User blog comment:Guardian Assassin/Theories, Fanon, and Other Absent-minded Ramblings: Part 2/@comment-3982778-20110508120924/@comment-3568630-20110509172309

Mario found the Shroud, not the Apple. Not quite sure I understand what you're trying to say about the artifacts "speaking to God". As for TWCB, it's explicitly stated that they died; there's nothing to suggest that they simply left Earth.