Season 2 Storyline (another 10 years) [discussion]

[EdwinLi]

So in recent Famitsu magazine interview, Yoshi-p revealed there is another 10 years worth of content for the upcoming Season 2 storyline that begins in 6.1 Update.

There is also mention a Mystery that maybe a reveal during 6.0 MSQ that will bring WoL into and set up the Season 2 storyline.

From what we have learned since 1.0 to 6.0 so far, what do you think this reveal maybe and what it may relate to? Considering this mystery being revealed maybe in 6.0, it certainly may relate to something we already know about but never got a answer to.

[KageTokage]

Yoshi P mentioning that we'd be thinking "We're going THAT far?" kind of suggests me that we'll be going to another continent entirely in 7.x.

I'm leaning towards Meracydia given that it's gotten much more mention then the New World as far as overall lore goes, but we know next to nothing of the land's state in the present day aside from the fact that Tiamat's brood still resides there as the lorebook noted that the locals have been too hostile towards the outside world for scholars to learn much of anything.

Not to mention that while we may have made headway in snuffing out the primal threat in Aldenard, the same does not hold true in the rest of the world and the coming of the Final Days may have instigated the summoning of even more primals.

[Vyrerus]

If it's somewhere far away, maybe we'll take a spaceship to the dragon star's solar system.

[Cleretic]

Maybe, after ten years, we'll finally get to go to Gelmorra.

...nah, on second thought, we're not gonna go there that early.

[Kesey]

"The rumored return of a certain fellow is planned for 6.1 onwards." Yoshi-p from most recent live letter.

The question is probably who is this certain fellow? Since they are returning, I assume we already know them? Since fellow was a translation, was that a confirmation they are male?

Gosetsu tops my list, but could it be someone else?

I think we can best assess where the next part of the story is going once we know where the "rumored return of a certain fellow" has returned from.

[Yuella]

Meracydia in 7.x will set up dragonstar and omegastar nicely for 8.x and beyond

[Vyrerus]

Maybe, after ten years, we'll finally get to go to Gelmorra.

...nah, on second thought, we're not gonna go there that early.

We've already been there.

All of the architecture and ruins below the Shroud are Gelmorran. Tam Tara Deepcroft, the Mun Tuy Bean place, the ruins up to the east of the Ixali logging camp, PoTD(even comes with Hero of Gelmorra title), Thousand Maw of Totorak, and a couple of inaccessible areas hinted at in 1.0. All ruins, all Gelmorra.

They came out of the ground after learning to commune with the Elementals and founded Gridania.

I mean, I guess if we got a time traveling expansion we could go to Gelmorra when it was a full on subterranean city still teeming with activity. /shrug

[RyuDragnier]

Yoshi P mentioning that we'd be thinking "We're going THAT far?" kind of suggests me that we'll be going to another continent entirely in 7.x.

I'm leaning towards Meracydia given that it's gotten much more mention then the New World as far as overall lore goes, but we know next to nothing of the land's state in the present day aside from the fact that Tiamat's brood still resides there as the lorebook noted that the locals have been too hostile towards the outside world for scholars to learn much of anything.

Not to mention that while we may have made headway in snuffing out the primal threat in Aldenard, the same does not hold true in the rest of the world and the coming of the Final Days may have instigated the summoning of even more primals.

I'm thinking Meracydia too. There are far too many things in this game linking there, giving it a ton of possibilities for where we could go with the story. If they decide to retire the majority of the Scions with us keeping maybe 1 or 2 (Alisaie and G'raha), then we can get introduced to a new crew, have new adventure, and essentially start from square 1 again, since nobody there will know of the WoL other than Tiamat and her brood.

[Veloran]

Yoshi P mentioning that we'd be thinking "We're going THAT far?" kind of suggests me that we'll be going to another continent entirely in 7.x.

I really don't know why anybody is thinking this refers to physical distance. I would very much believe this is talking about doing something very extreme and unprecedented with the storyline, something that people can't fathom them actually doing or introducing.

Theorizing what this might be, I'd like to talk about the Endwalker vinyl MV for a moment. First watching it I was left thinking it was a very basic music video for the song, but like I'm sure others have noticed it has some weird hidden symbolism. Firstly, with the fact that it has Yotsuyu.




And secondly, that it has Emet-Selch and his signature wave.



Along with these two dead characters, we have the main girl, who I take to be a stand-in for WoL. Now in the video we first have her walking away with the very distinctive blue sparkles of death.



And at the end walking off into the light, the same light WoL is walking from in the cinematic trailer.




Now, this is wild theory territory here, but I'm going to suggest that all of this is symbolizing nothing less than WoL's own death. That the "THAT far?" we're going to go to is having the player's own character die at the end of the story, in an MMO. From there the next expansion will open with all players being forced to create entirely new alts to play though the new MSQ with. An ARRR if you will.

"The rumored return of a certain fellow is planned for 6.1 onwards." Yoshi-p from most recent live letter.

The question is probably who is this certain fellow?

I'm like 99% sure he was talking about Hildibrand.

[Iscah]

I mean, I guess if we got a time traveling expansion we could go to Gelmorra when it was a full on subterranean city still teeming with activity. /shrug

We're told that the Duskwights are still living in caves somewhere in their generic lore, but actual worldbuilding doesn't seem to want to touch it.

I want to see a modern-day Gelmorra. A city built around vast caverns and twining passages, illuminated with crystals and decorated with elaborate cave formations.

Imagine something in the deep river-caves of Qitana, or a more cheerful version of Dzemael Darkhold.

I will keep on hoping we get to see it.