Revelations from Patch 2.55 [SPOILERS]

[Chewy2nd]

I don't see why she would fake her own death before abdicating the throne.

However, I believe that she was given a poison to make her unconscious indefinately

See, I don't mind the Somnus/Eternal Sleep theory, as it is somehow sadder than her just dying.

[Lucke]

I mentioned this in the Official spoiler thread but it hurts to much I have to share it again. I ended up getting 2 platinum cards for this last TT tournament. When I open them up, I find both cards are Nanamo cards. WHY SE WHYYYYYY? /twistthatdaggerrealgood

[Dalvy]

I don't think this has been discussed yet, but who could this person be? Blue-eyed Hyuran male in Ishgardian knight armor, standing next to Iceheart. My first thought is that maybe this is Elidibus' host, but that's more of a wild speculation :P

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[lololink]

I think it's just an heretic spy, that managed to get Iceheart to the barrier so that she could break it.

[lilirulu]

I wonder if Ice Blue eyes are a sign of tempering from Iceheart? Similar to how the Tempered Slyphs are purple in color.

[Aoxaviar]

Don't think that Y'shtola was calling a spirit bomb, I personally think that was the Ultima spell she conjured.
(Also - Newsflash - Papalymo dropped the AURA spell on Yda - Personally hoping that shows up since we haven't seen it since FFXIII.)
I think Haurchefant was being very Ishgardian at that moment.

As for Limsa, Gridinia, and even the Flames in Ul'Dah - Go talk the the commanders at the the GC's and you will get brought up on that. As for the Admiral - talk to her lift attendant (there are two lifts there don't forget) and talk to the escort to the Lotus Sands and/or the guy next to him to get some info on the Seedseerer's position too.

I expect Aymeric will either put us to work, or will do all he can to help clear our names. If not dig up Teleji for sheer crap he said before...well...splitting from the story...

[gamesmart]

Don't think that Y'shtola was calling a spirit bomb, I personally think that was the Ultima spell she conjured.

Whatever it was, it was most certainly NOT Ultima. Ultima is a plot point in FFXIV, and would have probably blown up the entirety of Ul'dah (see Praetorium).

Besides, isn't Ultima usually Black Magic, not White?

[Dalvy]

Whatever it was, it was most certainly NOT Ultima. Ultima is a plot point in FFXIV, and would have probably blown up the entirety of Ul'dah (see Praetorium).

Besides, isn't Ultima usually Black Magic, not White?

Ultima is non-elemental but usually categorized as black magick. If anything, Y'shtola is casting Holy.. her body movements and the spell look rather familiar.

[gamesmart]

Ultima is non-elemental but usually categorized as black magick. If anything, Y'shtola is casting Holy.. her body movements and the spell look rather familiar.

Given that our PC is technically the only WHM, I'm more inclined to think that what Y'shtola used was simply a giant aether bomb (...which, then again, is probably the same thing that Holy does, but in a different fashion) from channeling a pretty significant amount of aether. She has demonstrated the capacity for channeling aether in unique ways, on account of being Sharlayan, so this likely is just another form of those abilities.

That said, that aether bomb might explain why Hydaelyn suddenly spoke to Minfilia, as the sheer amount of aether concentrated in that location might have allowed the (probably still weak) Mothercrystal to briefly communicate with her. Though that doesn't explain why Hydaelyn only chose to speak to Minfilia...

[Mholito]

Someone on reddit posted something interresting about the cutscene with Raubahn in the cell. Some people in the comments are dismissing it as a fake, or a bug. But, I think there might be something more to it.