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kingfury
05-14-2011, 02:40 PM
**Spoiler Warning For those that haven't completed all of the Wings of the Goddess Missions** Look away now!! \o.o/

Throughout the WotG missions we ultimately learn that an alternate Vana'diel exists parallel to our own, and that in the end, our beloved high spirited rag-tag comrade Lilisette will inherit the mantel of the hot headed Lady Lilith there. In an effort to jerk our heart strings, her first mission under this new mantel is to disable the gateway between our two realities, never again to reopen it's passageways, thus forever severing our visiting rights to our new found friend.... Or... does it really have to truly end this way?

In a world where nothing is impossible for the mighty Adventurer, what if Lilisette could discover a way to once again open a gateway to beckon a last ditch distress message to her most trusted partner in crime. What if things reached a boiling point on this alternate Vana'diel and she once again needed the help of Altana's best children to tip the scales in the right direction? Think of all the possibilities of new and amazing adventures we could have on the gritty grounds of the "Darker Vana'diel" with the now crowned Lady Lilisette!

-Lady Lilisette in all her new glory (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/LadyLilisette-Web.jpg)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/LadyLilisette-Web.jpg

One thing that I've always wanted to see is the product of a reversed Vana'diel that had Dominant Male Mithra warriors and Female-like Galka. Though these npcs would not be natives of Lilisette's Vana'diel, perhaps they could be enlisted from yet another Vana'diel reality/dimension. Perhaps they could possess something unique that their inter-dimensional cousins don't that would make them worthy of being rallied against this super Shadow Lord.

-Dominant Male Mithras and Female-like Galkas (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/LGalkaManthra-Web.jpg)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/LGalkaManthra-Web.jpg

Amongst these types of reversals could be anything from the types of transportation used there, the types of NMs that plague the land, the very universal laws that govern the inhabitants and more.

Images and Other Alternate Vana'diel Reversals:
- Dark Prishe (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/DarkPrishe-Web.jpg)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/DarkPrishe-Web.jpg
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- Dark Prishe vs Prishe (Round 1) (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/DarkPrisheVsPrishe-Web.jpg)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/DarkPrisheVsPrishe-Web.jpg
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- Alternate Zeid (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/AltZeid-Line-Web.jpg)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/AltZeid-Line-Web.jpg,
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(Colored version (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/AltZeid-Web.jpg))
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/AltZeid-Web.jpg
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- Alternate Shantotto (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/AltShantotto-Web.jpg)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/AltShantotto-Web.jpg
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- Alternate Naja Salaheem (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/AltNajaSalaheem-Web.jpg)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/AltNajaSalaheem-Web.jpg
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- Lady Lilisette's Throne Room (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/LilisetteThroneRoom-Web.jpg),
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/LilisetteThroneRoom-Web.jpg
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(Colored Version (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/LilisetteThroneRoom-Color-Web.jpg))
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/LilisetteThroneRoom-Color-Web.jpg
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Additional Ideas to support this concept:
-Airget's concept of Utilizing Walk of Echo's as new type of battlefield (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/7879-Extending-the-story-line-with-Lilisette-beyond-WotG?p=100183&viewfull=1#post100183)
I would love to test my metal against the meaner side of a grimmer Vana'diel as we continue to rise in level. All we need to achieve such a chance is an ultra secretly hidden Cavernous Maw that opens the way. ^^

The cutscene on Mission 56 Darkness Descends (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6XI_OzjjSo&feature=related) is where Lilith and Cait Sith reveal the truth of the matter and detail the condition of the "True Vana'diel" as it stands.

-Quoted from Cait Sith: "Seeing her beloved Vana'diel reduced to a wasteland of death and devastation, the Goddess Altana Grieved so. Shed many a tear"
I'll be plugging in some of the imagery detailed here and more(from what I would like to see) since this is where my curiosity was originally sparked about possibly seeing the "wasteland" and all it's "devastation" described by Cait Sith. ^^

Thanks for listening Devs/

kingfury
05-14-2011, 02:43 PM
Bah, I tried a full Delete Thread, but it just greys out the old one while keeping the title in view. Well, on the bright side, I think the new title is Spoiler proof now and the old one should drop down the forum list pretty fast.

