So, what's the story behind Azys Lla?

Do we know why it was abandoned and left to decay?

As far as I know, the Allagan Empire succumbed to an earthquake. But that shouldn't affect a flying city like Azys Lla, right?

It was pretty much put into the air shortly before the fall of the empire. So anyone still on it, provided they were when the quake hit, came back to ground and lived life as they could. Destruction of the empire isn't death of every single citizen within the empire. But it does me they lacked the resources to continue the empire or felt that it would not be a good idea to try and raise that empire from the dust of the quake.

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Originally Posted by BubblyBoar

It was pretty much put into the air shortly before the fall of the empire. So anyone still on it, provided they were when the quake hit, came back to ground and lived life as they could. Destruction of the empire isn't death of every single citizen within the empire. But it does me they lacked the resources to continue the empire or felt that it would not be a good idea to try and raise that empire from the dust of the quake.

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If I recall, the floating continent wasn't precisely self-sustaining; at most, it depended on supplies from the ground, of which was cut off when the empire fell. They probably descended with what technology they had, and once on the ground, had to deal with a whole variety of issues that inhibited their return.

I spent the entire time wondering if it was counted as a part of the "entire empire" sustained by the energy of the Crystal Tower, since the Fractal Continuum has a model of Syrcus Tower on display. I also wonder if it's where the survivors, including a certain princess, were before and during the Calamity, and that's what allowed them to survive. With the tower lost, the facility switched to auxiliary power and could no longer sustain a large population, requiring them to evacuate to the surface, all the while mourning the loss of their "light of hope," ultimately setting in motion a rather complicated plan to see their former prosperity gifted unto future generations. Or something. (Got a sense for how little I respect the Allagans, yet?)

...But as it is, the entire thing made no mention of the CT saga whatsoever, as Cid's remarks on Allagan ruins all seemed to draw on knowledge gleaned from some other expedition (since he never glimpsed a single console during our CT adventure). Major letdown, but entirely expected. Here's hoping the black sheep of the Allagan Empire myth arc finds some connection to the real world in the coming patch cycle.

Well if there was a key it means it was sealed, there is a mention of heroes that tried to bring down the empire at the time of Xandes, maybe they sealed the place after the aerthquake. The warring triad was sealed there, they couldn't have let it be there and just leave it like that.

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Originally Posted by lololink

Well if there was a key it means it was sealed, there is a mention of heroes that tried to bring down the empire at the time of Xandes, maybe they sealed the place after the aerthquake. The warring triad was sealed there, they couldn't have let it be there and just leave it like that.

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You mean like we did...?

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Originally Posted by lololink

Well if there was a key it means it was sealed, there is a mention of heroes that tried to bring down the empire at the time of Xandes, maybe they sealed the place after the aerthquake. The warring triad was sealed there, they couldn't have let it be there and just leave it like that.

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Speaking of the Warring Triad, I wonder if they'll be the boss for the Aetherochemical Research Facility HM (if that's a thing). I'd love to see that happen.

The warring triad escaped when we defeat the last boss, it's the reason Ravana and Bismarck are summoned again.

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Originally Posted by lololink

The warring triad escaped when we defeat the last boss, it's the reason Ravana and Bismarck are summoned again.

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Where I am in that questline, the seal is weakening as a result of Ravana and Bismarck being summoned, not the other way around. They're still just sitting there atop the Flagship in their fancy binding coils. Undefended. In plain view of the Garlean mothership. Pretty easy to see where this is all going...

Still, would they really tease us with three iconic FF6 bosses to end the whole thing with them returned to stasis un-fought? Wait, don't answer that...

I don't know about the english version but the french version clearly says they are free because of Thordan.

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I don't know about the english version but the french version clearly says they are free because of Thordan.

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Fenral's right about the English translation. Ravana and Bismark are summoned again, but we know Thordan weakened the seal on those three. Urianger asks us to handle the new extreme mode primals while he and the other person look for a way to reseal the Warring Triad.

The quest descriptions for Bismarck Ex and Ravana Ex state that "Bismarck's reappearance threatens to hasten the awakening of the Warring Triad─three eikons sealed within the Aetherochemical Research Facility on Azys Lla" and "Left unchecked, the Wrath of the Colony will surely seek out the Warring Triad on Azys Lla to feed upon the sleeping eikons' strength."

That seems pretty definitive that they're still sealed at the end of the main story.

Now someone tell me again the difference betwen eikons and primals? I know the guy says garleans use the terms inerchangably but they actually arent correct?

I'm pretty sure eikons and primals are the same thing.

From what I read in the quest, Eikons are godlike beings, dark divinity Odin for example, and primals are the monsters we have been dealing with. I think we'll be seeing more of the FF6 esper origins ^.^

Eikon is just what Garleans call primals, isn't it?

Eikon means false god for the garleans, while Primal design the beast tribes gods ( it's litterally barbarian god in japanese ).

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Eikon is just what Garleans call primals, isn't it?

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If you do the Bismark Extreme unlock quest the white robed scholar tells you that most use the words interchangeable but they are infact two different things.

It seems like Eikon may be a term for Elder Primal at this point. All of the examples of Eikons given also qualify or have been named as Elder Primals (Bahamut and Odin so far). I do wonder if there isn't a different form of summoning they went through that shows a more clear distinction, but so far that seems like what Eikons are: Elder Primals.

The Warring Triad were godlike beings that weren't summoned, they just existed. So I don't think Eikon means elder primal, but we don't have enough information yet to connect everything anyways.

Anyone else notice that the continent is jus a bunch of floating islands ( with neat Allagan tech underneath propelling them ) chained to the flagship? Disconnect the chains, and the Garleans have themselves a nice Allagan dreadnought.

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Anyone else notice that the continent is jus a bunch of floating islands ( with neat Allagan tech underneath propelling them ) chained to the flagship? Disconnect the chains, and the Garleans have themselves a nice Allagan dreadnought.

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If you fly down of each isle, you will see couple of pyramids with circules, Thats it is what is supporting the isled on the sky, and it is on all isles. The flagship may only being keeping all the isles toghether.

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If you fly down of each isle, you will see couple of pyramids with circules, Thats it is what is supporting the isled on the sky, and it is on all isles. The flagship may only being keeping all the isles toghether.

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More than likely those aren't simply chains, but also power conduits. The main power source being the Warring Triad at the heart of the Aetherochemical Research Facility.

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Originally Posted by WyrahFhurrst

More than likely those aren't simply chains, but also power conduits. The main power source being the Warring Triad at the heart of the Aetherochemical Research Facility.

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I knew that already xd