After watching the Uncharted 3 Drakes Deception teaser trailer a number of times there were a few things that jumped out as possible hints and after a little research and a bit of guessing some rather interesting results were found.
One of the many post it notes across the table makes reference to the games location which has a number of different names Ubar, Wabar and Iram of the pillars are all ways of saying the ancient lost city or lost region of the City of a Thousand Pillars on the Arabian Peninsula.
The city called Iram is also mentioned in the Qur’an as a city of pillars as well as possibly being found by NASA a few years back via ground penetrating radar sensing satellites; camel routes were followed to all center on one area thought to be the lost city. Being trading routes the game could possibly center around an artefact that was perhaps lost in this ancient city or maybe just like Shambhala from Uncharted 2, Drake will set out to discover Iram.
Other things the teaser trailer points to are either less obvious or as of yet not understandable. At the end of the teaser before the Uncharted 3 logo fades in a lone cigar has been left smouldering. This alongside the line in Uncharted 2 where Sully says to Drake he wants to go somewhere warm hints towards a possible appearance from Victor Sullivan. Also note the fact it seems there is a pubs name on side of the ash tray, although the words aren’t exactly readable.
One oddity in the teaser is that there are two passports from the United States of America, as well as there not just being one, the money underneath is the English pound. This slightly baffles me and the only possible link that I have been able to make thus far is that both countries play a part even if it is slightly in the games storyline.
In the book that looks majorly like Drake journal there is a sword in circle surrounded but odd symbols which are being pointed towards. These odd symbols while looking different give the impression to be somewhat like the odd symbols in Drake’s journal in Uncharted 2 perhaps they are clue to puzzles that will be found in Drakes Deception.
Lastly there is another odd symbol which is in the rough shape of a stickman that appears in two places in the trailer. Is this coincidence? Surely not as I am certain a lot of time has been put into this teaser. If you have an idea of what this or any of the other things in the teaser mean comment them below!
Nolan
December 10, 2010 at 5:09 PMI first saw the stickman symbol in the novel ‘The Charlemange Pursuit’ by Steve Berry (2008). Whether it’s older, I can’t say. It’s just the first time I remember seeing it. The novel has to do with a ‘Civilization One’ that went forth from Antartica when it was still tropical and spread knowledge around the prehistoric world. In the ‘Language of Angels’, the stickman is the symbol of righteousness. Here is a direct passage from the book: “Atop is the sun, half ablaze in its glory. Then the earth, a simple circle, and the planets represented by a dot within the circle. The cross reminds them of the land, while the sea waves below.”
DanR
December 10, 2010 at 10:49 PMthe “odd symbol” you refer to at the end of the article is John Dee’s heiroglyphic monad:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monas_Hieroglyphica
Dee was English, could play into the British connection.
N311V
December 10, 2010 at 10:53 PMThanks Oliver East (author) that was fun. Maybe contact a historian, would be cool to hear their opinion on the details you’ve uncovered.
Ale
December 10, 2010 at 11:12 PMI’m sure Sully will appear, look at his revolver.
Nolan
December 11, 2010 at 9:42 AMThanks DanR….it appears Steve Berry took a little liberty with Mr. Dees monad. I’m so excited, I started playing Uncharted 1 Drake’s Fortune again. A year to wait for 3…at least something to look foward to.