Shibayama
05-14-2011, 02:45 PM
The drawing is nice, But I still have to say no to female galka. The concept of it just reminds me of that episode of futurama with the giant amazoness women.

The manthra reminds me of Liono :x

kingfury
05-14-2011, 02:49 PM
The drawing is nice, But I still have to say no to female galka.
The manthra reminds me of Liono :x
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Well these smexy vixens wouldn't be playable of course, just tall drinks of water walking around y'know... lookin' smexy o.O That episode was epic!! “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak and bruised.” ^^

Yeah, not very surprisingly, the Thundercats intro music kept running through my head while drawing the Manthra lol

Kimble
05-14-2011, 02:52 PM
I think we have something like this already... believe its called Abyssea.

Shibayama
05-14-2011, 02:54 PM
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Well these smexy vixens wouldn't be playable of course, just tall drinks of water walking around y'know... lookin' smexy o.O

Yeah, not very surprisingly, the Thundercats intro music kept running through my head while drawing the Manthra lol

Ahh well, I still prefer my manly galka to stay... men haha.

Either way good job - your drawings are impressive - the details on neo-lilisette are very nice. I like the earring attached to her ponytail too but didn't she give that to the player at the end?

Shibayama
05-14-2011, 02:56 PM
I think we have something like this already... believe its called Abyssea.

Abyssea is a similar concept but its an alternate timeline in which you failed to stop Promathia at the end of CoP.

kingfury
05-14-2011, 02:57 PM
Psshhtt!! I wanna see more Lilisette slashin' and dancin' in seductive ways! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em_MqUZZMOU) Abyssea only had the butch-like blond lady... in heavy armor to boot... eewwww.

Shibayama
05-14-2011, 02:58 PM
Psstt!! I wanna see more Lilisette slashin' and dancin' in seductive ways! Abyssea only had the butch-like blond lady... in heavy armor to boot... eewwww.

Lol, why do i have a feeling I already know what you like to draw in private :P

Kimble
05-14-2011, 02:58 PM
Abyssea is a similar concept but its an alternate timeline in which you failed to stop Promathia at the end of CoP.

Uh, pretty sure Abyssea splits off WAY before cop. There are no crags or anything so i think it takes place way back with the Zilart and the Kuluu.

Shibayama
05-14-2011, 02:59 PM
Uh, pretty sure Abyssea splits off WAY before cop. There are no crags or anything so i think it takes place way back with the Zilart and the Kuluu.

Prishe actually explains all of this in the last few cutscenes with her in abyssea emp paradox.

kingfury
05-14-2011, 03:02 PM
Ahh well, I still prefer my manly galka to stay... men haha.
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>< /stagger lol More for MEEE!!! ^^


Either way good job - your drawings are impressive - the details on neo-lilisette are very nice. I like the earring attached to her ponytail too but didn't she give that to the player at the end?
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/kneel Thanks friend /salute
And yeah she loaned us her earring, but I figure once she's come into all of her newfound powers and possible wealth over there, she could have another made no problem ^^

Shibayama
05-14-2011, 03:04 PM
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>< /stagger lol More for MEEE!!! ^^


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/kneel Thanks friend /salute
And yeah she loaned us her earring, but I figure once she's come into all of her newfound powers and possible wealth over there, she could have another made no problem ^^

Ahh I guess thats true lol - does she have feathery goddess wings in this form? Also we should totally be drawing buddies! XD

kingfury
05-14-2011, 03:06 PM
Lol, why do i have a feeling I already know what you like to draw in private :P
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O.o; I have no earthly idea what you could be talking about! /scrambles to hide his other sketches lol

Shibayama
05-14-2011, 03:07 PM
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O.o; I have no earthly idea what you could be talking about! /scrambles to hide his other sketches lol

*peeks over your shoulder* Planning on painting that on the side of an airship named Hilda? :P

kingfury
05-14-2011, 03:09 PM
Ahh I guess thats true lol - does she have feathery goddess wings in this form? Also we should totally be drawing buddies! XD
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Absolutely Yes to the wings! They're magically retractable from what I remember in the cutscenes right? I'd like to think Lilisette's would be more angelic and feathery than the demon-like ones Lilith sported though.

