The Creepiest Unsolved Mystery in Monster Hunter 

I think he's the same person throughout the series. Most of the quest descriptions regarding him makes it sound like he's bored, and seeking entertainment from the hunters. It could also be interprited as though he's preparing the hunters for some sort of calamity. Filtering out those who are worthy to take on whatever he sees coming. The magazine story indicates he wants us to know of Fatalis' existence; however, no one will listen. As much as I want to know who he is, I'm more curious about what he knows that we don't.

He's apparently a cut NPC in the first game. He had a quest chain that rewarded you with the also cut "Guild Founder's Pendant"

The fact that he's able to put the quests he does and get them accepted by the guild definitely means the guild knows who he is and has some respect for him.

Scarlet Mystery Man could be not a person but a group like the "merry men", whose members are placed globally to properly track down dangerous monsters.

I can see how some people might suggest the Scarlet Man just be Dante jumping franchises looking for trouble. He's actually done that multiple times in other games.

While not as profoundly mysterious as the Scarlet Mystery Man another interesting reoccurring client in MH is the Fire Nation Princess. Her people believe a volcano is their god and whenever it becomes active it is their god becoming angry. However, she knows it's a monster activity causing the increase in volconic activity and personally asks the Guild for help. If I recall correctly I think one of the quest descriptions it implied she could have been sacrificed at one point to appease the god. There is also a brother and sister pair who are royalty who are in constant competition to one up each other. E.g they are in a fishing competition so the Princess asks you to hunt a Lavasioth. They appeared in FU and 4U and maybe Gen/GenU but I could be wrong. There is also fashion designer who likes Neoptereon parts in his fashion who appeared in 4U and Gen. There is also a spoiled princess who had appeared a few times who asks you to hunt monsters so that she can make articles of clothing like Rajang fur gloves and to Hypnocratice to make some sort of necklace

Scarlet was probably not in the new World, therefore couldnt gave requested anything from them. And for his age, he might be just an old Wyverian.

Such an interesting character, and we don't even know what he looks like. My personal theory is that there is a secret resistance against the guild, and the Scarlet Mystery man is a mole inside the guild. In MHWI, when you take on the Alatreon quest, they mention that the guild burned all the records of Alatreon because they feared that information going public. My guess is this secret resistance is potentially survivors of the Schrade incident (or descendants of survivors) and they're not happy that the Guild is trying to just cover it up and move on. The Scarlet Mystery Man is finding the strongest hunters and potentially recruiting them (You never hear about any of your previous hunters or their feats in the next game). A more cryptic factor is that he might have some sixth sense of foresight or getting visions of the future, and he's seeing a great calamity that no one is prepared for. And this resistance wants to make the black dragons public knowledge in the hopes that more people will stand against the calamity and the guild.

Scarlet Mystery Man was always one of my favorite MH Charachters, even if he only appeared in Quest Descriptions. The idea that theres this stranger who post quests to hunters fight the most powerful, apocalypse causing level monsters and treating these encounters as joyful events to the point he describes hunters fighting Fatalis as a "ballroom dance" was always something that got me thinking as a kid. And if you read into the Lore, the Scarlet Mystery Man has been around since before the original Fatalis attack on Schrade Castle and told Schrade about Fatalis 1 month before it attacked but they didnt believe him

Scarlet mystery man being a first wyverian would make sense. His quests reminds me of the first wyverian in the Ancient Forrest who tests your skills to see if you're worthy of taking on Zorah Magdaros.

I like the idea of Fatalis turning into a human, seeking the strongest hunter and pitting them against strong monsters to test them and challenging them after, so when Fatalis is slain a hunter will make armor out of it and turn into Fatalis with time, becoming a new strong vessel for the dragon. 100% not smth Capcom would do and probably not smth we want to be true, but hey at least it sounds cool and ties some bits of interesting lore together 😅

If Scarlet Mystery Man did have successors....what if they were the player? it could explain the vast knowledge of the rare species monsters as well as the slightly different wording for the quests given in each game (some sounding as if he's preparing the player hunter, others sounding as if he's annoyed/wants to challenge the player hunter etc.) the player hunter being able to survive and complete the quests could be a "rite of passage" so to speak, narrowing down those who'd be worthy of being passed the red cloak. Tis but a thought :Oc Very cool video though! It was very interesting to listen and watch! I had forgotten how much lore was in the games hahaa :'''D

My thoughts of scarlet mystery man's absence in world and ice borne, is because he is not in the new world. So maybe he has no knowledge about the new world as of that time.

