- Elidibus' talk of balance will ring true and his role will shift back to that of a diplomat. We'll find some common ground and work with him in order to deal with a greater threat.

- The Crystal Exarch will die. Possibly at the hands of Zenos. There's no need to keep two versions of the same character around and The Crystal Tower story-line is going to be mandatory as of 5.3 according to a recent comment by Yoshi-P.

- The Sapphire Weapon will use combat data gained from Regula van Hydrus. We'll finally see what he looks like beneath his helmet.

- Someone will emerge victorious in Garlemald's latest civil war, sowing the seeds that will lead us to finally visit Garlemald in 6.0. It may be the 'Lord Nevra' mentioned briefly at the end of 5.0.

- We will learn more about the third party entity responsible for causing Amaurot's destruction, a being heavily inspired by Jenova from FF7. It will be set up as a threat to deal with in the future.

- At least one of the Scions will fail to arrive back in the Source unscathed.