You name the drawing topic bro! ^^ /holds up his wacom pen

Shibayama
05-14-2011, 03:11 PM
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Absolutely Yes to the wings! They're magically retractable from what I remember in the cutscenes right? I'd like to think Lilisette's would be more angelic and feathery than the demon-like ones Lilith sported though.

You name the drawing topic bro! ^^ /holds up his wacom pen

Lol it would be cool to talk about this stuff online but there is no PM function so I guess not lol. Ahh I'm not so good with my wacom yet - drew the icon under my postings but I always do paper stuff which ends up taking way too long to ink in everything... I need to draw more like ya though haha.

Rosalie
05-14-2011, 03:17 PM
I don't think there is any room in the story structure here for female Galka since they pretty much have NO gender. (Yes, there are going to be female Roegadyn but hey they're NOT GALKAS. See the notable lack of tails. Also they DO have genders. And they're on Hydaelyn and not Vana'diel.)

But male Mithra <Yes, please.> I'd like to see more than ONE npc at least. (Yay Lehko!)

kingfury
05-14-2011, 03:17 PM
Lol it would be cool to talk about this stuff online but there is no PM function so I guess not lol. Ahh I'm not so good with my wacom yet - drew the icon under my postings but I always do paper stuff which ends up taking way too long to ink in everything... I need to draw more like ya though haha.
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Dude that animated Galka is NUTS!! I assumed you found that somewhere online somewhere o.o/ Awesome job man! Do a WAR one for me!!! :D lol

Yeah, my current scanner just depresses me at how crappy it is, so I had to brush up on my wacom -> Photoshop skills to get these ideas out of my head quicker. After enough time, it just makes so many things that much easier from start to finish. I really need to update my current computer too since I still get some lag in my pen sometimes, but it's something I can tolerate ^^

kingfury
05-14-2011, 03:22 PM
I don't think there is any room in the story structure here for female Galka since they pretty much have NO gender. (Yes, there are going to be female Roegadyn but hey they're NOT GALKAS. See the notable lack of tails. Also they DO have genders. And they're on Hydaelyn and not Vana'diel.)
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I know, I know >< I've heard it all before /cry lol
But in my defense that they could exist, these Female-looking Galkas could still be genderless as us Male-looking Galkas are, they would just look... y'know... Female-like! ^^ Problem solved!! I just wanna chill with my Galka Ladies ><;


But male Mithra <Yes, please.> I'd like to see more than ONE npc at least. (Yay Lehko!)
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lol /

Shibayama
05-14-2011, 03:22 PM
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Dude that animated Galka is NUTS!! I assumed you found that somewhere online somewhere o.o/ Awesome job man! Do a WAR one for me!!! :D lol

Yeah, my current scanner just depresses me at how crappy it is, so I had to brush up on my wacom -> Photoshop skills to get these ideas out of my head quicker. After enough time, it just makes so many things that much easier from start to finish. I really need to update my current computer too since I still get some lag in my pen sometimes, but it's something I can tolerate ^^

Ahh, I had an old Graphire 3 that I upgraded to an Intuos 4 this summer - it's pretty nice. I'm totally cluless when it comes to photoshop techniques and things - I use Paint tool Sai - its pretty sweet and simple, bomb-diggity for inking but I have a whole list of photoshop effect tutorials I wanna try out. It was abit weird coloring my fanfest entry with it solely so I think it looks alittle wonky. Had no expectations to win anything its just a personal acheivement cuz I've been saying for the past 3 years I was gunna enter and never got around to it.

