I just realised... are we L'cie? [Possible 3.2 spoilers]

[CyrilLucifer]

With the low size of the image, I couldn't tell they were chains exactly, but it was pretty obvious Minfilia was bound. That alone made me... anxious. Having her clearly be bound in chains, by and to Hydaelyn, makes me very anxious. Being bound and in chains is never a good thing.

... is it?

I said it earlier in another thread, but the binds could be metaphorical. Either in the responsibility sense (eg, she is bound to Hydaelyn more literally than before, able to hear and spread her will as priestess, similar to how Elidibus is Zodiark's Emissary) or in a sense that she feels a lot of pressure by Hydaelyn, the responsibility being binding and uncomfortable. After all, Hydaelyn did ask her to do something for the sake of 'hope.'

[Chewy2nd]

With the low size of the image, I couldn't tell they were chains exactly, but it was pretty obvious Minfilia was bound. That alone made me... anxious. Having her clearly be bound in chains, by and to Hydaelyn, makes me very anxious. Being bound and in chains is never a good thing.

... is it?

Here's a full res version
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaP_wu5XEAEOShj.jpgrig

[Nalien]

Here's a full res version
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaP_wu5XEAEOShj.jpgrig

She actually looks fairly... peaceful? Certainly not your typical damsel in distress expression...

[Kaiser-Ace]

I said it earlier in another thread, but the binds could be metaphorical. Either in the responsibility sense (eg, she is bound to Hydaelyn more literally than before, able to hear and spread her will as priestess, similar to how Elidibus is Zodiark's Emissary) or in a sense that she feels a lot of pressure by Hydaelyn, the responsibility being binding and uncomfortable. After all, Hydaelyn did ask her to do something for the sake of 'hope.'

I'm hoping it's metaphorical for her being Elidibus' counterpart as Hydalen's "Voice" rather than the "Blessing" she gave Minfilia to be more of a "Yea I need your body for my new vessel. And the WoL is to busy protecting me from Zodiark so you'll have to do."

Add that to my theory that we were being molded to be Zodiark's Vessel (And now that that particular plan flopped Elidibus will do it himself) then we may end up having to commit full scale deicide and kill both planet crystals.

I'm leaning towards being Hydalen's emissary so she has Minfilia and us for a direct parallel to Zodiark having Elidibus and Darklander. (In this scenario, her protest in the Sil'dih Aqueducts was simply not wanting to leave us presumably on our own since she didn't know what would happen to us thus her protest and begrudged departure)

Also, the "Chains" almost look like puppet strings....... Yea, I got a feeling this will leave a bad taste in my mouth when it's over.

[AdamuKun322]

We our the WoL and our Blessing has been strengthen by both Hydalyn and Midgardsormer. We've become powerful. To bring balance, we now have the WoD. As the finale it will be a clash between the Light side and Dark side. And yes, I can see Minfilia being our Emissary for direct contact to Hydalyn as we're a bit too busy saving the realm.

[myahele]

It looks as if she's resigned to her "fate"

[Chewy2nd]

There's an in game picture of her floating around on Twitter atm, I'm not sure if we can link to scans though, even if it is a Japanese magazine that we have no way of legitimately purchasing lol

[Theodric]

There's an in game picture of her floating around on Twitter atm, I'm not sure if we can link to scans though, even if it is a Japanese magazine that we have no way of legitimately purchasing lol

If it's an official picture that has been released then I doubt it'd get anybody into trouble. Just mark it in a spoiler tag.

[Kaiser-Ace]

There's an in game picture of her floating around on Twitter atm, I'm not sure if we can link to scans though, even if it is a Japanese magazine that we have no way of legitimately purchasing lol

Try and find a reddit page that's posted them. Small loop hole since Reddit doesn't have any rules against leaks or unconfirmed info (Wait, are there actually any rules there at all?) and SE doesn't have any sway over it.

Though, to be fair, the last clause in the ToS basically means the devs can do what they want since it basically says " anything unspecified above may be enforced at a GM's discretion".

[Chewy2nd]

I'll just link to the Twitter account instead, she's in the picture with Krilie in it
https://twitter.com/Nova_Crystallis