Oh my.

[MurakumoMillennium]

At T9 already and they don't even have their Atma Weapons?

Considering Atma isn't an upgrade over Zenith, and the fact they they all have Allagan and/or Levi weapons and will soon have 115 weapons from T9... yeah, they probably haven't bothered with Atma much.

[Danbo05]

RIP Frosty the detective

lol I laughed too hard. Can't stop laughing. I'm done. XD

[PLD_Danny1989]

Oooh boy, I'm surprised the Loremasters haven't posted about this yet - they'll have a field day over this.

Personally though, I'm not convinced this is really is Nael at all - the last anyone saw of him in 1.0 was his body disintegrating into aether and flowing up into the sky to Dalamud - hence, whose to say this 'Nael' is just an 'aetheric entity' that has taken a loose form which is not 100% 'correct'? 'She', could be the same thing as Good King Moggle Mog the XIIth - aether given form and substance based on a desire or memory.

Not to mention Nael's official SE bio on the main FFXIV website has long stated Nael as male, and the kicker, the lyrics for Nael's final boss theme Rise of the White Raven, refers to him in the male tense (when translated into English from Latin). So, is that all just a retcon, or has SE decided to have a laugh at the players' expense by throwing all that away to instead pull a rule 63? I guess we'll find out soon enough.

To be honest, aside from the Meteor storyline from 1.0, what do we know about Nael anyway? For the time being, I'm gonna go with this at face value and go with Nael being female until we learn otherwise. What we've seen with her transformation may be a more advanced stage of Tempering that primals do, probably something only Elder Primals can do.

[Nestama]

http://gamerescape.com/2013/08/21/th...e-white-raven/

Also, this could probably be a somewhat big spoiler. Even if I try to be super vague.

What is the name of his spear and why?

[MurakumoMillennium]

http://gamerescape.com/2013/08/21/th...e-white-raven/

Also, this could probably be a somewhat big spoiler. Even if I try to be super vague.

What is the name of his spear and why?

It's simple really:

She named her spear after herself when she took on a new persona!

[Nestama]

But the spear was already named before Deus existed.

For those who do not know; Bradamante is the name of his spear. Apparently named after a warrior maiden he killed. Perhaps Deus is taking on the form of this Bradamante woman?

[EdwinLi]

But the spear was already named before Deus existed.

For those who do not know; Bradamante is the name of his spear. Apparently named after a warrior maiden he killed. Perhaps Deus is taking on the form of this Bradamante woman?

Another simple answer is that the real Nael Van Darnus may have died a long time ago and Bradamante took on Nael's identity after his death and created a cover story saying that Bradamante was the one who died but in reality the real Nael vas Darnus was the one who died that day.

However, there is also the part that it is possible Nael is just a alias created to hide her real identity and to make certain no one knew she is female when she joined the Garlean Army.

[omgitslos]

I didn't play 1.0, but I am aware of Naels significance in the lore. So, this is pretty exciting.

Also, 1.0 players. I bet they are eating this right up!

[AdamuKun322]

Hmm... now I understand FFXIV 2.0 much better. Yet, I'm curious if the Ascians bring back their god... wouldn't that reawaken Bahamut?

[Alberel]

Considering her form seems to be human and primal aether combined into one being... this is going to open up a LOT of new possibilities in the story going forward.

I'm also going to go with the theory that she was female all along and was simply hiding her identity. Any lore or biographies we had up until this point were subject to character bias so it's very possible.

Really looking forward to this fight.