Lol yeah this thing is my pride and joy - had to do it for a class actually haha.

kingfury
05-14-2011, 03:50 PM
I decided to wait till next year when they possibly add medium categories to the contest. I just can't lose to cupcakes again >< lol j/k no offense to the cupcake enthusiast out there :D

I studied animated GIFs briefly, but not enough to feel comfortable to do what you've done lol. Mine would prolly be a WAR spinning a GA forever lol.

Shibayama
05-14-2011, 03:55 PM
I decided to wait till next year when they possibly add medium categories to the contest. I just can't lose to cupcakes again >< lol j/k no offense to the cupcake enthusiast out there :D

I studied animated GIFs briefly, but not enough to feel comfortable to do what you've done lol. Mine would prolly be a WAR spinning a GA forever lol.

Aw really? I was looking forward to seeing your entry! Ah well - and yeah I kind get what you mean. I took really strict design classes and now i'm super picky about everything to the point where I'm like "Oh man I dunno how to draw this so let me practice my anatomy and this and that and *then* I can draw!" So I don't end up drawing very much - it was actually really tough for me to get the fanfest pic finished since i was drawing new anatomy I had never done before (girls lol). I'm trying to break out of that though and just draw when the feeling hits me haha. You inspire me to draw more :D

kingfury
05-14-2011, 04:01 PM
Awesome!! ^^ I'm honored /salute
Definitely have to draw when it strikes you, this thread is the product of such a feeling lol ^^
FFXI inspires me to draw :D I'm sure that I'll plug in some more images of the possible alternate Vana'diel things we might see once over there. /

Shibayama
05-14-2011, 04:22 PM
Awesome!! ^^ I'm honored /salute
Definitely have to draw when it strikes you, this thread is the product of such a feeling lol ^^
FFXI inspires me to draw :D I'm sure that I'll plug in some more images of the possible alternate Vana'diel things we might see once over there. /

Ah well, I just gotta practice way more haha. I would draw something right now but its like 3 am lol.

kingfury
05-15-2011, 01:47 AM
Ah well, I just gotta practice way more haha. I would draw something right now but its like 3 am lol.
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Yeah, I passed out myself after my last post lol ^^;
Good thing, cause I had some great ideas after a good rest! I wonder is there a way to snag just the dialog from the WotG cutscenes without watching the videos on youtube. /thinks I would really like to find that scene where Lilith is describing the overall conditions plaguing her reality. It would help in fleshing out some of the scenes in my head.

Shibayama
05-15-2011, 02:44 AM
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Yeah, I passed out myself after my last post lol ^^;
Good thing, cause I had some great ideas after a good rest! I wonder is there a way to snag just the dialog from the WotG cutscenes without watching the videos on youtube. /thinks I would really like to find that scene where Lilith is describing the overall conditions plaguing her reality. It would help in fleshing out some of the scenes in my head.

I think there's a goblin footprint in the WoE cutscene zone but I'm not 100% on that.

kingfury
05-15-2011, 04:21 AM
Ok, found it! Had to end up watching the youtube videos to do so /stagger

The cutscene on Mission 56 Darkness Descends (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6XI_OzjjSo&feature=related) is where Lilith and Cait Sith reveal the truth of the matter and detail the condition of the "True Vana'diel" as it stands.

-Quoted from Cait Sith: "Seeing her beloved Vana'diel reduced to a wasteland of death and devastation, the Goddess Altana Grieved so. Shed many a tear"
I'll be plugging in some of the imagery detailed here and more(from what I would like to see) since this is where my curiosity was originally sparked about possibly seeing the "wasteland" and all it's "devastation" described by Cait Sith. ^^

Shibayama
05-15-2011, 05:00 AM
There was another cutscene from WotG where they show the outcome of vanadiel - with the star tree withered and dead and the main characters dead - but I don't recall which one that was from...

kingfury
05-15-2011, 05:03 AM
Awesome! o.o I can't recall that scene either >< but it would be a cool image to show Lady Lilisette using her new position to try and revive it! /starts sketching lol

Tsukino_Kaji
05-15-2011, 05:04 AM
Extending the story line with Lilisette beyond WotG?More Prishe!

kingfury
05-15-2011, 05:24 AM
I wonder where Prishe would fit into the equation honestly? Similar to Abyssea, there was alternate versions of most of the main characters, so I wonder if Prishe would be tempted to make a pact with the Dark Divinity himself for even more power? o.o The images are just too cool to pass up >< lol Must.... draw... Dark.... Prishe!!

