Revelations from Patch 5.3

[Alleluia]

MSQ thoughts on Elidibus as a character:

Was he a child when he joined the Convocation and/or became Zodiark's heart?

He's our size at the end of the trial, which is child-size for an Amaurotine. And the word choice in his final speech sounds childlike in its earnestness to me.

And the flashbacks where the other convocation members are talking to him, before the final days it seemed, about how his dedication to duty is bordering on obsession and basically telling him to take it easier... It painted the picture of a kid attempting to live up to a legacy and trying too hard. Also, in this flashback, I think our pov is a bit on the short side physically.

I just get the feeling he might have been a child prodigy, elevated to Elidbus' seat at a young age. And then the apocalypse happened.

And I'm just imagining this kid taking on the responsibility of becoming the heart of Zodiark so he can save everyone, promising them all that he'll never forget his duty, and now I'm sadder.

[Rokke]

MSQ thoughts on Elidibus as a character:

Was he a child when he joined the Convocation and/or became Zodiark's heart?He's our size at the end of the trial, which is child-size for an Amaurotine. And the word choice in his final speech sounds childlike in its earnestness to me.

And the flashbacks where the other convocation members are talking to him, before the final days it seemed, about how his dedication to duty is bordering on obsession and basically telling him to take it easier... It painted the picture of a kid attempting to live up to a legacy and trying too hard. Also, in this flashback, I think our pov is a bit on the short side physically.

I just get the feeling he might have been a child prodigy, elevated to Elidbus' seat at a young age. And then the apocalypse happened.

And I'm just imagining this kid taking on the responsibility of becoming the heart of Zodiark so he can save everyone, promising them all that he'll never forget his duty, and now I'm sadder.

This theory seems to be getting popular on reddit/twitter but after playing through MSQ a 2nd time on my alt I'm not really feeling that.

There is a young ancient in Emet's Amaurot recreation you can find if you wander around. My max height male Au Ra is significantly shorter than the shade, but he towers over Elidibus his last cutscene. That size difference would make him toddler sized, if that.

I don't think he was a child when he was sacrificed as much as him showing up as a child was symbolic for how one track/childlike his mindset was when you stripped away the thousands of years worth of hurting.


adults are more than twice as tall as my character


vs. child


Assuming he's using the same model as Unukalhai/other children, that'd make him around 1/2 my characters height

As for Gaius

One of the red masks he has looks an awful lot like a cat's head, which would interestingly enough likely belong to Fandaniel as Leo's rep.

[Kesey]

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As for Gaius

One of the red masks he has looks an awful lot like a cat's head, which would interestingly enough likely belong to Fandaniel as Leo's rep.

This is a good catch. Maybe a future plot point will be us showing Gaius how to really kill an Ascian? And since F-train has taken the slot of major villain it would be easy to tie together in the future.

[Kesey]

MSQ thoughts on Elidibus as a character:

Was he a child when he joined the Convocation and/or became Zodiark's heart?

He's our size at the end of the trial, which is child-size for an Amaurotine. And the word choice in his final speech sounds childlike in its earnestness to me.

And the flashbacks where the other convocation members are talking to him, before the final days it seemed, about how his dedication to duty is bordering on obsession and basically telling him to take it easier... It painted the picture of a kid attempting to live up to a legacy and trying too hard. Also, in this flashback, I think our pov is a bit on the short side physically.

I just get the feeling he might have been a child prodigy, elevated to Elidbus' seat at a young age. And then the apocalypse happened.

And I'm just imagining this kid taking on the responsibility of becoming the heart of Zodiark so he can save everyone, promising them all that he'll never forget his duty, and now I'm sadder.

I think we are to assume he was a child because of the size of his character. This highlights the level of willing sacrifice that the people of Amaurot will make to get what they want, and because they are sacrificing a child we should recognize them as in the wrong.

But I think the extreme focus on his goals had more to do with being a single minded primal as opposed to youthful devotion.