The mission ends with Bond crashing into the Grand Bazaar. When he reaches the rendezvous, his contact—a CIA asset—is dead. Beside the body, written in blood: ACT II: Ghosts in the Machine (London & Siberia) Mission 2: "Vault 76654" Back at MI6, Q decodes the number: it’s a Cold War-era bioweapon vault registration. V76654 was a Soviet program codenamed Krovnaya Svyaz ("Bloodline"). The weapon, "El Arca," is a programmable prion that infects a single family line—and only them. It lies dormant until activated by a specific chemical trigger.
The screen cuts to black. Text appears: "BLOOD STONE will return in... A QUANTUM OF SOLITUDE – REDUX." | Element | Released Game | Variant 76654 ("Ela...") | |--------|--------------|----------------------------| | Villain | Nicole Scherzinger’s character | Elara Veles (tragic, Bond’s equal) | | McGuffin | DNA-targeting explosive | Bloodline-targeting prion | | Tone | Action-thriller | Psychological horror / espionage tragedy | | Bond’s Arc | Stoic hero | Guilt-driven anti-hero with a forced choice | | M’s Role | Supportive | Complicit, morally shattered | James Bond 007 Blood Stone -2010- -v76654- -Ela...
This is not the released Blood Stone (2010). This is a lost development build (v76654), unearthed from a corrupted Bizarre Creations server. It features a darker, non-linear narrative, cut dialogue by Judi Dench’s M, and a third act that was deemed "too nihilistic" for a Bond property. The subtitle "Ela..." refers to Elara Veles , a ghost from Bond’s past—a former 00 trainee presumed dead in Pripyat in 2003. ACT I: The Broken Handshake (Istanbul – Present Day) Mission 1: "A Damned Leash" 007 infiltrates a Vatican bank vault under the Bosporus. Target: Dr. Aris Thorne, a Greek oligarch selling "Blood Stone" crystals—a new smart-explosive that only detonates for specific DNA signatures. Bond secures the sample, but Thorne is found dead: throat cut with a titanium playing card (signature of SPECTRE freelancer "The Dealer"). The mission ends with Bond crashing into the Grand Bazaar