Coldbrand
05-15-2011, 05:58 AM
Male mithras aren't dominant. Their society is role reversed. And there are no female Galkas nor would I ever want them.

kingfury
05-15-2011, 06:28 AM
Male mithras aren't dominant. Their society is role reversed. And there are no female Galkas nor would I ever want them.
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I'll pop back and copy the text for ya.


From Original Post: "One thing that I've always wanted to see is the reversed Vana'diel that had Dominant Male Mithra warriors and Female-like Galka."

To all you Female-like Galka haters, I say that's just more for me! ^^ lol

Shibayama
05-15-2011, 07:58 AM
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I'll pop back and copy the text for ya.


From Original Post: "One thing that I've always wanted to see is the reversed Vana'diel that had Dominant Male Mithra warriors and Female-like Galka."

To all you Female-like Galka haters, I say that's just more for me! ^^ lol

Galka lady want snu-snu! :P

kingfury
05-15-2011, 08:31 AM
I wonder where Prishe would fit into the equation honestly? Similar to Abyssea, there was alternate versions of most of the main characters, so I wonder if Prishe would be tempted to make a pact with the Dark Divinity himself for even more power? o.o The images are just too cool to pass up >< lol Must.... draw... Dark.... Prishe!!
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**Edited Into the OP**
I had to see this! ><;

Images and Other Alternate Vana'diel Reversals
- Dark Prishe (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/DarkPrishe-Web.jpg)

In my mind she would be brawler of the century in this state. ^^

Teraniku
05-15-2011, 11:14 AM
King, I love your drawings! and I like the concept, but since new zones are out for the moment, it could be workable as a series of instanced Battlefields. Kind of like Assault. Since we know the dimensional fields are weak in The Hall of the Gods, (Per the Abyssea meetings with Gilgamesh and Esha'ntarl). That would be the place to set it up. Use each Statue as a link to a separate battlefield against opponents from Lillisette's altered timeline, and I think it could work.

Tsukino_Kaji
05-15-2011, 11:20 AM
Dark Prishe (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/DarkPrishe-Web.jpg)"Light" Prishe would still win.

Shibayama
05-15-2011, 11:39 AM
I always imagined a dark prishe would still be brutal but more taciturn and cold.

Zyeriis
05-15-2011, 12:24 PM
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**Edited Into the OP**
I had to see this! ><;

Images and Other Alternate Vana'diel Reversals
- Dark Prishe (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/DarkPrishe-Web.jpg)

In my mind she would be brawler of the century in this state. ^^

Oh god, who gave Prishe the roids? Shame on you, we're all doomed, she's gonna bash all of our skulls in.

kingfury
05-15-2011, 12:47 PM
King, I love your drawings! and I like the concept, but since new zones are out for the moment, it could be workable as a series of instanced Battlefields. Kind of like Assault. Since we know the dimensional fields are weak in The Hall of the Gods, (Per the Abyssea meetings with Gilgamesh and Esha'ntarl). That would be the place to set it up. Use each Statue as a link to a separate battlefield against opponents from Lillisette's altered timeline, and I think it could work.
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/kneel Thank you for the compliment ^^/

/Agreed I was thinking the overall terrain would resemble our Vana'diel similar to how Abyssea does, but with a much more grim overtone to it. Battle fields would be cool too ^^

