Quote Originally Posted by Cleretic View Post
I apologize for how harshly this is going to come off...
Not at all, I don't mind the pushback. We're all equally lost in what it could be at the end of the day.

To be clear, I actually agree that it would be more interesting from a narrative standpoint to associate the key with another culture that's not Azem. At the same time, I don't think it's as narratively destructive as you're suggesting in case it is Azem related. They would have a lot of explaining to do, sure, but I don't particularly see it as immediately bad. Keep in mind, Azem having created the key doesn't necessarily mean he used future sight. He could've simply caught wind of Venat's plans to sunder the star and wanted a way to ensure his future generations could still adventure across shards. Sealing his legacy, in a way.

As for the key...
If anything, the trailer basically confirms that the Azem Crystal affects the key in some way. We also have to remember that we saw Azem's symbol when Endless Sphene used the key against us.

I think this leaves us with two options.
1. The key is somehow sealed with Azem's magick.
I think in this case, it would be safe to assume that Azem had something to do with the creation of the key. Now, how did Preservation manage to use it for the fusion? They most likely found a way to emulate Azem's magick by using Electrope. I think it's very possible, and it wouldn't be the first time this happened, as the Exarch (and Elidibus) did something similar with the Crystal Tower on the First.

2. The key reacts to some property within Azem's crystal, but not necessarily a property native to that specific crystal
Maybe any memory crystal would work. Maybe any Ascian memory crystal would work, which would explain how Calyx was able to use it for the fusion, by getting aid from Halmarut. Maybe there's an inherent property to Azem's magick that just happens to coincide with whatever is sealing that key. There's endless possibilities here I think, but they're gonna have to explain that really well.

Either way, one thing that really bothers me is that Azem's crystal clearly seems to activate the key, so how come none of the Ascians, including Emet who's had Azem's crystal with him for centuries, ever used it? We know for a fact that Emet knew about the Golden City, which means he knew about the portal in Yak'Tel, which means he certainly knew about the Key. They're gonna have to explain that.

I would like to ask though, do you have any theories on the correlation between Azem's crystal and the key?