6.0 Predictions: Will it be Garlemald, Sharlayan, or Meracydia?

[Rosenstrauch]

Now that we've had the first live letter for 5.4 and the new dungeon is called "Matoya's Relict", evidence is pointing to a Sharlayan expansion.

"Relict" implies that an item or the location will be "old" and/or from the "past".

Matoya could either reference the old lady or our favorite cat girl. Either way, both are associated with Sharlayan.

Reading that name, the first thing that came to mind was the crystal ball Matoya uses. From what I recall, it's said to be a crystal of light from an earlier era. It's also said to be much more powerful than the one our WoL carries.

[JeanneOrnitier]

I came here to suggest the same, that Matoya might mean Sharlayan. I hadn't thought of her crystal ball though, good call.

[Mimilu]

Concept art of the new dungeon, for those interested (they didn't have any screenshots of it ready for the letter):

[RyuDragnier]

This opens the door for a number of locations on where we could end up going. The Chief of the Vanu showing up though in the MSQ for 5.4 is giving me a feeling wherever we're going, it's going to be linked to a certain something floating in the sky.

[Cilia]

I'd say what we got in the Live Letter hints at Sharlayan involvement moving forward, but without context it's impossible to say how (assuming the dungeon is even part of the MSQ; it probably is but the possibility it's not is still there).

Matoya's Relict, if anything we know of, probably does refer to her ancient Crystal of Light - also known as her Crystal Eye, a reference to I Matoya's Crystal Eye.

Stay... tuned...

[MrThinker]

I'd say what we got in the Live Letter hints at Sharlayan involvement moving forward, but without context it's impossible to say how (assuming the dungeon is even part of the MSQ; it probably is but the possibility it's not is still there).

Matoya's Relict, if anything we know of, probably does refer to her ancient Crystal of Light - also known as her Crystal Eye, a reference to I Matoya's Crystal Eye.

Stay... tuned...

It's trust compatible, so I'd that is confirmation it's msq.

[JeanneOrnitier]

Alternative suggestion: the reason Chief Sonu Vanu is in Ishgard in that MSQ screenshot is because the Vanu Vanu have noticed something weird going on at Azys Lla, and investigating it eventually leads us to Meracydia.

[KageTokage]

I'm expecting that the Garleans have set their eyes on Azys Lla again for one reason or another and from prior experience the Vanu chieftain decided it was probably a good idea to tell Ishgard about it.

Now that we've had the first live letter for 5.4 and the new dungeon is called "Matoya's Relict", evidence is pointing to a Sharlayan expansion.

"Relict" implies that an item or the location will be "old" and/or from the "past".

Matoya could either reference the old lady or our favorite cat girl. Either way, both are associated with Sharlayan.

That's...a kind of big stretch in logic when we have zero context whatsoever.

We've already gone gallivanting through locales of Sharlayan make previously for one reason or another.

I'd reckon this dungeon is where Matoya keeps forbidden knowledge locked away and as per usual circumstances dictate that we need something from there to address whatever new problem is rearing its head.

[4wheel]

There is still one mopey dragon back up there, if we're being pointed towards Azys Lla. Maybe it's time she got a little WoL Grief-counseling

[Rosenstrauch]

Maybe if we tell her about how the ones responsible for all her sorrow were 12,000+ year old humans struggling vainly to bring their own world back from the ashes, she'll... I don't know. Maybe accept that the whole "humans can't understand us, their lives are fleeting" thing is just an excuse they tell themselves.