Scarred by the falling of fiery stars, the land is reborn with new life.♪
God-slayer struck by an echoing roar, heavens ring with the promise of strife.♪
Beast and man, both, seek freedom or death in bloody inferno untamed.♪
By unbroken hopes, from a sky long undimmed shall the darkness of eld be reclaimed.♪
A merciless gale, an unending road, if this be the path we are fated,♪
Then pray be our dawn in the rift betwixt worlds, your soul's splendid light unabated.♪
I feel like the "new life" might be referring to the Terminus beasts and the echoing roar whatever entity is responsible for the towers and by extension the return of the Final Days.
It's the fourth and sixths verse that have me particularly curious, though.
I'd assume the former is referring to Zodiark's awakening/revival, though given that the unsundered Ascians are out of the picture now, those "unbroken hopes" may be referring the current denizens of the Source, rather then the Ancients.
The latter could be referencing where the current story arc meets its grand conclusion...which makes me wonder whether an attempt at a mass Rejoining is going to be made, or perhaps the shards will need to be somehow connected to the Source in order to ensure the survival of all creation, but without a proper Rejoining.
It's nice to get more food for thought prior to Endwalker's release, anyhow.
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08-27-2021, 11:26 PMKageTokageThoughts on the Wandering Minstrel's song - Rising 2021 edition
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08-28-2021, 12:17 AMSannaR
Was the notes he played the start of the Endwalker theme?
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08-28-2021, 12:31 AMMieck
First take is that the lines are references to the 4 story arcs thus far, with 2 final lines to hint at the future, though there are always multiple meanings baked into these. I'll be very interested to know what the other language version are.
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08-28-2021, 12:35 AMAnonymoose
Agreed that, in English at least, it sounds like a summary.
Scarred by the falling of fiery stars, the land is reborn with new life.♪
There's our full day metaphor, bringing us back to the a new dawn with the "fated path" (end-walk).
God-slayer struck by an echoing roar, heavens ring with the promise of strife.♪
Beast and man, both, seek freedom or death in bloody inferno untamed.♪
By unbroken hopes, from a sky long undimmed shall the darkness of eld be reclaimed.
A merciless gale, an unending road, if this be the path we are fated,♪
Gale is usually a wind-themed word, so that's drawing my attention. As is that we're looking for the dawn in the rift betwixt worlds, but our "soul's splendid light" is a good thing? ...Are we laying siege to the Chrysalis !? lol
Then pray be our dawn in the rift betwixt worlds, your soul's splendid light unabated.♪
I guess I can still hold out hope for a narrative symmetry loop after all ~ maybe Endwalker's plot points rhyme with ARR's, with Venat sacrificing herself to block Zodiark's Ultima cast knowing that, as the coutner-balance to Zodiark, if He is defeated She has to go, too. -
08-28-2021, 03:09 AMRyuDragnier
I'm speculating on the last line, that it means the final battle will be in the rift between all of the Shards and the Source. That we're going to have the greatest battle in the one area that could result in collateral damage to all of them if we're not careful.
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08-28-2021, 04:04 AMIscahIt would certainly make sense to revive the Chrysalis setting at some point in this final showdown. There's the statue of Zodiark and that mysterious door...Quote:
Originally Posted by Anonymoose
Quite possibly that IS at the heart of what's on the moon, and Nabriales just let us in through the back door last time... and now we're going to have to take the long way around to get back in through the front. -
08-28-2021, 05:31 AMWhiteArchmageIt wouldn't be far-fetched. Considering what chrysalis means (the protective layer during the pupa stage of a butterfly), the entire thing where the Ascians hang out could indeed be inside the moon protecting Zodiark's core, at least until it's(he's) ready to "burst out."Quote:
Originally Posted by Iscah
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08-28-2021, 11:33 AMKageTokage
I feel kind of stupid for not noticing the obvious nods to the previous expansions.
I do hope my hunch about the final zone of Endwalker being something very unexpected like a realm existing in the rift between ends up being true now, though. It's a given it would likely have the usual faculties like aetherytes, fishing holes, and gathering nodes, so I assume it's going at least be reasonably habitable. -
08-28-2021, 12:06 PMIscahIt's just the same sound effect always used when characters play the harp.Quote:
Originally Posted by SannaR
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08-28-2021, 02:33 PMVyrerus
Well Fandaniel does want to destroy all life, so that means destroying all of the Shards too... Wouldn't it put it past him to weaponize the Rift.
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08-28-2021, 04:34 PMRyuDragnierIt'd also make for a logical explanation on how Azem's full power gets unleashed. Being in the rift between the Source and all the Shards, we'd be able to basically pull our copies power directly to us to make us 14/14, at least temporarily.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vyrerus
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08-28-2021, 08:20 PMIscahThe same thought flitted through my mind earlier when pondering why we would be going to the rift, but for Zodiark – what if this is their endgame all along? Not every shard has to be individually rejoined, but with enough pieces assembled the rest can be wrenched out of the respective shards from the rift.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyuDragnier
It would explain why losing the Thirteenth was a setback but not a permanent obstacle to Zodiark's revival. One less shard to mess around with and set up a rejoining, but Zodiark is still retrievable this way. -
08-29-2021, 11:22 AMRymi64i dont think we'll pull our own shards for that moment since there's a possibility they are still alive but i could see us making shades of the scions and sucking those in to temporarily be 14/14 like elidibus did in 5.3 SoS. (Fun fact he sucks in 14 souls initially then summons 7 others to help in the fight)Quote:
Originally Posted by RyuDragnier