The Seventh Umbral Age is Upon Us

[Aramil]

Drybone Battlewarder speech:

Drybone Battlewarden:Well met! I've been dispatched by the Brass Blades to patrol the area. You look to be an able adventurer. Good!

Drybone Battlewarden:You. Let me ask you something. Have you seen these colorless crystals everyone seems worried about? Rumor is that properly aspected crystals have been harder and harder to come by since the damned beasties that drop them started growing larger.

Drybone Battlewarden:Now, the way I see it, the only way to glean any truth from that rumor is by slaying more beasties. And it just happens an organized culling will begin shortly. What say you join us?

[Eldaena]

I'm not sure if anyone else has made this connection yet, but I noticed that the GM/NPC makes reference to fire falling from the sky a few times. I was thinking on things recently and remembered that at the beginning of the game, we all sort of see "fire falling from the sky." The very thing I guess gives us the ability of the echo? Is it possible that this mentioning of it falling again mean we will be getting more information on what exactly we saw then?

[Akira_Tenshi]

Some people think this event in the game is not related to the main story, i disagree. I think what this will lead to new story missons and nothing more.

[Seif]

So will this lead to some first substantial content? *fingers crossed*

[Corrderio]

Some people think this event in the game is not related to the main story, i disagree. I think what this will lead to new story missons and nothing more.

Unless they change the required rank, the next one isn't until 52.

[Imakun]

Nice!
I just got back into the game only to find myself standing on the verge of an apocalypse. Now I've got to face grinding to get catch up AND impending doom.

Joking aside, this series of events had me excited for the future. I hope they have big things in store for us.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

Got 2 new quotes from leves counter, this time instead speaking of misteryous item, it speak of deaspected crystals and strange weather :

Totonawa: ...Another party of adventurers returned today with tales of crystals drained of their elemental aspect. I shudder to think of what might cause such an unnatural phenome─

Totonawa: ...Even the weather has proven quite a fickle mistress. One moment the skies are as clear as a mountain spring, the next, they are spewing down ice and stone. I cannot but help to believe this all portends something─

[Starlord]

This is so awesome I cant wait for whatever it is about to unfold to happen!

(Let us go into the Seventh Umbra Age!)

[Nuru]

The sky is spewing ice and stone?

Ouch.

[Starlord]

Hmm.. Something is strange here, because today I didnt get any crazy talk from the Leve Counters nor Battle Warden.. Perhaps this is being controlled by SE of When they say such things? If so.. Thats really an awesome move by SE =)