On that "Fatalis in human form", what if its not so literal? The Scarlet Mystery Man could be a member of a cult who worships the black dragons and that's why he gives missions to the hunters - to prepare them as offerings to the Black Dragons. Because only the strongest could sate them and their desire for a challenge. If the hunter wins, then it is because the Black Dragon saw someone worthy of their 'blessing' (armour and weapons) and thus prevents the destruction the dragon would have caused seeking out their challenge on their own. If one sees him/them as a cult who seeks to keep their dark god *sealed* through sacrifices, then I think his actions make a bit more sense. And thus, the Scarlet Man is their seer/prophet, i.e. the one who can tell if the dragons are awakening.

I'm mostly surprised he didn't ask us to hunt the dire miralis in third gen or fourth gen gogmazios

For me, the strangest thing about Scarlet Mystery Man is when he says he 'prepares' or 'arranges' certain quests. Sure, the 2 Rajang quests make some sense. The guild captures Monsters for Arena fights all the time, so why can't he? But... He says he arranges fights between the Hunters and Elder Dragons... That can't be possible. Nobody can just control where an Elder Dragon will arrive. Especially not those like Fatalis or Alatreon. If he just predicts where they'll be, that makes sense, but then why choose such specific wording?

My first thought after watching this video is, maybe the scarlet mystery man is a wyverian, maybe a higher up in the guild, who has much information about all this dangerous monster (either through resonate or other kind of information gathering), but can't really put out the info because it'll stir the world to chaos. So the easiest thing to do is to put out a quest as this mysterious man, so the information will be scattered throughout the world, but also will get picked up by hunters who also curious about all of this. This also help masking his trail for common folk as "this crazy dude putting crazy quest" by mixing up fantastical, made up word with actual facts. People, or even hunters will shrug and laugh it off after seeing "i prepared 2 rajang for you". This also explain why there are a lot of "red dressed" person in the lore, all of it is the same person with different alias. Even so, why go though all the hassle? Maybe because the "self important people" third fleet master mentioned prevented all this kind of info to get out into the public, hence the alias and the misdirection. I know all of this is reaching and none have any basis or actual explanation. Hell, maybe the devs don't even think it that much. But man theorizing is fun.

It is semmingly conveneient that we always loose information on dangerous monsters whenever they appear. Like, the dialogue just before Alatreon in MHW, if I remember. The books containing more information on Alatreon are said be "suddenly" burnt for "no reason".

Personally I'd like to think he's dopeing using elder dragon blood in order to stay immortal. The reason he gives out his quest is to scout strong hunters and pit them against elders to get his next fix.

Is it just me or does his dialogue seem to get more, unhinged, from generation to generation? Like he might be going partially mad?

I think it’s more plausible that the scarlet mystery man is actually not just one man, but a group of people: The guild knights. I could definitely imagine these people having access to information such as this, and relaying it to our characters because they know that we can handle it. But realistically its probably just a joke character made to mess with us lol

The scarlet mystery man is actually a Red Khezu

I think the scarlet mystery man is a veteran hunter turned guild knight. Being a guild knight, let alone a veteran hunter, it would make sense that he would know about the black dragons, probably even slayed one. As for why he has these quests he makes for us, I think it is because he is tasked with finding hunters that the guild thinks can combat those crazy powerful monsters.

You'd think the guild would see these quests and go "what the fuck is this guy smoking?"

