The Hatching Hour Approaches

[Starlord]

The event did sound like something was supposed to happen at the end. Whether it was something big or just exaggerated/imagined by Jihli. It would be a bit odd for nothing to happen, but I'd just shrug it off 'cause Jihli seems crazy to me anyways.
"Ha! Your silly archons didn't appear! Darn religious crazy, get outta my town and preach somewhere else!" *boots her out of Gridania.* >.>

I don't expect anything to happen either. SE didn't say anything would for sure. She probably is just crazy. :3
Or I could be the "crazy" non-believer. We'll see. :x

The Last Word – Storm over Gridania
The heavens seem hell-bent on inundating Gridania of late. While the Twelveswood is no stranger to willful weather, something is afoot that sits ill with this reporter. Driven by an inner disquiet, I set out on a mission to give shape and form to intangible trepidation.

Ere long, I pick up the trail of irregularity, catching curious whispers on the wind that deaspected crystals have been circulating. Yes, you read true: these crystalline manifestations of aetheric energy are turning up utterly divested of aspect. Even a wee tot could tell you that such a thing is an affront to the very laws of nature.

Perchance this development does not suffice to chill spines, the frightful rumors being propagated by a camp-bound transient could well prompt folk to run for the hills. This shady figure is said to manifest with nary a warning, preach feverishly of impending doom, and then vanish like a phantom only to reappear elsewhere. Though the ramblings of this seemingly touched soul are largely lost to gibberish, such is the zeal with which they are delivered, more than a few citizens are like to be taken by fear.

Far be it from this reporter's intent to incite panic, but if history has taught man aught, it is that we dismiss portentous signs at our peril. Are these incidents merely isolated occurrences? Or are they a dire warning of disaster? This I leave to you, our informed readers, to ponder.

Kipih Jakkya

Something will happen Everything besides the "Doom part" has already has come into Fruition, with Deaspected Crystals, Shady Figures ( Ulgarith whatever you spell his name) Shouting out impending doom then Disappearing only to come back elsewhere ( Which he has). Willful Weather ( Rain Mostly) but theres always some kind of Weather effect that isnt sunny out 90% of the time. And also to add of NPC's Saying crazy End is nigh lines all over Eorzea. If you think nothing will happen... like some of you say, well Just look at the connections even this line from the Grand Compaines Page says this:

Command Centers which combine the Military, economic and Technological Resources of a City-state in order to better Prepare it for the Coming Doom.

Coming Doom? I been here that alot lately.. Doom this and Doom that... Lets face Reality... Something is going to happen "in Epic Proportions"

Again thats just me

[popdai]

The Last Word – Storm over Gridania
The heavens seem hell-bent on inundating Gridania of late. While the Twelveswood is no stranger to willful weather, something is afoot that sits ill with this reporter. Driven by an inner disquiet, I set out on a mission to give shape and form to intangible trepidation.

Ere long, I pick up the trail of irregularity, catching curious whispers on the wind that deaspected crystals have been circulating. Yes, you read true: these crystalline manifestations of aetheric energy are turning up utterly divested of aspect. Even a wee tot could tell you that such a thing is an affront to the very laws of nature.

Perchance this development does not suffice to chill spines, the frightful rumors being propagated by a camp-bound transient could well prompt folk to run for the hills. This shady figure is said to manifest with nary a warning, preach feverishly of impending doom, and then vanish like a phantom only to reappear elsewhere. Though the ramblings of this seemingly touched soul are largely lost to gibberish, such is the zeal with which they are delivered, more than a few citizens are like to be taken by fear.

Far be it from this reporter's intent to incite panic, but if history has taught man aught, it is that we dismiss portentous signs at our peril. Are these incidents merely isolated occurrences? Or are they a dire warning of disaster? This I leave to you, our informed readers, to ponder.

Kipih Jakkya

Something will happen Everything besides the "Doom part" has already has come into Fruition, with Deaspected Crystals, Shady Figures ( Ulgarith whatever you spell his name) Shouting out impending doom then Disappearing only to come back elsewhere ( Which he has). Willful Weather ( Rain Mostly) but theres always some kind of Weather effect that isnt sunny out 90% of the time. And also to add of NPC's Saying crazy End is nigh lines all over Eorzea. If you think nothing will happen... like some of you say, well Just look at the connections even this line from the Grand Compaines Page says this:

Command Centers which combine the Military, economic and Technological Resources of a City-state in order to better Prepare it for the Coming Doom.

Coming Doom? I been here that alot lately.. Doom this and Doom that... Lets face Reality... Something is going to happen "in Epic Proportions"

Again thats just me

Or something is going to happen "in Epic Fail" ? XD

[Starlord]

Or something is going to happen "in Epic Fail" ? XD

Of course your another hater added on to the list of haters but thats ok

[Gracious]

It's very hard to speculate about what will happen. If anyone offers a word of speculation the fishbait's pop on and shout "Don't speculate". I personally love hearing all of my fellow players thoughts on the events occuring. I don't know why other players feel threatened about speculation. I mean is speculation on a forum really that threatening? I don't know. I guess it scares the hell outta some people.

[Randis]

Still, this event was more fun the the bell events, so, not a bad thing at all.

But we really do need more retainer or a lot more space per retainer.
All the egg hats and then all the other gear we got from the other events... then 20 new NM with over 20 new unique items... i don/t like throwing things away, i play RPG partly because i enjoy collecting the items!

[Nabiri]

The Last Word – Storm over Gridania
The heavens seem hell-bent on inundating Gridania of late. While the Twelveswood is no stranger to willful weather, something is afoot that sits ill with this reporter. Driven by an inner disquiet, I set out on a mission to give shape and form to intangible trepidation.

