Crazy Personal Headcanons

[Rannie]

I don't know why but one of my personal ones is between Alexander and Hydaelyn.

It pretty much goes that Alexander saw what happened to the WoL and calls Hydaelyn on her cellphone while she's power napping, and tells her about them being killed by Black Rose.

Conversation goes like this

*phone rings and Hydaelyn answers sleepily*

"Ello?"

Alexander (in the microsoft text to speech male voice): Yo, Hyde babe it's me Alex!

Hydaelyn: What do you want... *half asleep*

Alex: so check it, I was looking at possible futures and, girl you wont believe this but your Homegirl/boy kicks it soon with this bad shizzle called Black Rose. You gots to save em!!!

Hyde: sure yeah ok... *snores and hangs up only to wake a little while later* well... shiii.... *gives Cid the idea to keep the WoL from dying or who ever it was*

Stupid I know but it's silly

[Morningstar1337]

The humble Popoto was descended from the humble Popoto Poto, a Lalafellin girl who either:

A: discovered the plant in question and named it after her
or B: suffered a fate that wouden't look out of place in Ovid's Metamorphosis and became the first specimen and proginatrix of the plant, which then bore her name as a result.

The logical conclusion of armchair etymology regarding item a that just happen to have lalafellin names :P

[Lord_Umbra]

Well my crazy head canon for ShB is that Hydaelyn & Zodiark fight didn't make the 14 Shards & it was in fact the WoL who instead of joining either side in summoning went to find & end the Sound, we did find the sound & Sacrificed ourselves to it whilst the big fight was going on.. all we wanted was for our friends & society to live on so the moment of dealing with the Sound most powerful member of Convocation The WoL using our desire/creation sundered the fading Realm Amaurot was in, thus the 14 Shards were made.

It's crazy but I'm personally right of current story thinking we're basically God of Shards.

[TinkerTech]

Okay, after reading all of these a headcannon composed itself in my head and I couldn't help but share.

So most of the Scions, also being a few of many Students of Baldesion (Forgive me if my lore is poor, it has been a while since I've reflected on these particular details) likely studied together at various points. despite the ages differences between some of them, since age rarely seems to be a deciding factor amongst the Students, there is likely one or two mentors they studied from at once. A day in the Lecture hall may look like this:

-Urianger is paying attention and dutifully taking notes because it's a history lecture and he loves history. Though there may be a sketch of Monbreyda in a corner...
-Y'stola is pretending to pay attention, but she's actually working on another project because Master Matoya's assignments are much more interesting.
-Thancred is using Secret and Ancient Magicks* to hide the fact that he's taking a nap.
-"Yda" (Sister or Lyse, your choice) isn't bothering to hide the fact that she's taking a nap.
-Papalymo already knows the content of the lecture, but he had nothing better to do that day and is trying to rouse Yda into at least paying attention.
-Krile's just sliding into her seat, because she had trouble leaving the two little ones she looks after at the childcare center.
-Minfilia's saved her a seat and already has a cheat-sheet of notes prepped.
-Alphinaud's not even supposed to be in the lecture hall because he's too young, but he snuck out of the childcare center to listen because he wants to learn everything that Miss Krile does.
-Alisae's tagged along, not because she wants to learn but because she refuses to let her brother wander off by himself, and she can be bored in the lecture hall just as well as she can in the childcare center.
-Monbreyda's taking notes in the back, but she's also making doe-eyes at the back of Urianger's head.
-G'raha Tia doesn't seem like he's paying attention, but his quill is scribbling awful fast for someone who's lazily looking out the window...


Obviously I'm ignoring important things like ages and timelines for this little headcanon. But it's fun to picture nonetheless.





*Said Magicks involve a pair of glasses, some glue and bribing a young Alphinaud with some chocolate to sketch a realistic pair of eyes. The instructor isn't fooled as not only does Thancred not wear glasses, but he hasn't blinked in twenty minutes.

[Rosenstrauch]

Not so much a crazy one but, in absence of confirmation, it's probably just headcanon:
Shiva's third form in Refulgence (Savage) is the result of Eden sampling not just the Warrior of Light's memory of Shiva and Hraesvelgr's relationship, but also the Warrior of Light's memory of Ran'jit's fighting style.

And for something actually kinda crazy. This is probably a really common idea, but still, I had it while reading the Sweetmeat Mussel's flavor text:
Any and all item descriptions or flavor text are the in-character musings of the Warrior of Light.

[Vyrerus]

So thinking really hard about storylines, beats, and happenstance, I'm rather liking the idea that the WoL is canonically Ala Mhigan. Old enough to remember events of the take over, but young enough to have not been conscripted. One of the few Ala Mhigans to get away, to take their chances on the Twelveswood, but only accepted into Gridania proper at all by finally taking up the mantle of adventurer. Prior to that they did a bit of slumming like most, near Ul'dah. This serves to play into why the player receives a steady stream of death threats, both direct and implied from Wood Wailers and other Gridanians when they're first starting out.

Later on down the rode in 2.0, it draws a nice parallel between the Ultima Weapon being unearthed from under Ala Mhigo. While it's Allagan, being from the same region has this nice feeling to it. Then there's more reason for the WoL to have that intense animosity towards Gaius van Baelsar directly, than there would be otherwise.

Of course the WoL is a Lancer. It's based in Gridania but makes no secret of taking and teaching Ala Mhigan heavy pikeman techniques, and so being Ala Mhigan lends itself well to that as well. Transitioning into being a DRG, there's nothing special Ala Mhigan brings to the table, outside the fact that the heavy pikemen once rode Griffins and fought in the air... kind of interesting that it'd be in his blood, you know? Fighting in the air.

For Grand Company, Gridania would make the most sense, considering you'd worked your way in the door past all those death threats and other things. Gridania is also closer to the border, and my idea for the WoL is that they miss home. Maelstrom could also work though.

You get more of a kinship with Yda, Minfilia, Arenvald, Raubahn, and The Resistance come Stormblood. Come Stormblood there's a personal stake for the WoL on top of the narrative.

Being Ala Mhigan also doesn't necessarily mean being Highlander(though that is my preference). Hellsguards, Seekers of the Sun, and Midlanders are all quite common to Ala Mhigo's regions. Promotional WoL is a the Midlander derplander we all know, but a Highlander in DRG AF cuts more of a Kain like figure, so I like that much better. As for more tie ins and good feels, Highlanders can sort of somewhat relate to Duskwights in that they both receive ribbing for their clan/race.

[Zohar_Lahar]

Nutsy, the bloodthirsty moogle running Clan Nutsy in Norvrandt, is the soul counterpart of Zenos on the First.

[Naria]

. . . . And Anogg and Konogg from YoHRa are the counterparts to Alphinaud and Alisaie.

[Rannie]

. . . . And Anogg and Konogg from YoHRa are the counterparts to Alphinaud and Alisaie.

That.... actually doesn't sound so crazy

[Morningstar1337]

the Pipira Pira and its Pipira brethren, is a fish discovered by a Lalafellin fisher, pretty simple.

The Pre Allag era were akin to Pre-history, and the Age of Gods is when the continents were still one (The Pangaea of Hydealyn basically)

The Allagans are considered the archetype for several schools of thought on Eorzea and Hingashi, as well as the originators for others things, due to a lack of sources on anything before Allag, and that only a few would know of the true archtypes in Aumarot.

Urianger spends some of his free time pondering whether Triple Triad cards could be adapted to Astrologian cards.