In monster hunter online there is a mention of a man dressed in scarlet who elders dragons seem to avoid that’s evidence enough to say hell no this guy is bad news

It seems to me that the scarlet mystery man isn't a individual, it's a group of people. Maybe a cult of some sort. After all the personality of the quest descriptions he gives seems to be different all the time, sometimes just slightly but sometimes by a lot. Sometimes they are chalanging you, sometimes they are training you, and sometimes they seem to simply enjoy sending you on quests. And he also seems to be at the different locations at the same time. It also seems like they are trying to prepare the hunters for something. For what? Maybe fatalis, or something we don't know of yet, since they seem to know more then the guild. That's just my take of it though.

It probably started as just an easter egg for people to find out but when your player base loves a character like that you usually expand upon it... With him disappearing completely it probably is a sign they already had something way bigger planned and him vanishing is part of the setup... So, there's a good chance his story changed around quite a bit internally as they realized how many people loved the mysterious character.

I mean I have heard some theories with some basis around Fatalis being able to take human form, also taking into account the whole ”wearing fatalis armor turns you into a fatalis” thing. Also some people interpret (myself included) White Fatalis as not as inherently hostile towards humanity as opposed to it’s other versions. Rather that White Fatalis is searching for a worthy adversary to take it down and finally end its life. Also the scarlet mystery man talks alot about the moon in the quest descriptions and what does White Fatalis do in its fight? Blocks out the sun with the moon which gives it some link to the moon. Also while I understand the theory of him being crimson fatalis, Crimson and Scarlet are two different kinds of red, Crimson being more fiery red while Scarlet a bit more neutral red… kinda the same color as White Fatalis red details. My take on him is that he could be White Fatalis following the hunters journey to see if they are worthy to take him on or just more ”foolish” hunters that he will crush like bugs

So you know how some quests in MHW are given by an unnamed guy who's "name" is stuff like "hey, it's me!" , "it's me again!" , etc. Perhaps he is the scarlet mystery man

As far as I know the guild isn't the central government. Most kings, queens, provisional armies, and countries have been mentioned such as in the parasol bowgun description

Hey, I looked through the rise sunbreak quests and the event quest 'forbidden waltz' appears similar to how the scarlet man speaks, "The august assault of two fiery wyverns is a beautiful sight to behold, indeed. Any valiant warriors out there that can best their incandescent dance shall receive a gift: materials to craft some layered armor"

Yo, you said that in Monster Hunter World the Mystery Scarlet Man does not show. Welp, in Iceborn, at the Event quests, there is one about defeating 2 Furious Rajans, and the client is "Its me..." What if he was the Scarlet Man?

Sometimes I wonder if Egg Mafia are somehow related with Scarlet Mystery Man. Prolly some branch of followers, not unlike mysterious group mentioned by 3rd Fleet Master? Or maybe they're being used for since the goals are somewhat aligned? While the whole egg questline is a joke, it still lead to the birth of Crimson Fatalis.

I find it funny how everyone tries to give an "in-verse" explanation that makes him up to be an actual character we may eventually meet rather than the obvious route as he is simply an easter egg character. The Scarlet Mystery Man has all possible hints of being either the devil or a demon: He's , lived for hundreds of years, he is obscure yet knowledged on topics the guild is completly on the dark about, he speaks poetically and even in some level of reverence when he speaks of the black dragons, he sends you to fight against only the hardest monsters out there, beast royalty if you will, he speaks of the black dragons as "those feared even by the gods" or "those feared by the heavens", and he either speaks of these quests as if they were trials of survival, or events of upmost importance and exelence, such as dances with royalty. So, he's a seemingly inmortal, seemingly knowing of the obscure guy, who speaks elegantly, sends you on "hellish" quests against the "kings of beasts" an speaks about creatures that "scare gods and heaven" as if they were figures of importance in a ball/dance while what they are is basically a fight to the death. With all these in mind, it seems obvious that he is the devil or a demon at least, and his presence being used to just send u on the hardest quest the devs can think of seems like just a playful easter egg, after all high difficulties in games can often bear the tittles of "hellish" or "demonic". This would also explain why he disappeared in MHW onwards, before MHW the franchise was rather niche and World's entire purpose as a game was to bringford the series into the mainstream, with this mysterious character being used as a meere wink that the quest will be hard yet having enough mystery behind it to have people thinking he may eventually be part of one of the game's story or the over all lore it makes sense for Capcom to simply remove him, since he was never meant to be more than a lil easter egg.

