Revelations from Fan Festival Around the World 2021

[Cilia]

Was busy with D&D and didn't see the point in doing a play by play on the Opening Keynote, so I'll just go all at once.

Full trailer as expected, as expected it's very pretty. None of the Scions will be sidelined. Hordes of Terminus monsters showing up all over the world. Estinien fighting alongside Vrtra in Coerthas / Dravania, Thancred and Urianger in Radz-at-Han, and Y'shtola and G'raha in Sharlayan. Sharlayan continues its policy of nonintervention and isolationism, confident it will survive. Derplander last shown on the moon, striking down what appears to be a gigantic version of "The First Beast" from the Amaurot dungeon.

New Job is the scythe-wielding melee DPS "Reaper," which in addition to the scythe draws power from the Void and even calls on a familiar from it. The overall look and feel seems to be a massive homage to Bloodborne (specifically Gehrman). Zenos will be switching to this Job instead of the PC, and his gunscythe looks like a god-damned God Arc from God Eater.

[Old] Sharlayan confirmed to be the main hub city, featuring lots of Greek architecture. Alphinaud and Alisae's father Fourchenalt is supposed to play a big role in the story. Interesting there's so much Greek inspiration, given how there are tentative Greek ties to Amaurot though their names. The spiraling shell design, seen at the end of Akademia Anyder and used as Sharlayan's emblem, continues to appear, again suggesting a link between the two.

The first of two newly detailed areas is Labyrinthos, a subterranean city using a projected sky and false sun. I believe the architecture was Greek (re: Sharlayan), but I'll need to review it. Without NPCs it's hard to tell what the location's like, but I'm interested.

The second is Mare Lamentorum; here "Mare" probably refers to an astronomical definition of the word, which is "a large, level basalt plain on the surface of the moon, appearing dark by contrast with highland areas." "Lamentorum" is derived from "lament," "lamentation" etc., and shouldn't need a great deal of explanation. The location has Amaurotine architecture, and appears to be maintained by a race of small rabbitfolk named "Loporrits," more than likely a reference to the Namingways of IV.

A third location was teased, and appears to be a floating city akin to the Kingdom of Zeal from Chrono Trigger.

All of these locations, except for the third unnamed location, were given detailed looks at how they're going to appear in-game. Further runthroughs of Radz-at-Han and Old Sharlayan were also given to show off those locations as well.

A new take on the Magus Sisters will be part of the story, though they appear to be based in Thavnair.

The new Alliance raid is "Myths of the Realm," and will be exploring the Twelve.

Showcasing new dungeons, one of which looks very similar to the Pandaemonium artwork, one of which heavily implies Doom / Phantom Train.

Bunny femboys Male Viera to be implemented. Female Hrothgar are in the works (re: "when they're finished™", likely no earlier than 7.0. Sorry, kiddos!).

Release date Nov. 23. I suppose technically it's in autumn, but it's getting pretty late in the season...

Key art has pretty much all of the major players (even Tataru!), plus a heretofore-unseen character at the very top. Venat?

I am still interested, but not as hype as usual. Not a whole lot to satisfy my inquisitive nature, but I suppose that's to be expected.

EDIT: HYDRATE, YOSHI-P! HYDRATE!!!