DISCUSSION: Yoshi-P's Poem

[Point_Zero]

"Ne'er till land consumes sun can sea bear moons"
This means to me at least:
"Not until the sun sets can the water reflect the moons' light."
This could refer to the autumnal equinox (since the original sentence kind of gives a sense of balance between night and day) which coincidentally is one year from the CE launch.

"Heavens spew crimson flame,"
This probably ties in with the vision of fire falling from the sky seen in a few cut-scenes.

"hells seep black dooms."
Probably refers to some kind of monsters or whatever, tying in to some kind of end-game situation.

"Stray seeds quicken in ash's grey embrace."
To be honest I think this might have to do with the Level Cap being raised from 50-55(or 60).

"Valiant blades forged under the Twelve's good grace."
Leads me to believe that some kind of AF weapon or what-not will be introduced as part of the end-game.

Of course this is all just speculation.

Good stuff you seem spot on with the first couple lines ^^

[Eekiki]

What I wanna know is where are verses one through six of these "divine chronicles"?

[Kilta_Firelotus]

pretty much all we know is the age of adventure is coming to an end and the age of strife will start.

[TheVedis]

I am a firm believer that this is in fact part of the "Epitaph of Twilight" in disguise, we are all doomed

[JackDaniels]

Ne'er till land consumes sun can sea bear moons.
This definately means 'the sea can't reflect the moon until the sun sets, as far as I know water doesn't reflect in this game so maybe this some how refers to the next full motion video that we will see??
Heavens spew crimson flame, hells seep black dooms.
The heavens part is referring to the great balls of fire seen in all the opening cut scenes, as far as the black dooms goes, who knows.
Stray seeds quicken in ash's grey embrace.
I think this line means 'life goes on after death'. Kind of like how a forest grows a few years after its been burnt down.
Valiant blades forged under the Twelve's good grace.
This could mean anything, stupid metaphores.

[Sparker]

Heavens spew crimson flame, hells seep black dooms.

means to me danger from above, danger from below... basically saying its not going to be so peaceful anymore.

[Dubont]

Can you find/link me a close shot of the dragon. I can only find distant ones so far. I want to see the skin and all.

This is the only "close" one that I've found. http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy..._Mor_Dhona.jpg

[Arcell]

Ah I know now what dragon you mean, I was always trying to reach him. Isn't that dragon Bahamut from the intro movie? Tomorrow I'll have another look ;D Could be indeed suitable for this poem.

I'm fairly certain that the dragon from the opening is not Bahamut, as that would mean that he's been dead for quite some time. Also dragons exist as creatures in Eorzea somewhere in the general area of Ishgard. Also I remember an NPC saying something about there being 7 hells once, very interesting stuff lol

[Kaboushi]

This is the only "close" one that I've found. http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy..._Mor_Dhona.jpg

thx alot Dubont

[Kaboushi]

Yoshi-P posted a picture of a Poem on New Years day 1/1/11 after saying this:

"...In fact, an ancient verse of prophecy was delivered to my person by a messenger from Eorzea not moments ago. But I've never been much of one for poems... Perhaps some of you will have more luck decoding it than I have."


POEM:

Ne'er till land consumes sun can sea bear moons.
Heavens spew crimson flame, hells seep black dooms.
Stray seeds quicken in ash's grey embrace.
Valiant blades forged under the Twelve's good grace.

-Seventh Verse of the Divine Chronicles
Mezaya Thousand Eyes

Link to Picture of Poem:

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This thread is for the discussion of this poem. Please give your theories about the poem's meaning and it's purpose. Interesting theories will be backed up with lore about the game, please be mindful of spoiler alerts while discussing storyline (add a "Spoiler Alert" at the top of a post). Cant wait to hear what the community has to say

Decoding : the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text; "a secret key or password is required for decryption.

It's a code. That's why it's so hard to read, they were limited to respect a code rule.

I beleive it don't mean anything we think it mean, i think it can be reduced to a 2 or 3 words message.