Revelations from Final Coil [SPOILERS]

[Alice_89th]

(calling it now: the floating continent is Alexander)

We saw pictures of Alexander, and while big, he wasn't a whole continent big.

[Grayve]

We saw pictures of Alexander, and while big, he wasn't a whole continent big.

They specifically said Alexander is built inside/combined with/part of a castle.

[Alberel]

They specifically said Alexander is built inside/combined with/part of a castle.

Actually they said Alexander is a fortress. He is essentially a giant mechanical fortress that we enter and fight through, presumably to get to the crystal at his core and destroy him (assuming he's actually malevolent, I'm not sure if he will be as the Goblins have thus far been our allies and Alexander is almost always a good/holy summon). It sounds very similar to the Alexander of FFXI though, who was actually a spirit possessing an entire ruin complex. Actually with that in mind I'm wondering if Alexander's physical form was in fact built by the Goblins and they then summoned him into it, much like Iceheart/Shiva.

T13 spoilers:

I'm willing to bet we'll be fighting Alexander Prime at the end too simply because, much like Bahamut, he's too big for us to kill directly. The sudden reveal that Bahamut has a 'prime' avatar needs some serious explaining. Most of all I want to know if killing Bahamut Prime actually destroyed him permanently... Hopefully Alexander can shed some light on that.

[Alice_89th]

They specifically said Alexander is built inside/combined with/part of a castle.

Sounds pretty much like this image from the Tokyo Keynote.

So, big, but not a whole continent big.