Let's Talk the Twins and Their End Goals

[Nalien]

I'd say Papalymo is probably drifting in the flow of aether.I know that the mark bounding him to Lyse disappeared but I don't think thats enough confirmation for death

Clearly Papalymo is the person doing the Calling!

But nah, I'd say he is dead just based off the final screen from the Stormblood credits. That was pretty much a perfect farewell, bringing him back after that would be so much worse than any of the fake outs we've had thus far.

Tupsimati I assume was burnt out during the casting. It was already damaged to begin with, add to that the fact that Papalymo was doing the same spell Louisoux attempted, albeit with far less prep time and no "Lets partially summon the Twelve to help", I could see that being enough strain on the artifact to destroy it. If they intended it to be used again, I imagine they'd have added a scene where it drops to the ground, or a scene where <insert character here> finds it. Just look at Nidhoggs Eyes, they weren't very subtle with those being recovered by the Warriors of Darkness. It could still be kicking around, but given nobody seems to care about it, despite us at one point having to guard it from an Ascian... It's been forgotten if nothing else...

Come to think of it, wasn't there some dialog early in Stormblood where they mention going over the wall looking for Papalymo or something? Could have sworn there was a "We looked by found nothing ANYWAY NEW EXPANSION" moment early on...