Ere long, I pick up the trail of irregularity, catching curious whispers on the wind that deaspected crystals have been circulating. Yes, you read true: these crystalline manifestations of aetheric energy are turning up utterly divested of aspect. Even a wee tot could tell you that such a thing is an affront to the very laws of nature.

Perchance this development does not suffice to chill spines, the frightful rumors being propagated by a camp-bound transient could well prompt folk to run for the hills. This shady figure is said to manifest with nary a warning, preach feverishly of impending doom, and then vanish like a phantom only to reappear elsewhere. Though the ramblings of this seemingly touched soul are largely lost to gibberish, such is the zeal with which they are delivered, more than a few citizens are like to be taken by fear.

Far be it from this reporter's intent to incite panic, but if history has taught man aught, it is that we dismiss portentous signs at our peril. Are these incidents merely isolated occurrences? Or are they a dire warning of disaster? This I leave to you, our informed readers, to ponder.

Kipih Jakkya

Something will happen Everything besides the "Doom part" has already has come into Fruition, with Deaspected Crystals, Shady Figures ( Ulgarith whatever you spell his name) Shouting out impending doom then Disappearing only to come back elsewhere ( Which he has). Willful Weather ( Rain Mostly) but theres always some kind of Weather effect that isnt sunny out 90% of the time. And also to add of NPC's Saying crazy End is nigh lines all over Eorzea. If you think nothing will happen... like some of you say, well Just look at the connections even this line from the Grand Compaines Page says this:

Command Centers which combine the Military, economic and Technological Resources of a City-state in order to better Prepare it for the Coming Doom.

Coming Doom? I been here that alot lately.. Doom this and Doom that... Lets face Reality... Something is going to happen "in Epic Proportions"

Again thats just me

I'm not sure why you quoted me, as we're talking about two different events. I was talking about the egg event Hatching-tide. Jihli and her archons. You're talking about "Storm over Gridania."
I'm not yet convinced these two events are even related.

[Starlord]

I'm not sure why you quoted me, as we're talking about two different events. I was talking about the egg event Hatching-tide. Jihli and her archons. You're talking about "Storm over Gridania."
I'm not yet convinced these two events are even related.

Just felt like Quoting someone :P, in any rate, The Hacthing- Tide Event is connected with the Archons ( Which are these Shady Figures Correct?) And these Shady Figures Are Related to the "Storm Over Gridania" Writing Because they all Mention it in same way or fashion, thats why I believe its related, and also another reason why I posted in here, is because some people seem to think nothing is going to happen that 1.17b or 1.18 is just going to be another Lackluster patch and all that jazz. Theres nothing wrong with getting excited about something that may or may not come, but with all these Clues and connections, what makes you believe "nothing" is going to happen, Espeically when SE is on Thin ice right now and they need to rebound in a worst way. They are a company trying to keep and make subscribers= money, Im sure they wont mess up a second time

Just sayin'

[Delmontyb]

Does no one want to even hazard a guess as to what it all means?

I was thinkin possibly the Archons are the embodiment of the Twelve so it would make sense that their arrival comes at the end of an age. A judgement day if you will.

As for the deaspected crystals - there has been an Archanist wandering the land preaching doom. Its a totally baseless theory but what if the archanist's weapon uses elemental crystals to launch its attacks, similar to the way an archer loads arrows. The deaspected crystals could simply empty shells.

This community spends so much time looking for the negative in the game, that even when the developer's give us a mystery to discuss everyone would rather lurk a /rage thread.

Come on use your imagination, we have no idea how the future of Eorzea is going to play out. Let's make some crazy theories for the story using the tid-bits and clues we have got.

My thoughts are regarding the number of eggs in each city. (The ones floating in air). I see each one has four eggs, which leads me to believe that there are 4 acheons per city that would hatch, but that's just my guess.

I think it will be something small at first, but grow to have a bigger impact that we can tell right now... I would love for something to happen tonight... However I think we won't see anything "until the six sun sets, and the seventh moon rises" which leads me to think July 1st.

[Nabiri]

The egg event has to do with 12 archons which sound to be something like the 12 gods/guardians, and the shady figures appearing in the "Storm Over Gridania" event are arcanists, a class that SE hasn't added to the game. The words are similar in spelling, but aren't the same thing.

All we know right now is that the egg event and the Storm Over Gridania may be related. But we've been given no proof that they are. They don't seem to be linked as of right now. If SE puts up some lore saying that Jihli's archons are the ones making it rain all the time and such, then we will have a connection.

it's obvious to me that the Storm Over Gridania event is going to lead to something. SE didn't just add it for no reason, for it not to have an ending. But as of right now Hatching-tide has no clear connection to it.

[Starlord]

The egg event has to do with 12 archons which sound to be something like the 12 gods/guardians, and the shady figures appearing in the "Storm Over Gridania" event are arcanists, a class that SE hasn't added to the game. The words are similar in spelling, but aren't the same thing.

All we know right now is that the egg event and the Storm Over Gridania may be related. But we've been given no proof that they are. They don't seem to be linked as of right now. If SE puts up some lore saying that Jihli's archons are the ones making it rain all the time and such, then we will have a connection.

it's obvious to me that the Storm Over Gridania event is going to lead to something. SE didn't just add it for no reason, for it not to have an ending. But as of right now Hatching-tide has no clear connection to it.

Didnt they Mention something about "Grand Companies" too with the Dreamer's Quests and what not?