Horizon Forbidden West: 10 Confirmed Details You NEED To Know

10. The Return Of Sylens

Sylens played a very mysterious role in Horizon Zero Dawn. We never really got a feel for his true intentions and background. He was a figure that was shrouded in secrecy with a fascination for the Old Ones. His history was riddled with betrayal and intrigue and left more questions about Sylens' role to be than it answered.

After discovering and repairing the corrupt AI HADES and starting a cult-like offshoot of the Shadow Carja named the Eclipse, Sylens planned to use the cult to organise an attack on Meridian to take it back. Unfortunately for Sylens, when HADES had deemed him no longer useful, it ordered the Eclipse to hunt him down. Sylens once again disappeared into the shadows to avoid death.

It was clear that Sylens was helping Aloy for his own gain, but was he genuinely an evil deceiver, or is he on a mission of his own to help improve the world?

At the end of the latest trailer, we see Sylens with what looks to be a new tribe, overriding some kind of new boar-like machine. It seems like Sylens has a fresh clique, we are just not sure what his intentions are, again.

We saw him at the end of the last game recapturing HADES, so what does this mean for Forbidden West?