Tales From the Shadows Updated (SPOILERS ABOUND)

[RicaRuin]

I have so many feelings. This was perfect.

However, some curious differences between the German and English version...

- In German, Emet does not do some kind of face palm he does in the english version, but is described as having his mask appear on his face without him willing it (implying it was absent before?)
- The english version speaks of islanders, while the german version refers to those living on the island as 'mortals'
- Might be because the English one is a reference to The Tempest, but the last part of the story has Emet snap one more time
- While in English Emet claims that Lahabrea reminds him of his creations, in German he claims that Elidibus reminds him of Lahabrea's creations

Edit, another one

English Emet claims a hero is no match for Elidibus. German Emet says if they are a true hero they shouldn't be Elidibus' enemy, almost as if hinting at... likemindedness?

[MrThinker]

I have so many feelings. This was perfect.

However, some curious differences between the German and English version...

- In German, Emet does not do some kind of face palm he does in the english version, but is described as having his mask appear on his face without him willing it (implying it was absent before?)
- The english version speaks of islanders, while the german version refers to those living on the island as 'mortals'
- Might be because the English one is a reference to The Tempest, but the last part of the story has Emet snap one more time
- While in English Emet claims that Lahabrea reminds him of his creations, in German he claims that Elidibus reminds him of Lahabrea's creations

I am curious to know how the German version (and others) defines the 'new life'. Does it also specifically call them 'new souls'?

[RicaRuin]

I am curious to know how the German version (and others) defines the 'new life'. Does it also specifically call them 'new souls'?

'Neu sprießendes Leben'... so something akin to newly blooming life. No reference to souls.

[MrThinker]

'Neu sprießendes Leben'... so something akin to newly blooming life. No reference to souls.

Ahhh, it remains so vague. Fernwhales just give us the answer, was it baby Ancients or baby mortals?

[Alenore]

I am curious to know how the German version (and others) defines the 'new life'. Does it also specifically call them 'new souls'?

French has "nous souhaitions faire offrande de vies nouvelles à notre sauveur". Translates as "we wished to make an offer of new lives to our savior".

Emet also refers to the likeness between Elidibus and Lahabrea's creations in French.

[Lieha]

French has "nous souhaitions faire offrande de vies nouvelles à notre sauveur". Translates as "we wished to make an offer of new lives to our savior".

Emet also refers to the likeness between Elidibus and Lahabrea's creations in French.

To expand on the French differences:

- Like in german, Emet's mask suddenly appear on his face
- The people living on the island are called "natives" which seems to imply they are
at least less advanced than the people of Amaurot.
- Emet also say that since we are a hero we shouldn't be Elidibus' enemy.
- The new lives are also called "ces jeunes pousses" meaning "those young sprouts"
- Also Elidibus is described as a young man with a small height so while he may have not be an actual child, he was still younger than the rest of the convocation.

Also did anyone get any Pompeii vibes from the first part ? I mean a village near the sea surrounded by wine cultures frightened by a volcano...

[RyuDragnier]

To expand on the French differences:

- Like in german, Emet's mask suddenly appear on his face
- The people living on the island are called "natives" which seems to imply they are
at least less advanced than the people of Amaurot.
- Emet also say that since we are a hero we shouldn't be Elidibus' enemy.
- The new lives are also called "ces jeunes pousses" meaning "those young sprouts"
- Also Elidibus is described as a young man with a small height so while he may have not be an actual child, he was still younger than the rest of the convocation.

Also did anyone get any Pompeii vibes from the first part ? I mean a village near the sea surrounded by wine cultures frightened by a volcano...

It should give you a different vibe. What island do we currently have in game that has a volcano and grape vines? La Noscea. Everything is starting to come full circle.

Because that means we created the hollowed out caves that the Kobolds now call home when we stopped the lava flow, and we essentially did the first summoning of Ifrit/Ifreeta. We ironically have been dealing with the side effects of our own past adventures so many millenia later.

[Enkidoh]

It should give you a different vibe. What island do we currently have in game that has a volcano and grape vines? La Noscea. Everything is starting to come full circle.

Because that means we created the hollowed out caves that the Kobolds now call home when we stopped the lava flow, we essentially did the first summoning of Ifrit/Ifreeta, and that primals were always this dangerous, even back then if we had to lead it elsewhere and take it out away from the people.

I don't think there's any correlation between the

geography of the Source/Shards as they are now and the geography of the original Star (remember, the ruins of Amaurot are well under the ocean a fair but indetermined distance away offshore from Kohlusia's coastline, so there has definetely been some continental changes to the world as a result of the Terminus and the Sundering (also, some of the Ancients ruins in The Tempest are encased in rock, suggesting the planet's crust underwent some major geographical upheaval after the Terminus).

Also, the story states the island with the volcano Azem went to was "isolated", suggesting it was not near Amaurot at least, possibly on the other side of the world, so it kind of makes that theory less likely, as nice as it was.

[ObsidianFire]

I have so many feelings. This was perfect.

However, some curious differences between the German and English version...

- Might be because the English one is a reference to The Tempest, but the last part of the story has Emet snap one more time

Well, that looks like it's pretty good evidence for it really being Hades that we summoned to come to get us out of the Rift....

[Iscah]

Well, that looks like it's pretty good evidence for it really being Hades that we summoned to come to get us out of the Rift....

As opposed to some kind of false version, you mean? Between the finger-snap and the wave, there wasn't much question that it was him.