About *that* mysterious being in 6.1 (spoilers)

So, very unsurprisingly, Zenos's avatar will play some role in the upcoming storyline. I'm curious about people's predictions of how this will play out.

Is it evil? Friendly? What could its name be? Will it end up being an ally and maybe helping us fight Golbez or will it be an end boss itself?

Write your thoughts :D personally I think it will be an ally of some sort. "Bereft of saviors" makes me wonder if it was/is looking for someone to save it.

I'm expecting the avatar is probably going to be the critical factor that's going to inevitably make the whole Azdaja rescue plan go sideways. If it's really our shard as Yoshi hinted, I could see it being the 13th's equivalent of Ardbert; a soul who may have had direct involvement in their world's fate and is seeking to remedy it by any means necessary.

I do find it a bit strange that it mentions being "returned at last" because avatars were described as just being a manifestation of a voidsent's power as opposed to them actually crossing over to the Source. Perhaps it had somehow lost its physical body and ended up using Zenos' body as a replacement in the wake of his demise? It's also been stated that voidsent can't truly die while in their home of the 13th as they have no Lifestream left to return to.

As far as Golbez and the fiends go, I'm expecting them to be the plot for the trial series as opposed to having any direct involvement in the MSQ.

I think he appeared exactly like Artbert called by Hydaelyn at the beginning of ShB.

For me, he is the Azem of the 13th reflection.

He who lives will see.

Zenos intentionally making a contract with WoL's shard would absolutely be in character for him, so I agree that's probably what he is.

I won't be surprised if this Voidsent ends up being the 13th Shard of Azem. Considering they need a plot reason for WoL to get stronger in Season 2 storyline or atleast next expansion story, WoL having regain his/her 13th shard self will be one possible way for the WoL's power up moment.

And somehow zenos’ obsession with us got creepier. XD And this means he almost used one of our own soul shards to kill our friends. If accurate, of course.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

As far as Golbez and the fiends go, I'm expecting them to be the plot for the trial series as opposed to having any direct involvement in the MSQ.

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I don't think so. The whole presentation with Golbez seems a lot more than just a side quest series typical of past trial questlines. There are good odds that this may be the lead up to 7.0 as the new overall threat. With the Paragons/Ascians gone (or greatly weakened due to all the Unsundered being defeated), there's no one to stop the Void from invading other shards since no one but them can travel from shard to shard. This would tie into Y'shtola's attempts at trying to figure out how to travel to other shards. But we'll see.

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Originally Posted by EdwinLi

I won't be surprised if this Voidsent ends up being the 13th Shard of Azem. Considering they need a plot reason for WoL to get stronger in Season 2 storyline or atleast next expansion story, WoL having regain his/her 13th shard self will be one possible way for the WoL's power up moment.

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As much as I'd love another soul merger (let's go 10/14!), I have my doubts after the emphasis on dynamis in EW. Course, now that Meteion is (supposedly) not a threat any longer maybe it doesn't matter anymore.

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Originally Posted by LystAP

I don't think so. The whole presentation with Golbez seems a lot more than just a side quest series typical of past trial questlines. There are good odds that this may be the lead up to 7.0 as the new overall threat. With the Paragons/Ascians gone (or greatly weakened due to all the Unsundered being defeated), there's no one to stop the Void from invading other shards since no one but them can travel from shard to shard. This would tie into Y'shtola's attempts at trying to figure out how to travel to other shards. But we'll see.

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I dunno. I'm sure Golbez will be in the MSQ after that setup but I don't think he'll be our main villain for season 2. FFXIV has had cameo antagonists before like Xande and Gabranth, but they've never been the main, big bad guy. I think Square would want the big bad to be 14-original like the Ascians.

The Fiends I feel absolutely are going to be the trials. I suppose it'll be more tied to MSQ than previous trials, like the Eden raids were in Shadowbringers.

For some reason I think Golbez will end up being a shard of Nabrieles or Deudalaphon, as they can survive the Void and their offices are unknown. Not to mention that'd make them Azem's "brother" like Golbez was to Cecil in FF4.