I'm not as sold on Nero's character regression as some seem to be - even if he IS messing with it, there may be more than meets the eye here, and he may have reasons for messing with Allagan tech that don't disregard his experiences in the Crystal Tower. Call me an optimist. Although I am replaying the Crystal Tower series now on an alt, so my opinion may change on that.

At any rate, it seems that we are indeed responding to an emergency within Baelsar's Wall, which is good. I do wonder when in this set of MSQ it happens, though - the scenes that seem to be taking place inside of it definitely have a climactic feel to them, which means maybe we buck the trend of "early dungeon" after all. And then, of course, there's the question as to what takes place in Part 1 and what (if any) takes place in Part 2.

But wow, what a story tease! The fact that everything seems to be going to KUPO! at the end there because of Omega and the fact that the Omega raid is called "The Bend of Time" has a solid chance of not being a coincidence, and I'm positive that, if that IS the case, then Tupsimati figures into it somehow. If Tupsimati gave Louisoix the power to send us 5 years into the future while the realm recovered, perhaps it's used to do the same with Omega to give us time/allow us to get a Macguffin to deal with it. And, perhaps, said Macguffin is in the heart of Imperial occupied Aldenard?

And then, of course, there's the Primal. Rhalgr is likely, given the Griffon's very Domon Kasshu-esque proclamation at the end there. Maybe, rather than Omega, that's what Tupsimati is being used for: a Dalamud-style prison to hold a summoned member of the Twelve. Maybe that fails, and Omega is summoned in desperation, maybe even by Yda to save Papalymo. Maybe Tupsi's used for both a prison AND a time-warp! Just spitballing, here.

Not much to go on with Zurvan, other than that it looks cool (and had music suspiciously devoid of vocals; Fiend and Equilibrium both had pretty much constant singing). Kinda wondering how the slice-away platform factors in, but that's for gameplay discussion.

Dun Scaith (pronounced Done Ska, right?) seems to have the return of everyone's favorite giggly jester, although still no sign of Diabolos as a boss. Maybe that has to do with the "third-part-but-not-finale" tease in that one Live Letter.