I love this kinda of lore videos and in game lore it's so dame epic and yet creepy and scary not knowing who this guy is and why he's asking us to hunt such powerful monsters

Dante just feels like visiting every now and then 😂

There is a reoccuring theme in Mythology about creatures of great power taking the forms of humans. Take the race of beings known As wyverians, for example. A fusion of Human, and Wyvern... they had to start from somewhere... Perhaps an Ancient Elder Dragon, taking the form of a human, helped humanity by being part of the formation of the guild or perhaps by creating the race of Long Lived Wyverians?

What if instead of a single individual the scarlet mystery man is a code name for an organization within the guild that researches the black dragons and keeps tabs on their and other rare species' movements and their job is to find the hunters strong enough to take on black dragons throughout the world and the quests are sent through that part of the guild instead of the main part of the guild and the moniker is there to make you think it's just a single person when it's not I might just be over thinking it but it's fun to speculate over cause I'd like to imagine the guild isn't really telling us everything that they know about these monsters and there must be some reason for it

a dude that wears red, has lived for 1000 years, and that we know almost nothing about? that's a vampire

My personal theory: there are multiple scarlet men. They've known much about these mysterious monsters through possibly ancient texts exclusive to their community. The talk of old gods possibly implies a religious motivation for their actions, luring foolish hunters in battles stacked against them.

Definetly Dante from Devil May Cry

On one of the mr ranks on the mhw iceborne dlc, Might Muscle Monkey Madness, the client is, “It’s me”

I love how this is most likely just a cute little easter egg or connection the developers like to put in the game, like an inside joke among the team, and my man acts like at the bottom of this "mystery" we are goint to find a dead body

im pretty sure he is mentioned on monster hunter world, its not him requesting it but a palico if im not wrong, its either on the high rank quests or the master rank quests on the events, its on the arena, the client mentions of an old legend of a men who would wear only red and would also only hunt red monsters, and if you could make the legend be true by killing the monsters on the arena

I feel like the Furious Rajang duo fight in MHW titled "Mighty Muscle Monkey Madness" may be given by Scarlet Mystery Man. The client for the quest just says "It's me..." so I feel like it's eluding to something of that nature.

The Man in red is from the Spanish inquisition. No one would have expected it

In mhfu there is a quest from, if im remember correctly "The Lady in the white dress" and it turns out its a white fatalis quest... Now I raised a question,"Did the white fatalis CAN shape Shifting??!!"

Featuring Dante from the devil may cry series

I think that The Scarlet Robed Man is a descendant of the Schrade peoples. Wyverian most likely, who's lineage is specifically linked to these powerful monsters, Fatalis most of all. They probably formed the guild in order to take back their home, and to stop the same calamity from happening again by fostering powerful, demi-god like warriors by forging them in the stressful fights that he pits them against.

My guess is that he is a wyverian and apart of some kind of secret society also it could just be me but if I was to guess this societies base of operations I’d say it’s in the tower region or possibly the yukumo/kamura region just because of the amount quests relating to that area (I say yukumo/kamura because I heard some where that the two villages are in close vicinity) and involve a “celebration” but that’s just a guess on my end

I think I know whom this mystery man is. Who remembers the creation myth from Monster Hunter World? About the dragons whom created time, the sea, the lands, and everything else? In it, a young man traveled by sea to see why the dragons created everything. He returned to his people with the scales of the dragons then vanished without a trace. He could be that same young man, watching over the events of the MH universe since the very beginning of time itself.

Pretty sure he is in the old world and monster hunter world takes place in the new world and that's potentially why he didn't give a quest in mhw

What if it is like a "Fairy Tail" or " Dragonslayer Mage" type thing. Where a Dragon transforms into a Human shape and teaches how to kill Dragons and other Monsters by forming a Guild to provide the Tools for those hunts.

