Quote Originally Posted by Anonymoose View Post
"Don't leave me, baby, I swear I've never seen that Miqo'te in my life! Her and I have never... Unless... oh, lords, the Brings of Chaos have done it again!"

I've gone back and forth on whether I think it's more likely Solus became an Ascian or whether he was, in one way or another, replaced by an entity that is (for some reason) keeping up the act. Prior examples are insufficient to fully interpret the hints. I'm just gonna wait it out. That said, I agree with Cybylton vis-a-vis parsimony. Every language says: "I am Solus zos Galvus. I am an Ascian. I, Solus zos Galvus, Ascian, founded the Garlean Empire." If he was replaced, they could have just said that without it being any less of a twist, right?
Yes, that's the thing. He didn't say Solus was replaced by an Ascian or was controlled by one. He WAS an Ascian. And it would have been a twist either way. We just don't know the life-cycle of Ascians. At any rate you can't be born an Ascian. As far as we know anyway.