Solving the mystery behind the death of the West family



In one of the rooms in The Wild we encounter a campfire with the following note

It informs us that a puppet named Cowboy West set off to rescue his siblings, who went missing a few days prior. Cowboy West suspects they hid behind a secret bookcase, despite their mother forbidding them from doing so.



Following his instructions we find the bookcase. And behind it, we find a room with two dead puppets and a note.

The poor puppets starved to death, trapped behind that bookcase! What’s more, it seems that their brother never made it to their prison. He must have died on the way.



But why did Davy and Betty hide there in the first place? Why did they defy their mother’s warnings, despite knowing how dangerous it was?

The answer to this question lies right next to their hiding spot.

The bookcase is located in the same room as the hiding place of the key to the Happy Mines. And what does the Banker tell us about this key?

It was stolen by some “nasty critters”. Davy and Betty must have noticed the critters coming into the room, and decided to hide. Those must have been some very nasty critters indeed!



The Araknits! They were behind this all!

Araknits stole the key and brought it to the room with the bookcase. Davy and Betty hid behind it, so they wouldn’t get eaten. Their brother set off to rescue them, but died on the way.



But that is not the end of this tragic tale… if we return to the room after unlocking the last door…

They’re nowhere to be seen…

It seems they joined the horde of zombie puppets :(