He seems to be taking the same kind of role as the serpents hand in scp lore. Both are very secretive and amking efforts to gradually reveal more about something that a large organization wants kept under wraps. The scarlet mystery man is making his move by slowly showing more and more powerful hunters these impossible creatures and testing them by making them hunt said monsters. Its likely hes gathering the strongest hunters out there so he can make more bold moves. Not much can be done to a guy who has some of the strongest people in the world on his side. This makes the guild acting against him much more difficult. Kinda like the serpents hand and their base of operations which is an anomaly that hides itself so well the foundation cant even start tracking them, making acting against them impossible.

Lmao the second i figured out where this was going I was like this mother fucker was probably responsible for the double rajang quest… sure enough.

I know this may sound stupid, but my personal theory is that it's just Capcom referencing Akuma. Now while it's out there Capcom has done Akuma time traveling to alternate hyper-ancient history with Asura, and his canon reality jumping to be the real Akuma manifested in copy universes in mobile games. Akuma also shows interest in the strong who's to say he wasn't out here just bodying monster in alt timelines going to the main MH universe and reporting about it (it may answer why he's only reported on by aperance not having a Guild id n such) and may be why we don't hear about him anymore since he's finally defeated

I have a theory that might put most of these theories together. I think Scarlet Mystery Man (let's call it Scarlet) existed as a Wyverian 1,000 years ago, warned the kingdom as mentioned in the video, but when they didn't believe him, he created THE GUILD that hunts monsters along with the few survivors of said kingdom (assuming there are). Then, as time went by, the first MH title was released and right there he encountered the one who did the impossible, slay dragons that are a terror of legends. A feat that only he, the hunter (you), could do? And by the end of the series, he recruits you to become the next Scarlet after you retire from hunting in order to prepare future hunters for the next calamity that will follow? This will explain Scarlet's extensive knowledge of the monsters because he already encountered them before as the hunter from previous titles continuing the cycle. This would also explain his authority from the guild because they know he's the previous hunter that did the impossible, looking for the next hunter who would do the same. Which is why they let him post such ridiculous quests. TL;DR There was an original Scarlet who was succeded by the first hunter and is now a moniker for the previous hunters (you) from the previous MH titles.

okay so this may be a stretch but this sounds all too familiar. In Dungeons and Dragons ancient true dragons can actually transform into humans as a spell known as Shape Changer, since DnD has been around since before Monster Hunter it's very possible that the Scarlet Mystery Man is actually a monster in disguise.

I think a human villain in a monster hunter game would be quite cool. It’s never really been explored in main games. I never knew about this! Instant subscription 💙

Feel like he is specificaly getting you to kill breeding pairs of monsters 2rajang 2gravios. All 3 rath pairs And then the big dragon quests are just like. Logic dont let the enviroment be destroyed He obviously has a lot of reasearch done and spends a lot of tine observing

Guesses: He is the secret head of the guild, possibly a full-blooded Wyverian. He's the Caravaneer from 4U, or related in some way. There are multiple 'Scarlet Mystery Man' people, and each carries the lore forward, but the organization/person is limited to the Old World. He is/was some kind of prophet, and delivered/wrote the quests a long time ago, only to be shared with a hunter/hunter(s) with specific qualities.

I also have another theory that’s kind of an add on to another. What if the Scarlet Mystery Man, being multiple people in generations, is actually a secret agency a bit like the Harpers from D&D. The Scarlet Mystery Man per generation goes to the Kingdoms of the MH verse and warns kingdoms of disasters and also gathers strong hunters to get rid of calamities around the world before they even begin. Like destroying Fatalis, White Fatalis, Crimson Fatalis, and Alatreon.

I like the idea of the Scarlet Mystery Man being a sort of litch/undying fella, who exists as long as super powerful monsters do; he begs mighty hunters, then, to defeat them to help him hasten to his rest.

Seems pretty obvious that he's an alias for the guild sending the most skilled hunters out to deal with massive threats. That's why you don't see him in the new world. Not much going in there threatens the old world. Even the literal dragon god over there was something the main characters found out about. If we failed they probably would have had a scarlet stranger mission open up for it. We didn't see the others because it doesn't really mater too much for the main population.

