Solution 9 - Unfounded Speculation!

[diamondedge83]

Back to Solution Nine, there are two new "Bar" signs in proto-alphabet and another sign that says "Owen" next to the companion cube-looking thing? Gonna need a second opinion on that one.

I haven't had time to review the live letter yet, but if it is Owen, we know he was exiled from the Allagan Empire after he stood up to the leaders while trying to find a cure for tempering which means he's done a lot of research into souls, which could very well be connected to the "Soul Supply" sign we saw in the first few screenshots of Solution 9. Fandaniel also says that Owen had come up with his own version of the Warding Scale. Perhaps Owen is alive and well in Solution 9?

[kaynide]

Re: Arcadion Black Cat

If we go with FF9 vibes, the only thing I can speculate from the words "Black cat" related are the Gimmie Cat (with a weird gimmick to get a lotta gil; kinda like Metal Slime giving XP from DQ), or, alternatively, the Black Waltz characters.

Re: S9
My vote is the Enigmatic Maiden is the AI/MCP for S9. Or a surviving Allagan.


Wild Speculation Time:

S9 is the City of Gold that was sealed off. It's been in a time/Stasis bubble. The people are surviving Allagans, or their descendants.

Alternatively, something something Kairos.

[MikkoAkure]

I haven't had time to review the live letter yet, but if it is Owen, we know he was exiled from the Allagan Empire after he stood up to the leaders while trying to find a cure for tempering which means he's done a lot of research into souls, which could very well be connected to the "Soul Supply" sign we saw in the first few screenshots of Solution 9. Fandaniel also says that Owen had come up with his own version of the Warding Scale. Perhaps Owen is alive and well in Solution 9?

In the recent trailer, Owen's name is on a sign that also contains a symbol that looks like the "Soul Supply" sign.

I didn't recognize the name as having anything to do with Allagans before, but a quick google search confirms it. Does this mean Allagans after all?

[diamondedge83]

In the recent trailer, Owen's name is on a sign that also contains a symbol that looks like the "Soul Supply" sign.

I didn't recognize the name as having anything to do with Allagans before, but a quick google search confirms it. Does this mean Allagans after all?

Your guess is as good as mine, but I'm inclined to say it could just be Owen alone or perhaps with other Allagan exiles, and the empire has nothing to do with it. The fact is Owen was exiled for being a slight nuisance to those in charge, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that there could have been many great minds whose ideals didn't align with Xande 2.0 that banded together to create something better.