Well Travenchet our original wild-goose-chase was our original and only shadowless person and Ferne told us that he was an Ascian. So was this the true form of that Ascian or was it a possessed Elezen? Many of the Ascians we see (end of the storyline) are very Hyur in stature. Maybe the human nature of the Hyur allows them to be more likely to be possessed, weak wills? But of course there's no real separation between the races as all the races possess these traits.

As for the assassin's identity and my theory, it's not really a theory more so just 2 guesses. It's either Warburton or the reason we don't see his face is because it's simply an assassin that is unimportant and was just there fulfilling the contract from Lord Lolorito. I forgot to add in my earlier post that an Ascian power wouldn't need to have come into play as the doors of the crypt were wide open when Mumapu left. As for the assassin being Warburton, yeah it would shock her...but I also think that she would have been relieved to see him alive, unless she was indeed traumatized with it all, after all he brought her to a strange city and then died and she was left all alone in a city of greed.



The dagger used to stab Nielle.



A similar dagger/sword being sold as we rode the caravan into Ul'dah (in the present 1572 6A.E.).

As you can see the assassin was left handed which I thought was unique as most of the game and NPCs that we saw in game and continue to see are right handed. Sadly watching the Ul'dah CS' I couldn't tell if Warburton was left handed. Also when you're inside that little instance before the parade happenings, you can talk to Warburton and Ascilia. Warburton asks if you know of any transportation as he's suppose to meet someone somewhere. Which is a bit odd to me as he came in to Ul'dah then needed to leave again, but to where? Silver Bazaar, Gold Bazaar, Little Ala Mhigo? As far as I know Little Ala Mhigo hadn't been established at the time as there hadn't been a lot of Ala Mhigan refugees yet. Yet now in 2.0 we know from Minfilia that her father was a spy and had valuable information on the Garleans. But Corguevais with knowledge from Ascilia said there was an even greater threat to Ul'dah...again Corguevais, the man with the same "mission" as Warburton. Bah it really racks my brain. Anyways back to the assassin, I still think Lord Lolorito was ultimately behind it. As with the Class quests from 1.0 (they contained LORE I loved it) Greinfarr was said to have believed Lolorito had had Nielle assassinated for stealing his Heartstrike. Funny thing is though Nielle's brother didn't seem to think Nielle's death was because of foul play or maybe people in Ul'dah are just use to it. But if I had to say which things I feel the strongest about it's this: Lord Lolorito had Nielle assassinated and Nielle was in shock because Warburton's body was not in the coffin and HIGHLY likely someone elses was perhaps it was Corguevais. I hope SE does answer many of these questions for me soon, though I'm sure I'm the only one questioning it all lol.

And yeah Moose, the Alacran stole the Sultana's Crown and the item given to them was (said) the item the Sil'dih Sultan used to create his zombie army. Who is behind the Alacran? Lord Lolorito. Yet supposedly the Ascian had the Alacran steal the item..which just doesn't seem right to me. Lord Lolorito was (atleast in 1.0) a very calculating man who would know what his underlings are doing and would only be doing them at his own behest...but of course Papasha? appears and chases the Alacran and I believe the Crown is recovered, but it's not said if the item was. Now why would Lord Lolorito want an item used to create zombies? Well that's just another theory all together~