Revelations from Patch 5.3

[myahele]

I can see Lahabrea being involved in Eden. Maybe he created it?

In Academia Anyder, we find out that Lahabrea and his crew were experimenting with Guardian Forces. While we don't know the origin of Eden in FFXIV yet, we at least know that it was inspired by FF8s Eden which was a Guardian Force.

[RyuDragnier]

Perhaps one of the ideas he had in a worst case result was to having people leave the planet aboard Eden to find a new home? Would explain Eden's Terraforming abilities, and would be a unique kind of irony for Eden to be a force planned to be used for good originally, only to end up being used for evil.

[MoofiaBossVal]

Perhaps one of the ideas he had in a worst case result was to having people leave the planet aboard Eden to find a new home? Would explain Eden's Terraforming abilities, and would be a unique kind of irony for Eden to be a force planned to be used for good originally, only to end up being used for evil.

Ah, you know what? Perhaps that's how Lahabrea, Emet-Selch, and Elidibus escaped the Sundering. They were on a spaceship in orbit over Hydaelyn, so they weren't divided into 14 pieces like everyone else on the planet was.

That, or they were on the moon.

[Crushnight]

Patch 5.4 artwork is out https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/shado...ers/patch_5_4/ and there's a sneaky pic there



I'm not confident enough to start 5.4 speculation thread...



Hope the other part comes true too...

Just noticed another one. Edit: Just got a better look on PC and looks like it's just Gaia's neck...

That is Lahabrea's mask but not his typical robe(he has always had black) so either we are looking at a past Lahabrea or an ascended Lahabrea taking on the role of emissary now that Elidibus is sealed.

This artwork is about Eden just like 4.2's artwork was about Omega so likely to be that Lahabrea is involved with the purpose of Eden thus we would be dealing with a past version of him.

This is just a theory but perhaps we fight this past version of Lahabrea at the height of his power before he went coocoo for Zodiark but anything more than that would be very wild speculation at this point.

[RicaRuin]

Don't know, looks to me as if the general style of the Artwork makes it hard to see, but the robes seem more black than white (don't make me start a dress discussion).

The only information I want to get out of this...

10. Could we please learn the true name of Lahabrea? Finding out Emet-Selch's true name was absolutely awesome and a great reveal, so it'd be fantastic if we could figure out who Lahabrea was.

Yoshida: (Holding his arms up in an X and shaking his head) NEXT!

[Kesey]

Did Alisaie ever mention anything about the aether-repairing treatment they were using on Halric and the other sin eater victims possibly offering hope to the tempered?

The thought suddenly crossed my mind after seeing the new MSQ picture on the 5.4 teaser website, which has her looking a little shaken up about something in Limsa Lominsa...which I assume to be related to her kobold friend.

Yes she mentions it if you speak with her manually during the MSQ as one of her side conversations, so it is easy to miss.

[Seraphor]

Don't know, looks to me as if the general style of the Artwork makes it hard to see, but the robes seem more black than white (don't make me start a dress discussion).

The only information I want to get out of this...

My speculation is that Lahabrea's true name is Mateus.
The obvious indication is the counterpart scion from XII, but more than that, Lahabrea is known for his arrogance and overreaching, he apparently invented Ifrit as an Amaurotine, so there's an allusion to his role as the lord of hell and his ability to wield hellfire.

In addition, he was closely linked to Igeyorhm the Martyr, who I expect may be... Ultimecia, of whom Gaia may be a 'shard' of as she was a sundered Ascian. So who knows, we may be getting two 'true names' out of Eden.

[Crushnight]

Don't know, looks to me as if the general style of the Artwork makes it hard to see, but the robes seem more black than white (don't make me start a dress discussion).

The only information I want to get out of this...

Looking at the entire artwork, Lahabrea's robe is deliberately more lighter in colour, it is lighter than Ryne's hair, Gaia who wears black is far darker than Lahabrea, also his mask is darker than his hood whereas Ascian Lahabrea had the opposite his mask was lighter.

This isn't the same Lahabrea we have dealt with previously, perhaps it is Lahabrea in his Amaurotine robes before Zodiark became a thing but that artwork really does highlight him, even if he isn't center stage.

[RyuDragnier]

So, this is more for 5.4, but...holy crap, the new Trial for the Weapon trials is Castrum Marinum. Aka CAPE WESTWIND. You know who that means is coming as the 2nd phase!

[RicaRuin]

So, this is more for 5.4, but...holy crap, the new Trial for the Weapon trials is Castrum Marinum. Aka CAPE WESTWIND. You know who that means is coming as the 2nd phase!

I can't believe we meme'd hard enough to make it happen.