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Looks like we're getting the original Ascians back, or at least some mixture of the old and new?



That new hood forming looks very similar to me. Those look like the same bone wings coming out his back, too.

The "true" power of the Echo? Why am I now expecting there to be a point where Minfilia does something similar, but instead of having a reaper like appearance, she gets an angelic one...

Also, Kan-E-Sanna asking the "great ones" to "give themselves" to the lifestream to find a drifting soul? Oh god, please don't revive a certain someone... Let it be the soul of Raubahns arm or something...
Awesome catch. Hadn't noticed this but the bone spikes on the back and the way the hood and mask seem to hang much lower does indeed look a lot like the 1.0 ascian model. I know many have speculated if that model would ever be used again or if it was perhaps retconned. I hope this does indeed turn out to be the same model (or similar).

As for Kan-E it's fairly certain she was communing with the elementals. They rarely grant a boon without some kind of offering so I'm curious what they stand to gain from this. The 'drifting soul' could simply refer to someone that is lost though, not necessarily dead. They could use the lifestream to search the planet. Again though, this sounds like an awfully large request of beings that have thus far been somewhat volatile and ill tempered towards those inhabiting the Shroud. The Seedseer must be desperate.