Tales From the Shadows Updated (SPOILERS ABOUND)

[Riastrad]

As others stated, Gaius and Estinien had been destroying facilities creating the Black Rose weapon and only stopped due to events occurring in the Capital. Zenos on the other hand killed his father to prevent the order for its use to go out. I am forced to wonder if the use of the weapon will be used as a tool for good in stopping some threat somehow later down the line though.


Here's my question though, are Emet Selch and Elidibus still alive in the original timeline? Is Minfilia? Hydaelyn? The Devs said that to understand where we are going we would need to look at Heavensward. They also said some things about making sure to do the Omega raid as well as Alexander. The Twinning is very much a amalgamation of both and the ramifications of the dungeon are immense considering it was what allowed the plan to become reality. In the dungeon we get both eScape as the dungeon music and Locus as the boss theme. This is important to note because eScape is about changing realities (going to the first) and Locus is about the dangers of time travel.


I once replied to a 5.3 prediction thread as follows.

The quest after Minfilia merges with Ryne is called Crossroads. Roads are meant to be walked. Look to those who walked before, to lead those who walk after... The Road that we walked is lost in the flood...
We went one way, she went another in an alternate timeline. Same for every action we did or did not take.

Every time we log into the game what do we hear? The Shadowbringers theme song. It tells us that we will want for nothing, nothing denied. Wandering ended, Futures aligned.

In the lyrics to A Long Fall from The Twinning, a selection of lyrics from eScape is played remixed. eScape was and is stupidly prophetic. Locus being the boss theme needs to be examined closely as well, but that's another point.

Here's what i'm talking about in particular:

Time
Stellar stories starward bestrewn, slipping sidewise; see, they're snakes. <---- Elidibus is the snake (Serpentarius), Us travelling to the First by "slipping sideways"
Twixt the leaves you'll find naught amiss—missing aughts and crossing fates. <--- Ronka and and the true meaning behind the echo. We go to the Tomb of Tiuna, finding more questions than answers.
Freedom surgent shifting ahead, comets dancing in her wake. <--- Hydaelyn awakening the echo using comets to do so.
To the cosmic clarion's accord, along the path not taken. <--- Exarch changing events etched in time by forcing us to take a path we never would have.


Try, dare the dead tread ahead on a road that was borrowed design. (Design) <--- We died in the canonical history. We are the dead treading ahead
Through the sum of their suns do they seek tomorrow. (Tomorrow) <--- The Ironworks sons literally finish what their forefathers started.
Tonight, witness then as the end shall begin what was final. <---- Amaurot's fall.
Their lies, folding back, further back, ever back to the primal. <--- Hydaelyn and Zodiark tempering mortals in an endless proxy war.


Hmmm.

I left it at that for awhile. But this latest tale made me stop and think about it some more. See, if we add Locus to the mix (again Alexander was recommended for higher understanding) we also get this bit.

Falling back right into the system of
Falling back on all that's erased
When fighting back right out of this system
Means falling back right into this space

Yes, falling back right in with the system
Who'll see you falling back to the end
When falling back is better than simply
Falling back into pieces again.


This makes me question if we aren't done with the original timeline. We currently have both Cid and Graha alive and well with all his memories on how to actually achieve time and space travel. I understand there is a few people who would absolutely hate that thought as it seems as though it's a bittersweet farewell to those left behind. I don't know, my theories are generally not well liked by a fair amount of people, but I am happy to find out either way.