Quote Originally Posted by Riastrad View Post
Unsupported theory here for a second, but what if that CGI took place in the First? We are led to believe that the Source of the First and Silvertear Lake of the Source (confusing I know) are linked. During the trailer for 1.0 when the derplander (really Ardbert, we just didn't know at the time) gathers guildleves for his group and sees that vision, it didn't really happen to them, but to the WoL on the Source. So Ardbert accidentally sees what was going on in the Source during the Battle of Silvertear.

I understand the story was not planned that far ahead, but they did reuse the Crystarium, Cylva, and many other project "Rapture" ideas. It can not be understated as having some affect on the current story as Yoshida has always been active in using the original dev teams work as a basis for the story he wants to tell. Dalamud being a prime example.
Ardbert and derplander are not the same person. They made Ardbert look like him because the derplander and his party in the CGI is supposed to be representative of the WoL, and Ardbert’s whole arc in Heavensward was about how that could’ve been us and to hammer in how similar we are. Also the Crystarium wasn’t built yet and didn’t even look like that in the original render concepts for the Crystarium.

Back to the topic at hand, I wonder if the sound had anything to do with the Underworld mentioned in Tales from the Shadows and the souls getting trapped in Amaurotian creations.