The Wedding of Edda and Avere part 2?

[Nalien]

Wait....wait wait wait WHAT is that mount ?! the one between Avere and the dandelion ? oO

Looks like a fat moogle carrying a seat similar to the Bomb Palanquin? Perhaps they have two mounts for their dailies, rather than two minions? Given we already have plenty of Moogle Minions...

As for Avere... Wonder how Palace of the Dead will play out then... People rightly questioned how Edda could be there when we can enter Palace at a low level, though I never saw much conflict with that, but an Avere mount? Assuming that truly does come from Palace of the Dead, that would mean you can obtain him as a mount before you're even aware what Edda does to his head? Err... Yeah, that's harder to explain away...

[Grayve]

Can't wait to see more of Edda. Her story was so tragic. I really felt bad for her.

[TristanBlane]

EDDA CONFIRMED FOR DEEP DUNGEON BY YOSHIDA DURING E3 LIVE LETTER !!!!
https://m.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comment...producer_live/
Stokkedddd

[Hinoto-no-Ryuji]

Well, more specifically, he confirmed ties to Tam-Tara Hard. I know it's probably not much of a distinction, but consider the following:

-While they said veteran players who have clear Tam-Tara Hard will get more out of the PotD story, it still aims to be comprehensible to those who haven't gotten that far. While it's true that Edda's story gets its start before lv17, she shows up as a fairly stable and sane Conjuror around that point as well. Now, the story could just have her appear deeper in the dungeon and have the player fill in the blanks, but...
-They're still playing coy with the identity of the girl, and her clothing doesn't match anything Edda has ever appeared in - not in the early MSQ, not in Tam-Tara Hard, and not as a rare apparition around the City-States.
-The Avere-esque Voidsent is significantly smaller than what we faced in Tam-Tara Hard.

While I can't say any of that makes me 100% certain it's NOT Edda, I don't think it's as much a confirmation as people are making it out to be. Alternate theory? The connection is more to the necromantic lore that figures into Tam-Tara Hard than to Edda and Avere specifically, and our mysterious figure is some Voidsent or otherwise necromantically-inclined void-mage who has dabbled in similar things (and maybe even had a part in Edda's education in that area).

[Dualblade]

It could always be that Floor 50 is the necromancer who taught Edda (which would confirm said necromancer as a woman since she'd be our mysterious teased person), and Edda/Avere being the eventual Floor 200 boss.

[Ultimatecalibur]

The E3 Live Letter teased a bit more about the mysterious girl. A miniature helmeted Avere style ahriman/naga was sitting on her shoulder though we didn't manage to see her face.

[Eul]

Edda?

[Hinoto-no-Ryuji]

Edda?

Nice to have a screenshot to work with. I'm still unconvinced it's her - see above - but I think there's probably as much evidence for as there is against. I guess we'll learn in a month or so.

[Nestama]

What if it turns out to be Liavinne, instead? She is a zombie (and also liked Avere), now.

[Cilia]

You know, while it might be a horrible undead abomination...

... that miniature Avere-Ahriman is kind of...

... cute...