reposting I put this in another thread by mistake :P
Think the entrance to the harder duengons are going to be a skull with the "lightning" around it as a "barrier" looks strangly familar... /vomit (I know its underdevelopment)
Since im qqing at the look here is an idea...
Why not use a moogle for the instance intrance your in the right regon they wander around doing moogle biz in the woods yelling at you for angering ferngully. "Its dangerous to go in there kupo. We are blocking the kupo way in kupo. The forest tells me you have been chosen to free us from this doom kupo." (moogle uses magic to put your party in the instance).
What about the conjurer npcs who warn you of the "hell" that lies beyond and that the empire being in there sifting through the doom is someway related to the end of the world.... you go in vader shows up you get a cool fight where you cut off his mask it looks like the take on me video with color.. you know the rest (lol couldent resist).