Revelations from Patch 5.2

[Jandor]

Well, we don't know what the consequences of Thancred staying on the First w/o his actual body might be.

We might go and fetch his body for him? We can move "stuff" between worlds easy enough, just not people. I guess a body with no one home might count as stuff.

Last resort sort of thing if he worsens further, because without a body on the source he'd presumably be forever stuck on the first.

[LineageRazor]

We might go and fetch his body for him? We can move "stuff" between worlds easy enough, just not people. I guess a body with no one home might count as stuff.

Last resort sort of thing if he worsens further, because without a body on the source he'd presumably be forever stuck on the first.

The implication that I've been getting is that, while separated, body, mind, and soul are still dependent on one another. If any die, they all die. That's the urgency in returning to the Source - the parts have been separated for too long, and if the body dies, the mind and soul will disperse into the Lifestream. If that's true, the demise of his body won't just mean Thancred is stuck on the first - it means he'll die there, too.

Of course, an alternative to Ryne moving to the first would be Thancred (body, soul, and mind reunited) returning to the First. The WoL travels back and forth as a matter of course, now, so it's likely the Exarch has perfected the process - for the WoL, anyway. Even so, that would presumably be a big step toward figuring out how to send others, as well.

[Jandor]

The implication that I've been getting is that, while separated, body, mind, and soul are still dependent on one another. If any die, they all die. That's the urgency in returning to the Source - the parts have been separated for too long, and if the body dies, the mind and soul will disperse into the Lifestream. If that's true, the demise of his body won't just mean Thancred is stuck on the first - it means he'll die there, too.

Yeah I know if one dies all the parts die, that's why I was wondering that if Thancred gets worse (or he just decides he wants to stay with Ryne) we might go and fetch his body for him. Make him whole on the First instead of the Source.

It should be easier to bring his body to the first than to take his soul back to the source. While the mind, body and soul are all linked, Thancred's body is essentially still just an empty "thing" at the moment, and we take "things" from world to world all the time these days.

Pop to the Rising Stones, grab Thancred's body, TP back to Crystarium, drop it in front of his soul ghost. "There ya go mate, hop in and make yourself comfy."

Doing so would presumably leave him stranded on the first though, as he'd no longer be a disembodied soul that we can stuff in a crystal and drop in our pack for easy transport.

I don't know, I'm imagining moving the body is much easier, but maybe the link between all three makes it just as difficult as transporting the mind and soul. I don't recall them touching upon it to be honest, I guess because the goal is still to get everyone back rather than to live happily ever after on the first.