I think scarlet mystery man created the guild to protect people from the disaster of fatalis, he trains those he thinks worthy with challenges and when calamity occurs, he informs the hunter as to where to get to fatalis. He passes the crimson fatalis clothes and mantle to the hunter who then becomes the next generation of scarlet mystery man who trains/informs the next generation And there is a different version of SMM from each respected area and game, it explains how he recognises there's different songs the old SMM passes on the songs given by the other generations which all lived in different areas to the new person The reason he doesn't handle it himself is because he is too old to do so or something. Would also explain the different ways he presents himself in different games, just some generations SMM are more unhinged than others or they make reference to the humour of the previous one which would make sense if SMM is a hunter that received his quest previous

It is Dante from DMC, as in MH4U and MHG he appears in the additional download content and both Monster Hunter and Devil May Cry are from Capcom

I think his association with red might be sorta symbolic. He’s like a matador holding up the red sheet to over zealous hunters, causing them to bull rush into the most difficult quests in the game.

Perhaps he's somewhere between all 3. A Wyverian who's resonating with powerful monsters and is able to basically predict the future. He may live a very long time as a Wyverian, but he's not immortal. Likely what happens is he chooses a successor or successors forming a sort of cult of individuals who can resonate with powerful monsters and thus spread the forewarnings about the impending events and/or dangers, also explaining the variations in the song. The boredom? Well, with knowledge of the future, he knows what's going to happen already. That's kind of boring. They're likely wanting to see an unpredictable outcome by setting up slay/repel quests for Hunters to take on. There's also no fun in predicting and preventing a chaotic end-of-the-world fight. There's also the risk a madman would try to aid the calamity incarnate, after all, it is Humans. Creation of the Guild? It's the aforementioned cult. I personally believe that it could be an unknown, hyper-intelligent monster that's sending these quests. No, not like a monster shapshifting into a human, a monster writing or influencing and controlling someone to write it down and sending it in. In all fairness, it is very much an out-there theory, but if this unknown entity is controlling someone *(or is a humanoid monster, much like the Wyverians could be considered)* they'd probably sound very bored not knowing tone when communicating with others. Fatalis has a roughly human-level malicious intelligence, showing that it can even try to mimic Hunters out of spite. Plus, it'd need to conceal its identity anyways, hence the robe/cloak. The robe/cloak could even be part of the creature, like how the Magalas use there wing-arms like a cape, or mimic humanoids like how Ahtal-Ka used various random scrap wood and metal parts to form a dragonoid mech; similarly, most Temnocerons used the skin of another creature or their own webbing to form what could be called "clothes," though this isn't mimicry as far as I can tell. It might even be the first and likely only monster that cares about non-monsters as some people would care about monsters.

I remember this dude’s quests from back in the day, and I thought even then he was a dragon in human form. With sunrise, a human suffering from resonance makes more sense now. Their strange speech patterns even sound alike.

My theory based on what you've presented: The Scarlet Mystery Man is potentially more than one person. But not just any individual; someone gifted in tracking, surveying black dragons. A gift to go unnoticed by their awareness, to sense, follow and locate their positions. The purpose of the prerequisite quests are not just a challenge; they serve to weed out the weak, and reckless hunters from the strongest, wisest, and most cunning hunters, because it is those hunters who possess the best chances to survive, if not, slay the black dragons. When you consider that Fatalis decimated an entire Kingdom, it makes sense to only seek the best hunters. These aren't ordinary Elder Dragons; they are malicious beings that destroy everyone and everything, acutely aware of the devastation they cause. They have no equals, thus, they can upset the balance of nature with little to no opposition, not even from Deviljhos. Death to all, mercy to none. If no one rises to slay them, it will be these dragons that will lay waste to the world. And to ensure someone does come, they have to be made. The natural desire to seek challenge, to grow stronger, is what would ultimately drive them.

There likely isn't *that* much time passing between each main game entry. Some of the games referencing events of others in the present tense, recent happenings, or if the events of Generations are actually canonical, can be viewed as taking place within days/weeks/months of each other. With the exception of some dialogue referencing this figure existing in the past - the one we "know" in the present doesn't ever have to be a cultish group of figures, a long-lived Wyverian or even some immortal. It can just be some guy.

