FFXIV - Buried Memory (Poster)

[Theodric]

I like Lahabrea's design. It sort of reminds me of Geralt of Rivia.

[Lauront]

I like Lahabrea's design. It sort of reminds me of Geralt of Rivia.

Same. It's better than expected. Just hope the story is good and not more ancients bad/doomed twaddle/more Broken Aesop moments.

I do wonder if Athena is the driving force here rather than Laha, perhaps being behind whatever is overtaking the facility. Assuming the lower part of the image is deliberate design choices (and not like sticking Laha onto the Eden poster), his mask there is not a Convocation one. To me, the image is quite reminiscent of the model most commonly associated with him; I think it may be the red light just giving the impression of red hair. I could see it being whatever is in Pandaemonium tapping into the desires of his younger self - maybe even manipulating buried affection for Athena - and creating a twisted clone/simulacrum out of it, or even warping him temporarily to justify a fight with him at full power. The alternative of present timeline Laha somehow making it in there and bodyjacking a host isn't impossible (Ishikawa left some wiggle room for it here - note what she's saying about Hades and how that turned out) but given what happened to Hesperos, the former possibility makes more logical sense to me.