Louisoix (Official Website Information)

[Anonymoose]

The wise and wizened former leader of the Circle of Knowing, a fellowship of learned individuals hailing from the far-northern island nation of Sharlayan. In seeking to forestall the calamitous arrival of the Seventh Umbral Era, Louisoix invoked the power of the Twelve, Eorzea's pantheon of guardian deities. Alas, he disappeared amidst a blinding light following the ritual, and has not been seen or heard from since.

Well, that certainly doesn't sound very dead...

For the record, yes, I am still pretty against him making a return. End of an Era was meticulously crafted to be emotionally hard-hitting based entirely the implication that he sacrificed himself. If that was a lie, it was a cheap shot and it ruins the sentiment of the moment. Almost everything I've seen in this game says SE is better than that in FFXIV (inb4 "But, Lightning!"), so here's hoping they work around that, somehow...

[HiirNoivl]

I agree with you Anony.

It always annoyed me how "dead" is a four letter word for SE when it comes to characters. Tidus comes back, Aeris keeps on acting even though she "dies" rather spectacularly.

It just seems exploitive to the character. Let them die, make it sad. It's a good story. I mean how dumb would it be if Romeo and Juliet came back and said "We've been alive this whole time! "

[Vilhem]

I think they'll pull another Aeris..where his spirit lives on somewhere. (at least I hope they don't just bring him back -_-)

[Orophin]

The fact that they have van Darnus as a key enemy is a little disheartening too, even though it was made perfectly clear he was defeated and his aether absorbed into Dalamud.

[Vilhem]

The fact that they have van Darnus as a key enemy is a little disheartening too, even though it was made perfectly clear he was defeated and his aether absorbed into Dalamud.

Perhaps he and Louisoix are continuing to duke it out in the aether stream somewhere? XD

[Catapult]

I keep telling you, man. He's become Odin!

/hunch unrefuted so far

[Orophin]

I keep telling you, man. He's become Odin!

/hunch unrefuted so far

I've been thinking the same thing.

[Anonymoose]

I keep telling you, man. He's become Odin!

90% of the reason I haven't signed on to this being in the top likely scenarios is that I'd be really disappointed if they Muu La Flaga'd him like that. I hold out hope that Odin's been hiding in the Shroud the entire time... but I don't discount the fact that Daybreak may be related to Zantetsuken. If Louisoix came to Eorzea looking for a sword, perhaps it is the one Odin wields (or, inversely, perhaps the blade he came looking for is the blade with which he as Odin could be stopped).

Either way, I'm thinking that the idea that he sacrificed himself for us and that's that might be a pipe dream at this point.

While I'm lending credence to your theory, here, not only did Lou resemble the historical Odin, but he was known as the "Allseer." Odin is traditionally known as the "Allfather."

[NoloeTazier]

Louisoix and Nael van Darnus are gone. Reason why they're on the official website is because new players need an SE source (not a forum based source) to know who Louisoix and Nael van Darnus was, course 1.0 players returning also need this. Of course if SE decides to go down that road...everything is made out of aether, if someone dies and the aether returns to the flow...they could be born. But for Van Darnus he was absorbed by Bahamut, so that take that for a grain of salt but I'll say he's gone. He'll probably most definitely return in Echoes though.

As for Louisoix being Odin, for me it'd be odd if a person can turn into an Elder Primal. Their aether can be consumed by the Elder Primal/Primal but I really doubt he just upped and changed into Odin. If he had that power he could have combated the Garleans himself.

Also I still think the Daybreak blade is actually us.

But all is not yet lost. Sensing the gravity of the situation, our master--the Allseer--has arrived to begin his search for Daybreak--one of the valiant blades mentioned in the Divine Chronicles.

Ne'er till land consumes sun can sea bear moons.
Heavens spew crimson fire. Hell seeps black doom.
Stray seeds quicken in ash's grey embrace.
Valiant blades forged under the Twelve's good grace.

People are always misinterpreting prophecies and translations, Louisoix didn't realize the Daybreak wasn't a physical sword it was us, the Adventurers who would become the Warriors of Light. Or maybe Louisoix knew it was us (after all those quests) and the Circle of Knowing (Y'shtola, Thancred, and I think Papylamo was the one in Gridania) were the ones who misinterpreted and thought it was a physical blade.

[HiirNoivl]

How many Valient Blades are there? Is there a similar story in another FF?