This was really awesome thanks. Can’t wait to hear more if he shows him self again

“Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!”

Good stuff.I was also "researching" that fella,you've uncovered way more than I thought there was.Thanks!

Although it' missing the motion design part of it, you really managed to capture the feeling you get while watching a Lemmino video!! Really nice work, continue editing wish you the best :D btw if you could add the music credits in the bio it would be great!

Regardless of who or what he turns out to be, narratively I could see him as some sort of chronicler/dandelion character who summarizes the era of hunters themselves, telling the story that the guild itself would keep under wraps if all is said and done. I would also really like to see a connection of humans and wyverians in the first great war and the creation of the black dragon, him functioning as a sort of inbetween (not because it is realistic but because it would be such a cool storyshift to unveil some secret mystery as a gameworld changing event.) And what I also always hope for is that we get some more tales of the first hunters. Appearently, compared to todays hunters, they were almost a different breed altogether, going by the information we have from Unite which was quite heavily referenced here. But I could also simply see him as a nice little secret that never pays off because the series is never gonna end anyways.

Honestly, I think the theory of Scarlet Mystery Man definitely sounds as though he has connections to the dragons themselves, in some of his quests, you can read a sense of annoyance with the hunters that continue to hunt the next great challenge. If I were a creature of 1000s of years of age I would get rather annoyed that there are these lesser beings slaying my kin, and as a means to try and be rid of them, I would constantly try to feed them to greater foes so as to be rid of them for good. But then the draconic hubris kicks in and suddenly, sure these hunters keep killing my kin, but they are fascinating and I want to know more, soon I will crush them beneath my claw in due time. So perhaps his disappearance was more the fact that his hubris got him wounded or straight up killed. This no more quests from him. Now I come from a DnD perspective and the dragons of the TTRPG can in fact take human form, and they can become so enthralled by their own hubris and pride as a way to toy with the lesser beings. And when they are caught on their heels they become EXTREMELY Paranoid and enraged that the lesser beings are ACTUALLY standing a chance. This doesn’t mean Monster Hunter takes inspiration from DnD, but it is an interesting avenue to explore. That’s just my thoughts.

*points to **28:04* That's me!!! Man, I'm so honored to be on this video, thank you!!!

That's fkn alucard from hellsing without a doubt

I imagine he's a wyverian, for his long life, maybe, somewhat related to the first wyverian in mh world, a opposite, more bombastic and insane version of him. Where the first wyvernian wants you to prove, and hunt these big pillars, the scarlet wants you to capitulate the horrors of monster, and prove what a hunters worth, can peak at.

love the work been looking for a channel like this for a while now

"Destiny waits for no one, Hunter" that line goes so insanely hard...

It's so cool that the chore used in the soundtrack is actually about fatalis himself and not just some random gibberish

He seems to be some kind of cultist training hunters to become powerful enough to perform rituals. Throughout the series he is giving the Gold Rathian and Silver Rathalos quests and he talks about blood and stuff in them, it is like he wants to sacrifice the blood of strong hunters in order to Summon these black dragons, fighting these mystical beings could be some kind of ritual in itselve. It seems like he dissappeared after achieving some kind of goal, he seems to be knowing what he is doing. What that goal was we don't know. I hope we will find out in the future. Maybe meet this guy or even fight him. Also it is very creepy how his song about fatalis is being sung by a lot of people including children. It could be some kind of religious spell.

I have some news about scarlet mystery man. You see in the first begging section of mh4u that's basically teaching you how to play there is a guy named casavanner whos the capita of the ship you wake up on, and what dose he have, that's right scarlet cloak and scarlet hat with a red feather in it, he also sparks the same way as scarlet mystery man.

He's just going on walks. *Enthusiastic* walks.

Plot twist: it was the HANDLER THIS WHOLE TIME!

