Louisoix (Official Website Information)

[Catapult]

after he funneled what had to have been a ton of it into channeling Thaliak for the time-limbo.

Althyk.

Don't make me tell you about the time I corrected someone for thinking it was Azeyma. (To their credit, both names began with "A".)

[Anonymoose]

Althyk.

BAH. Thanks. Doing that thing again where I said it backwards one time, tried to correct myself so I'd remember, and always say the wrong one first-impression, lol.

[PSxpert2011]

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

I think an Obi-Wan:

You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.

and,

Use the Force, Luke.

also,

The Force will be with you, always.

In memory of:

[Yrusama]

I actually thought of this when I read the Bahamut description a while back. There was no mention of Louisoix's death. Even in-game they spoke of him as "gone", but never did they outright call him "dead". This is a rather obvious buildup to his return.

SE still has the ability to shock us with it, though. Maybe he's locked in extra-dimensional combat with Bahamut. Maybe he lost the extra-dimensional battle, allowing Bahamut to return to our world five years later. Maybe he's FUSED with Bahamut (I'm feeling a little macabre right now.)

[Yrusama]

This is now officially part of the Lore Forum Meme Canon.

Anonymoose: Ancient Ascians Guy (SIREN! ASCIANS!)
Catapult: "Don't tell me you've not heard of..."
Mjollnir: Darksteel Foil Hat (or Darklight Tinfoil Hat, maybe? I'll keep thinking...)

Should commission Nique to do fan art of this. Catapult and Anony arguing over some lore point, while Mjollnir scratches his darksteel foil hat.

[Akujin]

Or..going on a theory that some of my ls-mates threw together during the start of phase 3, was that Louisioux evoked the spell to send us into the future via the white light, also sweeping him and Bahamut away as well, since Bahamut has also vanished without a trace, supposedly without having released Megaflare yet.

We will eventually arrive at a point in time in the storyline, which coincidentally will also be the same moment in time that Louisioux and Bahamut re-emerge into our own timeline to either:

A. Fight Bahamut in a concentrated heavy assault against the clock type of battle before he completes the Megaflare and obliterates everything around him. Or.

B. We arrive on scene, just in time to watch as Louisioux gets obliterated by the blast that finally reaches its fulfillment after being shuffled through time, shielded of course by some means and go into the fray to kill him for the death of Louisioux right in front of us. Which, in this particular case, I could also see the different Circle of Knowing NPCs sharing a part of the fight as well. Let's say.. using their gadgets to trace aether disturbances to a particular place, through the Maze and as they converge upon the scene with us in tow, use their own nifty Scion powers to shields themselves and us behind them as their individual 'buddies', but unable to do anything to help Louisioux get blasted in the inevitable flare.

It would solve the mystery of what happened to Louisioux and Bahamut, but also fulfill the emotional climatic ending of his life, by giving us the 'better future' that he spoke to us of before hand. I could see SE doing that on purpose to throw players into an emotional frenzy so they go after Bahamut's head with all levels of rage.

SE is very capable of being dark, they've proven it. They sometime's like to go for the shock and awe approach in things and I can completely see Yoshida doing something this dramatic.

Edited for typos and redundant word usage.

[Catapult]

As much as I like the idea of this, it leaves open one massive hole: The landscape.

What was it that caused the landscape to suddenly and dramatically change? That takes more than just firey blasts. The world has "returned to its true form" if you believe the master ascian.
Something far more subtle has happened, which will not be explained by a simple time warp (or even a jump to the left).

[NoloeTazier]

As much as I like the idea of this, it leaves open one massive hole: The landscape.

What was it that caused the landscape to suddenly and dramatically change? That takes more than just firey blasts. The world has "returned to its true form" if you believe the master ascian.
Something far more subtle has happened, which will not be explained by a simple time warp (or even a jump to the left).

The aether flow was finally able to stabilize it self. We don't really know how dramatic of an effect the aether can effect trees, plants, and shrubbery -- but with the Agrias' explosion in Mor Dhona and plant life seeming to go extinct in Mor Dhona within those 15 years, who knows what 5 years would do for Mor Dhona. Clearly it's back to pre-1562 6A.E. form or at least looks so in concept art and the tidbits SE has shown us.

When Louisoix died/was incinerated there's 2 places for his aether to have gone: absorbed by Bahamut or back to the land. Just as similar I'd say Nael van Darnus was absorbed in the same way, not a merger. Just a down right absorption, like some kind of aether pixie stick.

As for Odin, it might be. I don't think Louisoix will turn into Odin..just would seem weird for a regular person to turn into an Elder Primal. I still argue Ramuh was the Primal that halted the Garlean advance into the Black Shroud, so for me that opens up the possibility for Odin to be awakened by Bahamut's rampage. Odin may not have been released when the Agrias exploded so he was probably sealed elsewhere entirely. While the Ceruleum explosion was powerful, Bahamut's Megaflare was even more so. Odin could awaken just as angry and ready to go as Bahamut had.

Just a month to ago and we will see.

[Sabi]

The trees seemed to turn into crystal or maybe it was the aether that landed on the tree and turned into crystals.

http://imgur.com/7zPB2CY

[Sounsyy]

Am I alone in the theory that the end of FFXIV went a little FFVII on us?

I believe that Bahamut used Mega Flare, but hearing the prayers of their people, the Twelve rise out of Eorzea in the form of Aether. Similar to the Mako streams erupting from the earth in FF7 to destroy meteor. This Aetherial flood cancels out Mega Flare and seals Bahamut away in Aether. This would explain why the Grand Company leaders survive Mega Flare despite being within the blast radius. It explains why there are suddenly large Aetherial deposits all across Eorzea that seemingly rise up from the ground reaching like talons towards Bahamut. The Aether was in a liquid, lifeblood form until it made contact with either the atmosphere or Mega Flare and that energy crystalized the Aether, in turn draining it of its power. Dead Aether being orange, like the drained teleport crystals in 1.23.

It does not, however, definitively explain what happened to Louisoix. Unless it was like an Aerith thing and Mega Flare killing Louisoix is what released the aether from the planet. Or simply Louisoix did not survive the proximity of the collision between Aether and Mega Flare. Or that he was incased in the same Aether as Bahamut. Meaning we may see him again when Bahamut breaks free of the Aether binding him.