Forum:Klaus Wulfenbach attacked Castle Heterodyne

I'm sure this has been said elsewhere, but I'll lay it out. In fact, a variant has been suggested in-universe, by none other than Klaus Wulfenbach himself:. I, of course, think that's an intentionally planted hint towards the explanation of what happened.

=The facts=
 * Barry thought Klaus had done something horrible. We don't get to hear what, but it's bad enough that it made Barry not trust Klaus.
 * Some form of time travel eventually becomes possible, as evidenced by the mysterious portals in which we see Agatha.
 * The circumstances surrounding the attack on Castle Heterodyne are completely unclear. Right now, all we know is the result: the castle in ruins, the Heterodyne son dead, Lucrezia's assistants murdered, her notes burned, and her gone.
 * Klaus strongly believes that Lucrezia is the Other, and possibly was always planning betrayal
 * Klaus is the type of man who likes to eliminate risks. For example, his response to Agatha has been to try to capture or contain here, and then to try to kill her when he believed she truly was Lucrezia

=The speculation= What would tie all this together and fit with Klaus's character is Klaus somehow getting his hands on a time machine, going back in time, and attacking Castle Heterodyne, in an attempt to kill Lucrezia before she can flee and become the Other. This, of course, doesn't change history at all, and has the oh-so-familiar result of time travel stories.

Klaus shows up at the castle, and attacks Lucrezia. Lucrezia fights back, and of course the castle joins in on her side, since from its perspective a Heterodyne's wife is being attacked. In the fighting, the castle is nearly destroyed, the Heterodyne son is killed, and Lucrezia is forced to flee before she was fully prepared. (I would speculate that she was waiting until Agatha was born, so that she would have a backup body immediately available).

Her asisstants are either found to be complicit in her schemes by Klaus and killed by him, or Lucrezia decides they know too much and kills them before fleeing. Ditto her notes - either burned by Klaus because they're too dangerous, or burned by Lucrezia because they would reveal too much. Klaus himself either has to go back to the present, or is killed in the fighting.

Eventually, Barry finds out about this, explaining his distrust of Klaus, and wrapping everything up into a nice time loop that leaves a whole bunch of mysteries still to resolve - most importantly, what Lucrezia was already planning to do, and what he was spurred to do because of the attack. 132.236.60.153 04:52, 29 March 2008 (UTC)