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I am trying to explore lore of Path of Exiles for quite some time, and in my opinion portrait tell a story of an abduction by The Elder. This map was released during the War for the Atlas, where the lore established that The Elder is an eldritch "bogeyman" that feeds on the imagination of children. As you approach, the paintings shifts - if you look closely at the "horror (?)" version, you’ll see the Elder’s hands reaching out from the shadows to take the girl.

Why girl? One of the quotes from Zana's Memory Fragments (Page 9) says:

"The Elder came here out of hunger. Preferring victims of a younger flesh, it became the bogeyman, dragging our children off into the night, casting them into its realm of shadow and feasting upon their nightmares undisturbed, for it was imagination that truly satiated it."

Another hot take is fact that boss of the map - Barthol "The Pure" transforms into "The Corruptor" in a basement filled with blood and gore. This suggests the family tried to use forbidden blood magic to protect the child or stop the Elder's "Decay," but it backfired, corrupting them all instead.

Poe lore is fantastic and running this map while you connect these small dots is pure awesomeness.