6.0 Story Speculations

[Anonymoose]

The panel we see the two of them together is the most significant because it implies there was an event that comes after the summoning but before Hydaelyn has to sunder Zodiark.

I think what we've been told so far glosses over how long it took for Hydaelyn to actually reach and shackle Zodiark. I don't think we know the full extent of Amaurot's civil war.

the foremost position seems to be holding a staff (can't help but draw the comparison between that drawn staff and Louisiox's staff Tupsimati) and white cloud billowing forth. We can say that those in the picture are maybe "The Twelve" doing whatever thing we're missing from the timeline they accomplished

This part slaps my tinfoil hat right on. In the 1.0 Lominsa story, we saw a horn-and-tablet combo called "The Key". In combination they were used to summon a great deal of aether, causing the Ascians to try to get them into the hands of the beast tribes for the 1562 primal summoning push. We saw Travanchet give one such horn to the Sahagin (and later re-gift it for Alexander). We saw Corguevais make off with the one that was later used to summon Ifrit. And we were told Tupsimati was actually one, as well.

Here's my question: Was Louisoix's staff an accurate representation of what all the Keys looked like, or did he install the horn/tablet on a conventional weapon? If his staff is the accurate version, we may have twelve Keys, each representing one of the Twelve.

...EXCEPT... Notice that the Ixal have staffs just like Tupsimati with the wind gods on them (stolen from the Eorzean Alliance, allegedly). So maybe the version we saw in the Lominsa story was more accurate. Maybe it's the decorative horn instrument and tablet.

...EXCEPT... That tablet was found on Seal Rock (Allagan testing ground for anti-primal weapons) written in Rhotano Bloodcant, a dialect of the Sahagin language.

...How many Keys are there really? What are the tablets supposed to look like? In all likelihood the ORIGINAL answer was probably bound up with the Presence of Silvertear Lake sealed beneath Mor Dhona. So that's lost to time. (For now?)

But this could be one opportunity to clear up what they Keys are since they were linked so closely with the primals. Imagine if they were used in the ritual to summon Hydaelyn. Why horns? Who knows. Though a musical instrument would be neat since our mysterious benefactor, later Hydaelyn, was originally an unseen songstress.

[Vyrerus]

Why horns? Who knows.

In our ancient world, horns had two practical uses: Drinking or Signaling. In some places they were used for a long time to call meetings. Y'know, to summon an assembly.

Often, in mythology, they're also said to be given to kings, warriors, or clergy as a sign of investiture by said person's patron deity.

As described in the Alexander raid series by Mide, the horn given to her by Travanchet has a metal tip. This means it is based off of a traditional drinking horn.

The most famous of drinking horns is the Gjallarhorn, from Norse Mythology. Heimdallr and Mimir used it to drink from Mimir's well, gaining intellects far surpassing other gods. It was also prophesized to herald the Ragnarok. When blown by Heimdallr it would signal that the Giants were on the Bifrost, coming to destroy the Gods and Asgard. Its sound would penetrate every nook and cranny of the cosmos, alerting all beings cataclysmic destruction was eminent.

There are also quite a few German and other European fables about, "Fairy Horns." Gaudy, ostentatious drinking horns possessed by Fae-like beings, offered to man as a kindness or trick, and then the horns are abruptly stolen. Some, when drank from, grant superhuman ability or restore all stamina. Others singe all hide and hair. Some are made of metals unknown to mortal men.

I'd say horns were chosen for the Gjallarhorn parallel.