I have a feeling the Shadow Hunter's identity won't remain a secret for that long. It's generally best to not maintain a mystery too long past the point where enough hints have been dropped for observers to draw the correct conclusion, and he introduced himself with Gaius van Baelsar's entire moveset and a bunch of Ascian masks on his hip. Conversely, if it is kept secret for longer than this upcoming patch, the chance that he isn't Gaius will steadily increase. But he's probably Gaius.

But really, first Xelphatol, and now the Burn. Really wish they'd stop turning areas that should be fully-explorable zones into one-off dungeons, though I guess we should be grateful that the eternally-underutilized Azys Lla wasn't just a dungeon.

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Moving on past MSQ, we also have Omega: Alphascape coming up, don't we?

The name is... troubling, though we already knew Ironworks guest characters have the biggest targets on their backs. I had thought the story had finally gotten over that fixation after Gosetsu did his thing in 4.0, but after Heaven-on-High I wouldn't put it past the the writers (or Yoshida) to have Alpha defeat Omega once and for all with the magical power of sacrifice. Prepping a monument next to Mide's...

On a lighter note, we've done 5 and 6, so numeric progression dictates 7 will be next. Sephiroth already has a bit of a reputation as a bonus boss, so it would be a fitting tribute. More importantly, I wanna hear a Soken cover of "One Winged Angel." Perhaps we'll go Proudclad -> Jenova -> Sephiroth, with the fourth and final stage saved for our showdown with Omega itself? (Bonus points if Jenova gets a form change that gets one-shot by Knights of the Round.)