Who sent the package? (not sure where to post this, seems as good a place as any)

Before the main character was even embraced, the Professor was mailed a package with the key to the Ankaran sarcophagus.
Who do you think mailed it?

Jack? He's certainly in on everything. We "know" he came in on the ship carrying the sarcophagus.
Caine? "Wherever we go, it is the blood of Caine that makes our fates" - He could "command" the siring.
Somebody else still in the shadows? There's certainly enough "teasers" about ancients pulling strings from the background.
Max? The "real" king, while Lacroix "dances before him". The guy is just way too cool to not be much more than he seems.

These are all good guesses, and have been debated before when this topic came up. I think Jack is the most likely culprit, along with his cabbie co-conspirator (who might be Caine but I doubt it - L.A. is too small-time for the big guy to show up).

I doubt Strauss is involved with the sarcophagus; but he seems quite willing to take advantage of its presence (and yours) to further his own plots.

Nines is clueless. Jack has his own agenda, and he obviously didn't share with Nines (or warn him of LaCroix's treachery).

After hearing all the Malk lines through the game (unmodded), I'm on the "it's Caine" side.

He's gotta be somewhere, why not LA? Besides, after 6,000 years, the guy's probably pretty bored out of his mind. Starting up something like this and then being in the front row (driving the cab) to see the end of it seems right.

For another analogy: In the D&D world "Forgotten Realms", there's a group of liches who manipulate half the noble "houses" in a large city and leave the other half alone. Why? Simply because they're bored and it gives them something to do (the fact that the lives of mere mortals mean absolutely nothing to them doesn't hurt either).


In any case, whoever it was saw this coming from a long way off...