Thanks for the feedback /

kingfury
05-15-2011, 12:48 PM
Galka lady want snu-snu! :P
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lmao

kingfury
05-15-2011, 12:51 PM
"Light" Prishe would still win.
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lol Well of course! But I would expect the fight to be really close. Something that would push our Prishe to her limits if not the brink of death o.o ... er wait, she can't die right? But God it would be fun to watch >< lol
**Edit to OP**
Had to add this in just to be fair ^^

-Dark Prishe vs Prishe (Round 1) (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/DarkPrisheVsPrishe-Web.jpg)

kingfury
05-15-2011, 12:55 PM
I always imagined a dark prishe would still be brutal but more taciturn and cold.
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Maybe when she's starting out y'know, when she's just toying with'cha ^^ but I would think a bloodthirsty, power charged Dark version of Prishe would be a beast once unleashed against an opponent that can actually content with her :D

The shot I drew of her would be right after she'd been partially toppled, y'know like the 1st half of the battle. Right when she would get that adrenaline rush, and be happy to finally have a worthy opponent! The crazy type... @.@ /run away

Meyi
05-15-2011, 12:57 PM
Galka females and dominant male mithras... no thanks. But more sexy male mithras like Lehko? Aw yeah!

I think adding another expansion to Lilisette's new world would be problematic to those who have yet to finish Wings of the Goddess. If any information leaked out that it was Lilisette's new alternative universe, people would be very confused.

While it would make for an interesting concept, I'm going to vote no.

And why would Prishe be evil?

kingfury
05-15-2011, 01:03 PM
Oh god, who gave Prishe the roids? Shame on you, we're all doomed, she's gonna bash all of our skulls in.
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lol Sends a chill down my spine just thinking of what kind of WS's she would unleash @.@

Dark Prishe readies Meteor Fist Barrage!

kingfury
05-15-2011, 01:13 PM
Galka females and dominant male mithras... no thanks. But more sexy male mithras like Lehko? Aw yeah!
I think adding another expansion to Lilisette's new world would be problematic to those who have yet to finish Wings of the Goddess. If any information leaked out that it was Lilisette's new alternative universe, people would be very confused.
While it would make for an interesting concept, I'm going to vote no.
And why would Prishe be evil?
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^^ Well it would all be optional stuff to partake in like every other expansion of course, so most folks that haven't taken those first steps towards completing WotG missions would 1st have to finish those to progress and gain access to the alternate Vana'diel I'm guessing. Something like making it mandatory to having Lilisette's earring as a means to open the gateway or something.

Oh, a Dark Prishe would just be fun to see in my opinion ^^ That's not to say she couldn't be redeemed once defeated once or twice... or three times.

Airget
05-15-2011, 03:55 PM
In terms of "altered realities" while I apologize for not reading the whole thing, one thing that I've thought would be interesting would be to use WoE as it sounds like it should've been used.
On http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/WoE it describes the zone as:

"All memories and futures that are deemed "dispensable" by Atomos are devoured, digested....and deposited in this wasteland of memories and time, the world between the worlds: the Walk of Echoes. This realm beyond the Cavernous Maws contains numerous floating structures, walkways, and stairways suspended in an empty sky, with a strange, fanged wormhole situated overhead."

Instead of something that sounds interesting from what is read in the above, we were given a same type mob with bigger mob bosses battlefield fight. Upon reading the above I always though it would be interesting to implement it almost in the sense as voidwalker is now, except more story based. Basically Atomos could call on you to be a "warden" to clean the discarded memories that have manifested in his territory and taken form as the heroes of those lost dimensions. With that in mind you could find yourself face off against something like a Zeid in PLD garments wielding the Lightbringer in a dimension in which he brought destruction through the very blade he is wielding now. By subduing this altered Zeid you would obtain a KI memory which could then be redeemed for abilities, traits, spells, combat/magic skill augments, etc.

