How will the Scions change when they wake up?

I'm curious how the Scions will appear when they get back to their bodies. Will Thancred have his old haircut and outfit? Because they have been training in the first will their bodies be stronger? I'm need to know!!

I'm not sure how to account for spoilers here, so I will be careful what I write in response.

You are the only one who went to the First whole.

Think SAO in terms of the Scions going to the first. Their bodies are in a vegetative state, getting nothing but the memories of the First

IF that even really works out lol... but it really makes you wonder, will they keep their new jobs or go back, or even get smt new as a teaser for 6.0......

Their bodies will remain the same though they might change into their new outfits once they get back with some handwaving about having Tataru making them replicas upon request. Technically speaking any aging they did over there will be reverted as well as their physical bodies on the Source have only been in stasis for at most a month due to time bubble shenanigans. Really wish SE would just commit to timeline progression.

Than red will be back to being called an old man by lovely women again. xD

And I kind of hope Alasie and Alphanud accidentally get put in each other's bodies for some temporary hilarious moments. x'D

they most probably will get atrophied due to coma for too long... .-.

but of course will get instantly healed by Urianger and Y'shtola expertise on aether or just call some healer to cast esuna to remove the paralysis or something... :3

my take is they probably back to their "eorzea" body state but will keep their "SHB" mental state. so physically they will be back to pre "transfer" but their mental/mind state is still up to date to current event.

i mean its kinda convenient at this point, when SHB story is done and expansion is announced (among with new class), if the scion really make it back to their bodies then yoshi could just slap the new class to the scions under context that the scions has learn a lot of things over there and they decide "class up" their old body, and later portray them in full glory in CG trailer in the future.

i can see it, CG start with the scions waking up one by one then as time move on we see each scions start training their body back and glamoring new clothes and new class.

I am more curious about Ryne. I have leveled her to 80 with my other Trust members. Will that progress get lost? Or are we able to take her with us to the Source and keep her in our team? Or does she stay in the First but we can still use her after we finish the story of 6.0 as a gameplay > lore thing to run the new dungeons with her?

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Originally Posted by Tint

I am more curious about Ryne. I have leveled her to 80 with my other Trust members. Will that progress get lost? Or are we able to take her with us to the Source and keep her in our team? Or does she stay in the First but we can still use her after we finish the story of 6.0 as a gameplay > lore thing to run the new dungeons with her?

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The levelling Trusts aren't the real characters though - they're "avatars" separate to the actual characters who are already at Lv80 and accompanied you into the post-MSQ dungeons.

I'm not expecting Ryne to come back with us at all. She's not in the same situation as the rest of the Scions, and the Eden storyline seems to be about her maturing and finding independence.

I'm more curious to see the physical changes upon their reawakening. As someone stated here, only their bodies are in a vegetative state but it still changes while asleep. Thancred's going to have a mean beard and Ystola's hair should be a lot longer.

What I'm wondering is if will Ryne be able to come back from the first. Technically all of the other scions have bodies to return to but Ryne kind of doesn't...not one that's living at least.

Ryne will stay on the First. That’s the whole point of Eden and Gaia and that last cutscene.

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Originally Posted by Lium

Ryne will stay on the First. That’s the whole point of Eden and Gaia and that last cutscene.

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I started doing the Edenverse stuff when it was first released and was kind of invested during the first part. But once Gaia was introduced and the whole "light and darkness" theme gained center stage, I skipped through most of that part of the Eden storyline and I haven't done the Shiva fight yet. I tried to get into it but I could care less about Gaia and their drama. I know it's a very cliche' term to use but it just became a little too Kingdom Hearts for me.

I never played Kingdom Hearts but light and darkness, irrespective of the drama, is what this entire expansion has been about. We still have the last tier to go, but Ryne's fate is tied to Gaia's, and...

...the last cutscene showed Thancred and Urianger saying their farewells to Ryne. Her and Gaia are now besties.

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Originally Posted by Lium

I never played Kingdom Hearts but light and darkness, irrespective of the drama, is what this entire expansion has been about. We still have the last tier to go, but Ryne's fate is tied to Gaia's, and...

...the last cutscene showed Thancred and Urianger saying their farewells to Ryne. Her and Gaia are now besties.

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I understand that. The FF series as a whole is to some extent. For me, it was particularly the way it was presented in the story.
https://youtu.be/BWPZ9SYLgew?t=55

That scene there is why I dispise KH. I didn't play any of them after KH2 but light and darkness is a constant theme of the series and is constantly shoved in your face throughout a large majority of the games. The dialog isn't nearly as bad in FFXIV but still. I spoiled myself with the final fight because I wasn't sure if I even wanted to continue and when I saw Gaia jump out of a portal saying, "power of darkness, answer my call!" or whatever, I was like...Yeah, I don't think I'm going to continue with this series of trials.

Maybe I'll go through and finally finish the current Eden stuff. If the whole Gaia arc is done, i'll actually have something to look forward to. lol

Hopefully they all die in their sleep so we can be rid of them.

They likely won't change at all. Any changes they might have went through happened on the First already.

Hopefully Thancred wakes up with a firm muscle-gut. I think it'd suit him well!

I hope Shtola finally dies. Writers keep dropping the ball when it comes to the character.

Bed sores, nuff said.

Would be funny if they accidentally swapped bodies on the way back, ex. Thancred with Y'shtola, and have to deal with usual cliche gender swap shenanigans while Krile and Matoya try to fix things. Like Magani trying to hit on Y'shtola again but since Thancred is currently in her body he punches him, etc.

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Originally Posted by Avatre

Think SAO in terms of the Scions going to the first. Their bodies are in a vegetative state, getting nothing but the memories of the First

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They won't be able to move. They'll have to go into rehab to build up strengh again, which will take half the next expansion.

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Originally Posted by SamSmoot

They won't be able to move. They'll have to go into rehab to build up strengh again, which will take half the next expansion.

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nah, all those rocky training to get their body back to fit condition is probably shown on the expansion CG trailer

and some of them will sport the new job

but either way we need to know whether they will finally manage to go back or not, you never know what yoshi think, he might go "okay only you you and you go back, the rest will drift in aether for eternity"