Horizon Forbidden West: Tilda's Connection to Aloy, Beta, and Elisabet Explained
During the build-up to Horizon Forbidden West’s release on PS4 and PS5, Guerrilla Games spotlighted the acting talent that was heading to its post-apocalyptic universe. Alongside Angela Bassett’s Regalla, Carrie-Anne Moss‘ Tilda was teased as one of the major characters who would shape Aloy’s sophomore adventure. Now that the game is approaching its two-month anniversary, fans are starting to appreciate just how effective the studio’s foreshadowing teases were.
As someone who’s survived for hundreds of years in a universe that’s constantly on the brink of destruction, Tilda van der Meer is naturally one of the more intriguing characters that Aloy encounters during Horizon Forbidden West. Having fled into space to escape the Faro Plague, whilst achieving immortality in the process, it’s easy to see why the protagonist gravitates to her during the closing chapters of the game. Unbeknownst to Aloy, Tilda has returned to Earth, in-part because of the connection she shares with her extended genetic family tree.
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To fully understand Tilda's connection to Aloy and her sister Beta, it’s important to first examine one of her historic ancient relationships. Through an optional conversation Aloy can have with Tilda in the Base, the player can get a deeper look into the latter’s time on Earth, before the robotic Faro Plague drove the old-ones to extinction. With some gentle prodding, Tilda will eventually admit to Aloy that she was once in a romantic relationship with her genetic ancestor, Dr. Elisabet Sobeck.
Born in Rotterdam during the 21st century, Tilda came face-to-face with death at an early age following a terrorist attack on the city in 2033. With both of her
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