Spoilers! A certain characters eyes

[Frederick22]

What It worries me, is the fact that this issue was given any importace and aslo after Matoya's warnings, Y'shtola did not care at all xD

[LaurelinKementari]

I'm surprised more people haven't questioned the fact Thancred didn't return with her though. Was he not caught up in the same spell? Did he perhaps end up where Y'shtola originally intended to teleport to?

Y'shtola mentioned that she cast the spell with the intention of saving Thancred, but I don't recall her ever stating if she actually succeeded at that. Would have to go back and check but I thought she said something went wrong causing her to transport herself instead of Thancred. Curious what happened to Minphilia given that she went back to check on them...

I suspect all Scions will come back altered in some way and receive a new outfit from Tataru.

[Velox]

Y'shtola mentioned that she cast the spell with the intention of saving Thancred, but I don't recall her ever stating if she actually succeeded at that. Would have to go back and check but I thought she said something went wrong causing her to transport herself instead of Thancred. Curious what happened to Minphilia given that she went back to check on them...

Well it's not blatantly said what happened to Thancred, but remember they did confirm that his body was not within the rubble. We can deduce that Y'shtola's spell did indeed work to some extent. Whether or not Thancred made it to the teleport point or got lost in the aether too is what's unknown.

Also we don't know what Minphilia was going to do. Before she left she got a message from Hydaelyn. We can assume she's safe, I highly doubt Hydaelyn would send her to her death for little reason. What we do know is that Hydaelyn's plans for her were different than yours (the player character), and going your separate ways at that junction was necessary for you both to complete your tasks.

[waifugenerator]

I have a feeling Matoya will give Y'shtola her eyes. If you do the Saro Roggo you'll see how deep Mato's love for Y'shtola is. Seems like a likely scenario.

[LunaHoshino]

My understanding of what happened was that Y'shtola got herself trapped in the Lifestream because she was the one who cast the spell. Since Pipin explicitly said that they only found the bodies of Crystal Braves in the waterway, chances are the teleportation spell worked as intended on Thancred. The question now is where it dumped him.

[Grayve]

Remember Sylphie in the Conjurer class quests? All Y'shtola needs to do is find an external source to draw power from instead of using her own life, and hey, guess what? She's a Conjurer.

I suspect Matoya's Eye will be involved.

One of the brooms mentions Mayotos crystal eye, during the Sarro quests. I took from it she had an artificial eye, but I was tired. It is just as likely to be an artifact.

[KylePearlsand]

My understanding of what happened was that Y'shtola got herself trapped in the Lifestream because she was the one who cast the spell. Since Pipin explicitly said that they only found the bodies of Crystal Braves in the waterway, chances are the teleportation spell worked as intended on Thancred. The question now is where it dumped him.

Knowing him, probably somewhere with plenty of women.

[Nalien]

Knowing him, probably somewhere with plenty of women.

That's where he would have wanted to turn up...

I'm kind of hoping that Thancred and Yda turn up together, with a very strong reference to FFVIIs Honeybee Inn/Don Corneo storyline, with Thancred playing the role of Cloud...

[CGMidlander]

Thancred took an arrow in the knee.

We'll find him working as a guard in some small outskirt settlement, I bet.

[Magis]

One of the brooms mentions Mayotos crystal eye, during the Sarro quests. I took from it she had an artificial eye, but I was tired. It is just as likely to be an artifact.

In FF 1 it was an actual eye:

Matoya (マトーヤ, Matōya?) is a witch from the original Final Fantasy who lives in a cave. She cannot see without the use of a special Crystal Eye, which was stolen from her by the sorcerer Astos. The Warriors of Light are able to recover her crystal eye by defeating the dark elf Astos, and recruit her help in reviving the Prince of Elfheim.