Basically WoE could be a playground in which the adventurers find themselves synchronizing with the lore of other dimensions in order to bring order to Atomos's lair. While inside the WoE you would be able to augment yourself with little limitations, outside the territory you would be limited with how much of the "Dimensional Lore" you could augment yourself with. While in a sense it does sound like abyssea, the difference in mind that instead of attribute buffs and traits you would be "buffed" with augments abilities, new traits, access to casting certain spells on another job, traits that increase magic dmg of a certain type, upgrade of combat skills, slots to place new spells learned, etc.

I dunno it's just when you look at WoE you can see it as a definite lost of potential from what it defined itself as. Where if it were just something more then a "battlefield where you face off similiar mob types" it could've been something worthy of calling an end-game zone.

I apologize if this is off topic, but judging by what you were suggesting I would think that this may be able to tie in with what you had in mind.

kingfury
05-15-2011, 11:23 PM
@ Airget:
Very awesome suggestion! Thanks for the great feedback and additional possible drive to the concept. ^^/

In the OP, I just hinted to the possible reason we could be summoned to fight either for, or alongside the now Lady Lilisette when I said:

-"What if Lilisette could discover a way to once again open a gateway to beckon a last ditch distress message to her most trusted partner in crime. What if things reached a boiling point on this alternate Vana'diel and she once again needed the help of Altana's best children to tip the scales in the right direction?"
That "boiling point" could range from a number of reasons, and the one that strikes me as the most pertinent would be that the conflict between the Shadow Lord in Lilith's Vana'diel was never resolved. That he in fact was the most powerful being in existence over there so far as we are told. I love the quote from the cutscene where Lilith laughs at our "easy button" version of how the Crystal War was won:

Quoted from Lady Lilith during the cutscene from WotG mission 56 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6XI_OzjjSo&feature=related)-"Your kind might try for a thousand years (to defeat the Shadow Lord from her Vana'diel) and not once succeed."
Perhaps the concept you're proposing could be the handy work of the Shadow Lord's will to amass new generals against the now bolstering resistance led by Lady Lilisette. The "distress call" sent out to us could be to stop them in the dimensional hub that is the WoE before they actually reach Lilisette's Vana'diel and reek havoc on the plans to continue building up an alliance worthy of facing off with this Super Shadow Lord. I love all the additional effects and buffs you speak of as well! ^^

I feel another illustration coming on! lol There has to be an alternate Vana'diel Zeid! Thanks again for the feedback /salute

kingfury
05-16-2011, 12:46 AM
With that in mind you could find yourself face off against something like a Zeid in PLD garments wielding the Lightbringer in a dimension in which he brought destruction through the very blade he is wielding now. By subduing this altered Zeid you would obtain a KI memory which could then be redeemed for abilities, traits, spells, combat/magic skill augments, etc.
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I feel another illustration coming on! lol There has to be an alternate Vana'diel Zeid!
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**Edited to OP**
And thus he was born! ^^ I couldn't find the "Lightbringer" you spoke of anywhere so I just settled for two Great Swords. ^^; Coloring it now, and will update the image once finished.

-Alternate Zeid (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/AltZeid-Web.jpg)

kingfury
05-16-2011, 03:34 AM
**Edit to OP**
Is she a WHM? Is she a BLM dressed in white? Not sure really, but she would be everything our Shantotto isn't in terms of her mannerisms. lol

- Alternate Shantotto (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/AltShantotto-Web.jpg)

Zyeriis
05-16-2011, 03:36 AM
Oh dear lord...alternate Naja Salaheem...

kingfury
05-16-2011, 03:46 AM
Oh dear lord...alternate Naja Salaheem...
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Oh Wow, how could I forget her?! Naja in a battle-torn and devastated Vana'diel would surely come from behind her desk and woop up on some Beastmen lol Thanks for reminding me /

kingfury
05-16-2011, 06:37 AM
Oh dear lord...alternate Naja Salaheem...
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Run Away? Stay? /confused ><

- Alternate Naja Salaheem (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/AltNajaSalaheem-Web.jpg)

Zyeriis
05-16-2011, 09:06 AM
Similar note: Alternate Aphmau, Ovjang and Mnejing.

