Expansion takes place in the future, Il Mheg < Ala Mhigo

[CaesarCV]

I'd say that it's honestly more likely to be another Shard than some sort of far-off post apocalyptic future. Minfilia went to the First shard. Said First shard is currently in danger of dying to a Flood of Light. We have to become Warriors of Darkness, the opposite of Light and its balancing point. The other scions went somewhere mysterious. Minfilia who went to the First Shard is confirmed to be with Thancred. Put the pieces together and they honestly fit pretty well.

[whiskeybravo]

I'd say that it's honestly more likely to be another Shard than some sort of far-off post apocalyptic future. Minfilia went to the First shard. Said First shard is currently in danger of dying to a Flood of Light. We have to become Warriors of Darkness, the opposite of Light and its balancing point. The other scions went somewhere mysterious. Minfilia who went to the First Shard is confirmed to be with Thancred. Put the pieces together and they honestly fit pretty well.

Well, there is the "this place certainly has changed" line

[CaesarCV]

Fair enough, but at the same time they're known to be wrong/troll with trailers. So I'm not sure. I'm just pointing out the pieces where they lie.

[Nezerius]

Well, there is the "this place certainly has changed" line

The Shards (as in, the First Shard, and the other ones), are also known as the reflections of the Source.

It wouldn't be too farfetched to assume that those Shards share similarities with the Source, without being exactly the same. Thancred could be at one of those places, and noticing how "this place certainly has changed", since he remembers the way it looked like in the Source.

[whiskeybravo]

Thancred could be at one of those places, and noticing how "this place certainly has changed", since he remembers the way it looked like in the Source.

Would Minfilia be too young to tell him where he's at?

I'll be the first to admit I'm in over my head in regards to lore, and even what's actually happened/happening in this game lol. The Il Mheg / Ala Mhigo connection is pretty compelling though, and I suppose it could fit in to either the time travel or parallel world theme.

[LineageRazor]

The Shards (as in, the First Shard, and the other ones), are also known as the reflections of the Source.

It wouldn't be too farfetched to assume that those Shards share similarities with the Source, without being exactly the same. Thancred could be at one of those places, and noticing how "this place certainly has changed", since he remembers the way it looked like in the Source.

Well, do bear in mind the point of divergence. The Thirteen Shards were formed a long, LONG time ago - literally before recorded history, before even the First Catastrophe. That is a LOT of time during which history could diverge, even if they were perfect mirror images to begin with. Add to that, the Source has undergone seven world-reshaping catastrophes during that timespan - unless identical Catastrophes happened on EVERY shard, EXACTLY the same way and same time on each occasion, that's an incredible amount of chaos to throw into the mix.

By all rights, there should be no resemblance between shards, geopolitically.

That said, writers don't always take scale into account, ESPECIALLY when cool things can happen if they deliberately ignore it. Take, for example, the mirror universe in Star Trek. While it's theoretically feasible that the original Enterprise could have encountered a universe that just happened to have an Enterprise full of evil versions of themselves, it REEEEALY stretches things when you get to Deep Space Nine and find that somehow, the same people in the same universe managed to have the same babies that would lead to evil versions of the cast for THAT show, in spite of the political upheaval caused by the events of the first encounter. But that takes a back seat to the opportunity to show Evil Kira in all her glory.

So, Il Mheg COULD be a distorted reflection of Ala Mhigo, but if that turns out to be the case anyone thinking logically will be banging their head on their desk.