(DENIED) Theory 1) The Merchant is not one cat! Multiple cats take shifts being the merchant, some go foraging for stuff to trade and the others go in a territory to trade with the cats (THIS THEORY HAS BEEN DENIED) Theory 2) The Merchant caused the sickness! Or twolegs did, or maybe even StarClan did! Maybe an evil cat from the dark forest/starclan! Theory 3) The Merchant has some object/power that causes them to be avoided! Give to them by a twoleg perhaps? Theory 4) Everything is by the twolegs, and the critters/cats are the experiments :0 Theory 5) She Who Watches is the real experiment, and they are testing how it reacts to the environment Theory 6) She Who Watches controls Itami or Itami controls She Who Watches!!!!!!!!! Theory 7) She Who Watches controls the critters Theory 8) She Who Watches has a lineage! Itami is part of it!!!!! ITAMI IS HER SON CONFIRMED Theory 9) maybe Endlings don't lose their soul but watch and can't control what they do... Theory 10) the Fire Dancer is another experiment sent by the twolegs to try and see if the infected get hurt/stay away :0 Theory 11) Fire Dancer is a dormant creature that will spread an event that will k!ll us all or save us all. Theory 12) Fire Dancer = machine and the merchant unlocks its powers with a keyy Theory 13) FIRE DANCER IS THE SECRET BROTHER :O Theory 14) Fire Dancer - Gekitai - means repel, so they are repellent (CONFIRMED)