Mono would become the Queen, and as time passed she began to demand the horned children as sacrifices so she could continue living. Another possibility is that, rather than being an actual queen of a forgotten kingdom, Mono/the Queen simply terrorized the land kidnapping any horned children she found in some deranged attempt to be reunited with Wander who had died long ago, until it became tradition for people to willingly sacrifice the horned children so that they would be spared her wrath. Either way, it became a tradition, and the horned children were seen as a curse. Mono made her home in the abandoned castle, and waited for each sacrifice to strengthen her and prolong her life.

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A very long time ago, the people of the forbidden land made a deal with Dormin; in order to defeat their enemies, he would give them the colossi to use as weapons. It's possible the colossi were created by the people on Dormin;s instructions and then given life by Dormin. In exchange for this protection and power, the people would worship Dormin as their patron god. The shrine of worship was constructed as a sort of hub for Dormin to control the colossi from through the idols. Each colossus had some sort of role to play; Valus and Gaia and the more humanoid colossi acted as giant infantry soldiers, Avion and Phalanx as an air force, Hydrus and Pelagia attacking ships, etc. Malus was the strongest of these, and could destroy anything that came close to the lands from almost any direction. He was placed by the shore to wipe out any ships that Hydrus or Pelagia did not get.

However, eventually Dormin required some kind of sacrifice, one which the people deemed too high to pay, but Dormin took it anyway. One possibility is the price was the sacrifice of hundreds, maybe thousands of lives. My theory is that Phalanx's desert used to be some kind of city which Dormin obliterated, possibly using Malus, his most powerful colossus. Another possibility is that he took over the body of the king of the lands to use as a host. Another possibility is that the ruler made this deal with Dormin without his/her people's consent.

Whatever the case, the people found Dormin's act to be unforgivable, and so the shamans devised a way of permanently sealing Dormin's power away in the 16 colossi, but not his consciousness, which stayed trapped in the shrine. These seals also broke Dormin's control over the colossi, but without control the colossi went wild. The people of the land imprisoned the colossi they could, such as bolting Malus' feet to the ground and trapping him behind a wall, or trapping Quadratus on a beach it could not escape from, Gaia stuck on the platform, Kuromori in the colosseum, Hydrus in the lake, etc.

They could not kill the colossi, because doing so would release Dormin's power, but the many battles with the colossi just trying to trap them destroyed much of their civilization, and they could not trap them all, so the people left the land and claimed it forbidden. Over time, the colossi went into dormancy, until being awoken upon Wander's arrival with the magic sword.

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A very long time ago, the people of the forbidden land made a deal with Dormin; in order to defeat their enemies, They would give them the colossi to use as weapons. It's possible the colossi were created by the people on Dormin's instructions and then given life by Dormin. In exchange for this protection and power, the people would worship Dormin as their patron god. The shrine of worship was constructed as a sort of hub for Dormin to control the colossi from through the idols. Each colossus had some sort of role to play; Valus and Gaia and the more humanoid colossi acted as giant infantry soldiers, Avion and Phalanx as an air force, Hydrus and Pelagia attacking ships, etc. Malus was the strongest of these, and could destroy anything that came close to the lands from almost any direction. He was often stationed by the shore to wipe out any ships that Hydrus or Pelagia did not get.

However, eventually Dormin required some kind of sacrifice, one which the people deemed too high to pay, but Dormin took it anyway. One possibility is the price was the sacrifice of hundreds, maybe thousands of lives. My theory is that Phalanx's desert used to be some kind of city which Dormin obliterated, possibly using Malus, his most powerful colossus. Another possibility is that They took over the body of the king of the lands to use as a host. Another possibility is that the ruler made this deal with Dormin without his/her people's consent.

Whatever the case, the people found Dormin's act to be unforgivable, and so the shamans devised a way of permanently sealing Dormin's power away in the 16 colossi, but not Their consciousness, which stayed trapped in the shrine. These seals also broke Dormin's control over the colossi, but without control the colossi went wild. The people of the land imprisoned the colossi they could, such as bolting Malus' feet to the ground and trapping him behind a wall, or trapping Quadratus on a beach it could not escape from, Gaia stuck on the platform, Kuromori in the colosseum, Hydrus in the lake, etc.

The people could not kill the colossi, because doing so would release Dormin's power, but the many battles with the colossi just trying to trap them destroyed much of their civilization, and they could not trap them all, so the people left the land and claimed it forbidden. Over time, the colossi went into dormancy, until being awoken upon Wander's arrival with the magic sword.

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When Wander killed the colossi and broke the seals, Dormin's power took Wander as his new host, but because of Dormin's deal with Wander, the feminine part of his power went to Mono to revive her. The spell Emon casts at the end of the game did not exactly reseal Dormin's power, but severely diminished it, with the side effect being that Wander was reborn as a baby with a piece of Dormin's power, giving him horns. Mono then raised baby Wander, and eventually he had children who would strt the lineage of horned people.

It is possible that because of Dormin's power, Mono because immortal, but more corrupted as time passed. It's possible that she did have children with Wander, and the horned children are her descendants as well. But her immortality caused her lonliness s she watched her husband and children and grandchildren all die through the ages. She also learned how to begin harnessing the power of Dormin within her. When a horned descendant of hers died, it released a part of Dormin's power which she could absorb, and it was this that was prolonging her life.

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When Wander killed the colossi and broke the seals, Dormin's power took Wander as his new host, but because of Dormin's deal with Wander, the feminine part of Their power went to Mono to revive her. The spell Emon casts at the end of the game not only resealed Dormin's power within Wander, but severely diminished it, with the side effect being that Wander was reborn as a baby with a piece of Dormin's power within him, giving him horns. Mono then raised baby Wander, and eventually he had children who would start the lineage of horned people.

It is possible that because of Dormin's power, Mono because immortal, but more corrupted as time passed. It's possible that she did have children with Wander, and the horned children are her descendants as well. But her immortality caused her loneliness as she watched her husband and children and grandchildren all die through the ages. She also learned how to begin harnessing the power of Dormin. When a horned descendant of hers died, it released a part of Dormin's power which she could absorb, and it was this that was prolonging her life and slowly made her more powerful.

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[[WMG: How it ties to ICO]]
When Wander killed the colossi and broke the seals, Dormin's power took Wander as his new host, but because of Dormin's deal with Wander, the feminine part of his power went to Mono to revive her. The spell Emon casts at the end of the game did not exactly reseal Dormin's power, but severely diminished it, with the side effect being that Wander was reborn as a baby with a piece of Dormin's power, giving him horns. Mono then raised baby Wander, and eventually he had children who would strt the lineage of horned people.

Another possibility is that, rather than being an actual queen of a forgotten kingdom, Mono/the Queen simply terrorized the land kidnapping any horned children, in some deranged attempt to be reunited with Wander who had died long ago, until it became tradition for people to willingly sacrifice the horned children so that they would be spared her wrath.

But the Queen's body, Mono's body, would eventually deteriorate, because she was slowly losing the feminine part of Dormin. The Queen had absorbed much of the masculine part of Dormin, which was another factor to her madness. She thought of a plan and created a new being, her daughter Yorda. It is possible that the Queen had Yorda with one of the horned children she kidnapped. The Queen instilled in Yorda the feminine part of Dormin, which would cause the Queen to die quicker, so she needed to take Yorda's body over quickly, until Ico got free...

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