Revelations (and Feedback) from Pandæmonium: Asphodelos

[Ryaz]

I’m also leaning towards

this Lahabrea (Erichthonios’s father) being the predecessor to the Lahabrea we know. He’s described by Erichthonios and Themis as seeming cold and withdrawn, which doesn’t really align with Emet-Selch’s and Elidibus’s recollections of our Lahabrea pre-sundering (a popular orator who not only sponsored Elidibus’s Convocation nomination but actively expressed concern over him working too hard). But having introduced more time travel, anything’s possible lol.

I was excited to potentially learn more about the person Lahabrea used to be before he spiraled into madman body-hopping antics, so I do hope we see some of that

In response to your theory...

This is a possibility. I wouldn't be surprised if Erichthonios ends up taking over as Lahabrea himself.

Also, why do you still need 10 characters just because you hid text in a spoiler. XD

[Gogoglovitch]

In response to your theory...

This is a possibility. I wouldn't be surprised if Erichthonios ends up taking over as Lahabrea himself.

Also, why do you still need 10 characters just because you hid text in a spoiler. XD

That's my speculation too.

It would be a stealth way of getting an entire raid's worth of characterization in for Lahabrea, who had been reduced to the stereotypical cackling villain by the time we met him in ARR. Getting to know and like Erichthonios over the course of the raid, and then realizing how far he fell to become the Ascian we knew, would definitely be heart-breaking storytelling, and add levels of depth to Lahabrea's past experiences even more than, say, the reveal of Fandaniel recontextualized Amon.