Alliance Raid 6.3 tidbits from the trailer

Surprised nobody's hypothesized Nophica's face looking like our resident Seedseer leader of the Twin Adders, judging by the bit of canon (not legitimate, but in-universe depiction of) artwork.

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

My theory is that Nophica and Halone aren't rivals but are either the same person or two people sharing one body (similar to Nald'thal but less Transformer-like) as a metaphor for seasons changing. They'll probably serve as the transition from the Earth zone to the Ice zone. (✿´ ꒳ ` )
I think the boss order is going to be Althyk + Nymeia (they're siblings and you fought someone important to them in the last raid, Althyk's eldest daughter Azeyma and Nymeia's servant Rhalgr) then Nophica, who will transform into Halone mid fight, and finally Menphina.
This would also mean that Azeyma (who is Nophica's mother) and Rhalgr (Halone's father) are a pair (with no clue if Byregot is related to Azeyma).

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The order seems more likely to be Nophica > Althyk/Nymeia > Menphina > Halone judging from the teaser footage that suggested Althyk was the second boss (The first boss was already KO'd and he's the one speaking in the stretch after that boss).

I will say that the new song seems a bit...ill-fitting for Halone, though, as the bagpipes sound a lot more evocative of the rolling plains the heaven of earth bears, though it's possible they have multiple new themes this go-around.

The violin in the song really makes me think Nophica will be last. Like it would start in Ice and then move to the fields of grain. Showing things out of order is nothing new for them.

Nophica is the first boss. Yoshi-P showcased the alliance raid during the live letter. He had 1/6 progression, and he was standing in the first boss area in the middle of the golden fields with brown fences (with the boss already defeated). This is the same area you can see Nophica in during the 6.3 trailer.

After you defeat Nophica and progress further, the area starts building up with floating islands as we see in the trailer, and during this sequence in-game it's Althyk who speaks, so it'd make sense that the next boss is Althyk + Nymeia.

Afterwards we have no clear indication on who is next, but it seems that Halone is fought outside of the ice/crystal palace with the two moons, while Menphina's fight takes you inside the castle. Furthermore, you can see a group of trashmob in the same area as where you fight Halone, and I don't think any alliance raid ever has had you fight trashmobs before the last fight. So to me, taking into consideration you fight Halone outside the ice/crystal castle whathaveyou, and there's trashmobs before her fight, she is the third boss, making Menphina the last one.

This would also follow the pattern on the order we fight the Twelve as set by Aglaia. Encyclopedia Eorzea's page on the Twelve, and the Patron Deity selection screen makes the pattern quite obvious, as Byregot, Rhalgr, Azeyma and Nald'thal appeared in the order they did. One can only assume the same pattern will continue in Euphrosyne, with the only new addition being Nymeia with Althyk.

The opoopo or deryk could be the 12th, assuming one of the pair is oschon.

There could be a twelve prime fusion deal.

Nymeia could just decide to have a rematch.

The spare door could be involved, assuming I didn’t miscount.

There’s likely a second phase to the twelfth fight if patterns hold (diablos, ultima, her inflorescence) so that might be worth considering.