It could also be that all of Monster Hunter Series all exist at the same time (I mean the game point of view) hence why Scarlet Mystery Man exist in all of the mentioned Monster Hunter, maybe Scarlet Mystery Man is part of the game's "Government" seeking someone strong enough that can oppose him someday, I mean majority of Monster Hunting is you with your cat (later with a dog) fighting some of these craziest God-like beings that creates storm itself, in short "Soloing", I don't know what Scarlet Mystery Man's goal is but one thing for sure is he is a part of the game's government and is searching the world for something, maybe in the new Monster Hunter, Scarlet Mystery Man might make his debut and reveal his intentions as to why he makes the players slay these god-like beings.

wait he is the one that tortures you with the dual SS rajang in the arena ? - imma have to find this dude

The SMM/scarlet mystery man is probably one of the researchers responsible for the creation of the EDW/Equal Dragon weapon, because of his staggeringly extensive knowledge on Elder Dragon lore. My guess he is part of the Ancient Civilization and he probably finally understood that the world needs balance, evident when the EDW was tipping the scale of war for the humans thus angering the Dragons of old, so my guess is that when an elder dragon starts to become too powerful or any wyverns start to disturb the local ecology, the SMM would employ the hunters to bring balance to the world.

Imagine if he was just a ploy from the guild to get people interested in those commissions? "No body is doing these missions, what if we spiced them up a little?"

What if he is someone who is slowly becoming Fatalis and getting hunters ready to kill him.

Im gen 5 and learning about stuff like this makes me wanna play the old games so bad! Also love the editing on this vid🔥

From what it sounds like he could be using us hunters to get rid of some of his enemies? Maybe he’s a foe of the gods/dragons from what I can put together it seems at first he was trying to warn us/prepare for a battle with the dragons but after seeing us constantly winning made him worried which is why he says “ our greed for a challenge “ and after that he just decides “ this hunter/hunters are strong maybe I can use them to weaken/defeat the gods/dragons “ idk I’m just theorizing at this point 😅

I mean i read in the First game a Text who says: The Legend of the Great Hero says that he is a Wyvernian Older as the Time and mayby the First Hunter of his Kind. He is the only Person who Lives with Wild Dragons, Speak there language and Riding them. I don't know at this time that the Wyvernian are the Guys with the Pointy Ears. What i was thinking at this Time was that the Text describes some kind of Extinct Human Dragon Supspecies. But a Guy Who can't die and had his Eyes and Ears Everywere sonds like the Scarlet for me.

My theory (probably has a lot of holes) is that it’s somebody whose wearing the fatalis armor and wearing a red cloak over it. Lore wise some weird stuff is supposed to happen to you when you wear the armor. Perhaps he isn’t in mhw because the fatalis you fight is him after being changed by the armor :/

Im gonna drop my bit of information for this in case anyone finds it interesting: There is an NPC in MHFU that is referenced without a name by a palyco from the very beginning. Inside the guild tavern, there is a cat walking around that you can talk to and in the first lines he just says that his partner (a hunter naturally) decided to go on a hunt alone this time, telling him to wait. Throught the game, while you keep climbing ranks and completing quests, he never tells you the monster his master went to hunt / is currently still out hunting, but he tells you of all the adventures he had with him, for example killing stuff like Rathalos, then I think Tigrex, then Lao Shang Lung, and other elders. Finally once you are at the peak of your hunting career the cat reaches the climax of the story, alluding that this final hunt in which he couldnt partake in was for Fatalis, and that he knows his master is still out there and he keeps waiting. I feel like it always stuck with me the fact that there is another hunter capable of pulling the stuff the player does, and the fact that this guy knew of Fatalis too, but maybe he was contacted by the scarlet dude aswel? IDK really, but this hunter must be the single most powerful NPC if he made it to Fatalis.

I think it's just a fun reference to Dante from Devil May Cry. Makes sense since it's also a very popular Capcom game and Dante can live for over 1000 years if you apply him to the Scarlet Man lore.

Meanwhile we'll get scarlet mystery man appear in person at the end of sunbreak to warn us about a comming disaster just like in castle dozents years before just to reveal a complete brand new fatalis variant

I’m 5 minutes into this video and damn it’s really well made for a small channel. Great work!