Alternate Trion
Alternate Yoran-Oran
Alternate Chebukkis (please no! 3 is bad enough!)
Alternate Tenzen...
Alternate Ulmia...
Alternate Nag'molada...
Alternate Gilgamesh...
Alternate Lion...
Alternate King Destin...
Alternate Papsqe...
Alternate Wolfgang...
Alternate Archduke Kam'lanaut...
Alternate Archduke Midget...
Alternate Aldo...
Alternate Monberaux...
Alternate Joachim (Yes, I went there)
Alternate Star Sibyl...
Alternate Mithra Sin Hunters XYZ
Alternate Louverance... (Both)
Alternate Lastok President

And who could forget Alternate Jabbos?! Would he too, be friends with Goblins and have a speech impediment or would becoming alternate fix that and ruin him? Poor Jabbos.

kingfury
05-16-2011, 11:09 AM
@_@; lol that's a hefty list! Definitely will have to choose some of the coolest ^^;

Akujima
05-17-2011, 02:01 PM
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Oh Wow, how could I forget her?! Naja in a battle-torn and devastated Vana'diel would surely come from behind her desk and woop up on some Beastmen lol Thanks for reminding me /


Wouldn't Alternate Naja be a nice kitty, and actually pay you instead of keeping everything for herself?

Zyeriis
05-17-2011, 02:11 PM
Wouldn't Alternate Naja be a nice kitty, and actually pay you instead of keeping everything for herself?

Alternate Naja would be just like normal Naja: Bipolar but they'd be off-sync. While Normal Naja is being "nice", Alternate Naja is being scary and vice versa. Getting a mace thrown at your face in normal Vana? Alternate Naja is giving you a crown.

kingfury
05-17-2011, 06:02 PM
**Edit to OP**

The possible welcoming you could expect to Lilisette's throne room.

- Lady Lilisette's Throne Room (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/soulchld4/LilisetteThroneRoom-Web.jpg)

kingfury
05-18-2011, 09:55 PM
Similar note: Alternate Aphmau, Ovjang and Mnejing.

Alternate Trion
Alternate Yoran-Oran
Alternate Chebukkis (please no! 3 is bad enough!)
Alternate Tenzen ...<<- Maybe we could actually see phoenix!
Alternate Ulmia...
Alternate Nag'molada...<<- Hmmm... wonder what he would capable of...
Alternate Gilgamesh...
Alternate Lion... <<- Gotta see this one lol ^^
Alternate King Destin...
Alternate Papsqe...
Alternate Wolfgang... <<- I can see him looking like a fomor o.o
Alternate Archduke Kam'lanaut...
Alternate Archduke Midget...
Alternate Aldo...
Alternate Monberaux...
Alternate Joachim (Yes, I went there) <<- lol I'm not sure if he counts though lol
Alternate Star Sibyl... <<- Perhaps the power to see deep into the past eh?
Alternate Mithra Sin Hunters XYZ <<- These would be Male Mithra! /ponders
Alternate Louverance... (Both)
Alternate Bastok President<<- I never liked this guy lol

And who could forget Alternate Jabbos?! Would he too, be friends with Goblins and have a speech impediment or would becoming alternate fix that and ruin him? Poor Jabbos.
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The Bolded ones will definitely see a spot on the OP, I gotta look up some of the others due to my fading memory lol. Thanks for the great list though /

Zyeriis
05-19-2011, 04:30 PM
Alternate Cid...might quite possibly be the scariest thing I can think of. Alternate Cid's Teeth would be a horror that should never be seen nor drawn. Let us not forget alternate black void pants hole rip a la Cid.

Alternate Cait Sith, this I do not want to see, dealing with normal Cait Sith wasn't tolerable in the least (ever threaten your monitor's life before? i have).

Alternate Eshna'tarl...
Alternate Bluffnix
Alternate Shami
Alternate Razfahd
Alternate Zazarg
Alternate Gessho (educated beastmen count right?)
Alternate Qultada