Revelations from SHADOWBRINGERS

[Mixt]

So, odds that the Terminus was caused by some sort of Cosmic Parasite?

Or that there actually was an original will of the star that Zodiark replaced, and the reason that was needed was because the parasite flat out killed the original?

[Ilenya]

So, odds that the Terminus was caused by some sort of Cosmic Parasite?

Or that there actually was an original will of the star that Zodiark replaced, and the reason that was needed was because the parasite flat out killed the original?

Suddenly we have Chronotrigger in FFXIV.

[YianKutku]

Suddenly we have Chronotrigger in FFXIV.

NGL when we went into the last MSQ dungeon and there were meteors raining down on the battlefield and later the planet, the only thing I thought of was "Destruction rains from the heavens!"

I would be so hyped if Chrono Trigger was ever incorporated into FFXIV lore, but I have no idea what the rights status on that property is.

[TankHunter678]

NGL when we went into the last MSQ dungeon and there were meteors raining down on the battlefield and later the planet, the only thing I thought of was "Destruction rains from the heavens!"

I would be so hyped if Chrono Trigger was ever incorporated into FFXIV lore, but I have no idea what the rights status on that property is.

There is also the fact that FF7 had a meteor that dropped an alien parasite that wanted to hijack the planet and use it as a means of transport to other planets.

[Cilia]

There is also the fact that FF7 had a meteor that dropped an alien parasite that wanted to hijack the planet and use it as a means of transport to other planets.

Or Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, where the plot was caused by a meteor containing some of another planet's lifestream crashing into Earth and the souls within it antagonizing humanity as phantoms.

Or Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, where the instigator of the game's conflict (though not its main antagonist) was literally named "Meteor Parasite," crashed on the planet, and began spreading toxic miasma that the game's main antagonist (Raem) took advantage of to sate his appetite for painful memories.

... come to think of it, meteors with unwelcome guests crashing into planets is relatively common in fiction.

Sarcasm aside, a lot of the Amaurot dungeon takes cues from the Book of Revelation, from the "names" of the locations, to fire raining from the sky and the rivers turning to blood, to the bosses being identified as "Beasts." Notably the final boss is named "Therion," which is one of the many names attributed to the Beast of Revelation.

[Zohar_Lahar]

So, odds that the Terminus was caused by some sort of Cosmic Parasite?

Or that there actually was an original will of the star that Zodiark replaced, and the reason that was needed was because the parasite flat out killed the original?

I'm still inclined to think the Ancients borked something, since that whole mention of the "keening" of the earth made me think of the Elementals flooding the Source in retribution over the War of the Magi. And of course the First getting overtaken by a Flood of Light. It's almost like the Final Days was a flood itself.

Plus, right before we head for the Tempest, Feo Ul mentioned how the immortal fae had to balance what they create and destroy. In Amaurot, the immortal ancients were doing a lot of creation but apparently little destruction.