The Black Towers

[Riastrad]

Fandaniel notes something a the end of the patch that just sticks out to me. Apologies in advance for what I'm about to do.

"The piles have been driven as planned, and the first of the beasts has roared to life..."

Now it could just be Lunar Bahamut. But something just feels off about that being the case. He made that the same way Emet made Aumarot: creation magick. To me the towers are reminiscent of Aether siphons. Drawing the ambient energy to a certain point to awaken something buried out of the ground in those specific points. However, it could also be that it is also acting as a beacon seeing as the aether moves away from it as though it were calling out to something from beyond the stars. Aliens exist within this world. The dragons are proof of that, as is Omega.

I've said it once so I'll say it again. This is eerily similar to Chrono Trigger territory to me.

Easy, Chrono Cross deals almost exclusively with alternate realities. Considering we supposedly (I almost doubt it) just altered our own timeline, and it was hand waived that the old timeline in which we died was simply cut off and set adrift, an entity like Lavos being the reason the fracture happened (which let us directly affect time) kind of fits a little too well. The best ending in Trigger leads directly into Cross. Lavos itself latched onto Schala in the Darkness beyond Time and began creating split realities to keep itself alive. Becoming the Dream/Time Devourer, a crystalline monster that had a young blonde woman in a white dress bound to it no less. Big hmm moment for me there when I saw the 3.2 patch art.



I don't trust Hydaelyn or the narrative that the Ascians are pushing. I think a parasite has literally wrapped its claws around the very weapons used to stop it. It's just a matter of time till we need to address that issue.





Forgive me the pictures. I don't like having to add so many, but I really needed the visual aids.

Fandaniel wants to bring about the Final Days, meteors and all. He is trying to awaken a beast from slumber to do so. One that rains death and destroys worlds. I would say this fits the bill a bit too well.

"Behold, my pretties, destiny, in its most brutal form! All the dreams that might have been. All the happiness, and sorrow, you might have experienced, gone forever! For you there will be no tomorrow!"
— Queen Zeal

This also ties into another theory I have about an imminent reboot. Don't think for a moment I didn't catch Nero salivating over the prospect (fact) of time travel being possible...