Quote Originally Posted by Ardox View Post

It's textually said that the illusions Emet-Selch have created would vanish with time during the last few cutscenes. Basically, he wasn't powering his illusions directlyt


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Which ties into something I've been wondering: specifically, what is going on with Akadaemia Anyder?

Is Emet-Selch recreating a disaster that occurred within the Akadaemia back in "his time", ie the escape of dangerous fauna and flora? Or is this a sort of emergent behaviour from the philosophical zombies of current Amaurot? When the Amaurotine at the end summons Quetzalcoatl, is it an actual Amaurotine pouring their aether into summoning an actual Guardian Force, or is it a bit of Emet-Selch's creation magick aether simulating the summoning of a Guardian Force that also happens to be Emet-Selch's aether taking another shape?

And the escape of Archaeotania: is it an actual dangerous beast, or Emet-Selch's aether doing its own thing?

Quote Originally Posted by LineageRazor View Post
It's not out-of-nowhere. Emet-Selch mentions (I think during the scene where he's thanking Varis for all the clones) that he CAN fashion a body for himself at will, but the clones are much more convenient.

As you say, it's likely that he assumes human form at the end in order to evoke a bit of empathy (both in the WoL and in the players of the game), but it's a power he's known to possess.
Yeah, Emet-Selch chose that particular form to show us for some reason, since he took over some unfortunate person from the First (adding one more murder to his list) and shaped their body to his own.