Last predictions for MSQ

[Balipu]

Okay, so the server are down and the patch notes are up. In less than 24 hours we can all rush to whatever new stuff we want.
This is also our last chance to make guesses regarding the main scenario of 3.4
What do you think?

Who is the masked dude?

Will he die now?

Will Papalymo get new clothes?

Where is Yda?

Will the party ask Matoya for help?

Will we get to kill one of the warriors of darkness?

Will Alisae join us as a more permanent member of the Scions?

Will we see a new Ascian overlord?

Will Thancred become posessed again, due to feeling useless?

My guesses:
Some Ala Mhigan guy with the title Stormblood, who isn't Ilberd.
No
Yes
Undercover, believed to be captured but totally in control of the situation.
Yes
No
Yes
No
God, I hope not.

[Greydor]

Honestly, here's what I think. Don't worry about what content will drop tomorrow or what will happen with the MSQ. Make today a great day; call a friend or family member, go have a nice dinner, take the dog for a longer walk than usual, etc. This game will be here tomorrow and all of your questions will be answered.

[Belhi]

My guesses:
His name is Barry and he has a birthmark on his face he is embarrassed about. He just lets people think he is wearing the mask to look cool.
No, though he might end up with a cold as there is a bug going around at the moment.
Yes. Tataru will yet again make nice clothes for someone while completely forgetting about the WoL who has fought along side her through thick and thin.
Fan girling over the Masks as both a fan of Masks and someone we really should have kept away from Ala Mhigans cause they bring out the worst in her.
Of course just so we can listen to that nice ambient music again, she can be a grumpy old woman and mistake Alisae for a boy.
Nah. They are a set. We will be dealing with them as a group.
Finally. Seriously that girl is way too much of a loner.
No though Elidibus might turn up to smirk villainously in the background.
No. He learned special meditive techniques from the local Nutkins of Dravania that now make him impervious to possession.

[SaitoHajime]

I have a feeling that the masked guy is the same guy that cut off Raubhan arm.

[Balipu]

Honestly, here's what I think. Don't worry about what content will drop tomorrow or what will happen with the MSQ. Make today a great day; call a friend or family member, go have a nice dinner, take the dog for a longer walk than usual, etc. This game will be here tomorrow and all of your questions will be answered.

That's the plan. In fact I'm already doing it. But discussing stuff is still fun, so why shouldn't I make this thread to gather posts?

My guesses:
His name is Barry and he has a birthmark on his face he is embarrassed about. He just lets people think he is wearing the mask to look cool.
No, though he might end up with a cold as there is a bug going around at the moment.
Yes. Tataru will yet again make nice clothes for someone while completely forgetting about the WoL who has fought along side her through thick and thin.
Fan girling over the Masks as both a fan of Masks and someone we really should have kept away from Ala Mhigans cause they bring out the worst in her.
Of course just so we can listen to that nice ambient music again, she can be a grumpy old woman and mistake Alisae for a boy.
Nah. They are a set. We will be dealing with them as a group.
Finally. Seriously that girl is way too much of a loner.
No though Elidibus might turn up to smirk villainously in the background.
No. He learned special meditive techniques from the local Nutkins of Dravania that now make him impervious to possession.

See, Greydor. This here is freakin awesome.

[Androir]

Questions added : who is the "Master" of this masked guy?
Are the rumors about a human machine created by this master true? Can machines feel something? Will the storry of X2 repeat?
The last question is answered: no. we had prevented the bad end.

[SessionZero]

Fan girling over the Masks as both a fan of Masks and someone we really should have kept away from Ala Mhigans cause they bring out the worst in her.

You say that as though Yda isn't very obviously Ala Mhigan herself.

[Balipu]

You say that as though Yda isn't very obviously Ala Mhigan herself.

Cause she isn't. She might be a monk, but all Scions are from Sharlayan. That's like the first thing we learn about them. Or did you fail to notice that she has blond hair, white skin and blue eyes, while Ala Mhigans are the exact opposite?

[SessionZero]

Cause she isn't. She might be a monk, but all Scions are from Sharlayan. That's like the first thing we learn about them. Or did you fail to notice that she has blond hair, white skin and blue eyes, while Ala Mhigans are the exact opposite?

I could also tell you my name is Clancey and I once caught a 14 pound swordfish in the Bering Strait but that doesn't make it true. Yda is the only Scion that consistently has no fucking clue what's going on and needs Papalymo around so that she doesn't bunk up the Scion's operations too badly. She's also really good at not being caught, and you know who benefits greatly from being really good at not being caught? Fists of Rhalgr.

Also she seems really invested in the Ala Mhigan resistance. In the short cutscenes where she interacts with Papalymo in an area that is quite obviously a resistance staging area, she gets all worked up about Papalymo saying they need to take things slowly.

Also x2 god forbid a region that is very firmly connected to the rest of Eorzea have some racial and physiological diversity.

[Lunavi]

Who is the masked dude?
You from the past
Will he die now?
Nah
Will Papalymo get new clothes?
Yes, he will also get the emperor's new clothes treatment for all those lala lovers out there.
Where is Yda?
Ask those weird guys in quicksand on Balmung.
Will the party ask Matoya for help?
Yes, that has became a running part in this expansion.
Will we get to kill one of the warriors of darkness?
Doubt that we ever will get to kill them as they uphold a balance.
Will Alisae join us as a more permanent member of the Scions?
I do sincerely hope so, because she is one of my favorite characters.
Will we see a new Ascian overlord?
Don't we always?
Will Thancred become posessed again, due to feeling useless?
I do hope so, he needs more character development again.