Goddess Sophia Lore posted.

[Nestama]

Well the trailer does show that players standing in the greyish (arguably 'Overcast' looking) AoE start attacking each other. I doubt this is Entice, as I feel that would be more of a gaze attack, or something akin to Deathly Verse.

[tjw]

Last I looked the "aetheric flames" that land on the scales are green (Wind) and yellow (Lightning). In the live letter Sophia was shown using Wind based attacks (it actually was a copy of Aero III just with a different color, darker) and lightning based attacks.

Actually, if we go off colour, Lightning in FFXIV is associated with purple. Which makes me think that Sophia's second element isn't lightning, but Light. After all, she doesn't need to be using all types of holy conjurations to smite an opponent; a bolt of light can do the job as easily as a blast of holy might, which is how it looks like here. Her appearance is also marked with yellow light rather than lightning.

Note: I'm trying to make a distinction between Light and Holy (Astral) here. Somewhat a semantic argument, but even then, a light or 'holy' alignment fits with Sophia being the 'goddess'.

Scrap all the above because I just went and viewed the live letter segment where he goes up against Sophia. So it appears that she does use Wind and Lightning moves (aeroga and thundaga). I think they are more aspectedly darkness and light respectively (a dark wind, and holy lightning) though given the colours. And that the head uses "Light <something>" (Take? Te-ko in katakana) when it kills off Yoshi's potato.

[Morningstar1337]

The thing is that while the other elements have associated colors that are close to each other. Lightning is alittle all over the place with Yellow (spire, Thunder), blue (thunder II and III,) and purpole (Ramuh, tempered sylphs, Raiton)

With that said I noticed of the single aspected primals have color schemes matching that os the respective elemental symbols (Ramuh is purple, Ifrit red, Garuda Green, etc), so it might stand that using other colors for the Triad''s elemental attacks might be a way to show them as something other than the usual primals

[Khalithar]

Instead of being Meracydian/Allagan thralls what if the adds in Sophia are just victims of her infamous Cloudy Heaven attack?

Now that you mention it, I'm pretty sure that Cloudy Heaven is going to be her ultimate attack

[Morningstar1337]

I just watched a video where Yoshi showed off the trial and I noticed that the Thunder attackes aren't the only elements here with a different color. That aero III-like attack mentioned? Its not only darker, its more blue

[Balipu]

I just watched a video where Yoshi showed off the trial and I noticed that the Thunder attackes aren't the only elements here with a different color. That aero III-like attack mentioned? Its not only darker, its more blue

It's cold air.

[Vejjiegirl]

Btw Just wondering, is there a connection between Sophia and the Astrologian card "Balance" ?


(Note at the top of the card two familiar Gods, Azeyma and Nald'Thal)

Azeyma is keeper of the sun and goddess of inquiry. She is most often depicted as a noble lady holding a golden fan.

Nald'thal is the single manifestation of the deific twins Nald and Thal. He is most often depicted as a discerning merchant holding a balance.

[myahele]

I don't think it'll ever be confirmed, but there are simply too many commonalities with Azeyma and The Goddess and even Azim (Au Ra sun deity) is hinted by the devs to have roots with Azyema.

I don't know if this was just a fan theory here or was hinted by the devs, but wasn't said that it's possible for different groups of people to summon different aspect of the same Primal since it's ultimately their belief that shapes a primal's personality.

Then again, Sophia is an Eikon

[tjw]

The thing is that while the other elements have associated colors that are close to each other. Lightning is alittle all over the place with Yellow (spire, Thunder), blue (thunder II and III,) and purpole (Ramuh, tempered sylphs, Raiton)

Actually, Spire and Thunder series are predominantly purple by animation. The Spire card is predominantly purple with some yellow, and the orbs formed by the Thunder spells are all purple. In fact, the only thing yellow about spire is its buff icon and ability icon. Even when drawing, the lightning crackles around the card are purple. The icons are different, however the actual animations still rely heavily on the dominant colour.

[Anonymoose]

Btw Just wondering, is there a connection between Sophia and the Astrologian card "Balance" ?

Things got split up a bit between two threads, but this was my input on that so far, for what it's worth.