Revelations from Keynote II

[Fenral]

That is a really good reference shot, first off. Who? When? Where?

I agree that I'm not particularly wanting it to be G'raha, but rather that the clues seem too undeniable. I'm hesitant how it will play out, but then I'm feeling like that about Shadowbringers in its entirety...

I don't agree that the robes look "Ascian" though. We either discussed it here earlier or elsewhere, but they look more Allagan to me - which would fit with his "last of the Allagans" thing now.

I had a thought not so long ago, and while the viability depends entirely on how they feel about retiring an old weekly quest, I was toying with the idea that G'raha would need to be using another name if he were to appear, mostly because his name is actually fairly generic, having been pulled from the Naming Conventions document without much thought (or is it there because it's his name?). What name would he be using, you ask? Noah.

Either he'd be borrowing it ironically, or he'd actually be taken over voluntarily (or involuntarily) as host for a certain Archmagus who spends most of his time drunkenly lounging around Revenant's Toll. Last we spoke with him, he seemed very interested in G'raha's present state, after all. And I bet he could find Nero's scanner.

Or, even crazier:

There's also a possibility that he'll be calling himself "Desch" and end up Mide-ing himself into ancient Allag to fall into Salina's good graces and ultimately become his own ancestor, and that by inserting himself into Salina's memories to be witnessed by his past/future self, he'd leave a strong enough impression to convince himself to drop everything and entrust himself to Destiny, completing the loop.

But I came up with that one before Alexander did almost exactly that, so I'm not sure if it'd be paying off foreshadowing or just more reciprocal rehashing for stories with too much in common.

If anything, the closest suggestion that he might be a villain is that he's placed opposite Solus on the poster, where the other balanced pairs (Y'shtola and Urianger; Alphinaud and Alisaie) are allies. Though it also could be misdirection, or a simple case of them being "leftovers" without obvious pairs.

Or we're reading it backwards, and Solus is going to become our ally. :P