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[Anonymoose]

Chances are Yoshi-P met with the lore guys in Jan 2011 and asked "what are our plot options and can you do armageddon without rewriting your Eorzean history books?" Casting meteor on the lesser "moon" would have then emerged as such an option to consider.

I consider this a strong possibility, as well. Perhaps whatever was inside of it beforehand fit the lore a little better. "Menphina's Loyal Hound" turned out to be kind of a world-ending pain in the Twelve.

Who are these people

I was putting together another dumptruck post about that but I gave up. The only people I can sensibly assume are under those cloaks are people we've already confirmed to be Archons. In order to stop the arrival of the Archons, the Archons arrived to prevent it? Hell, the Archons were here before Jihli was.

The only thing I can think of is that Jihli misinterpreted her vision. Perhaps it was The Twelve who were to be summoned and she misinterpreted it somehow. If you guys wanna take a crack at some theories, maybe they'll get me brainstorming. But what rides something shaped like an egg that you could summon and might be referred to as a deity that nobo-

Bahamut?

No... that would just be too depressing.

"Hey, everyone! The Empire is about to invade, but everything is going to be okay; a divine egg will hatch and we'll all be saved..."

[Alaltus]

Yeah when have they ever skulked around in shadows and cloaks? I did not believe them to be of the Circle of Knowing at all. Unless they are others more like Urianger's persuasion. Yda couldn't skulk if she tried. Y'shtola maybe a bit more forceful, but she's not the type to actually fiddle with people's heads and suppress knowledge. (Though maybe she could do it if she wanted.)

Seems plausible that they could be Imperials of the VIIth legion, Meteor was their secret at the time and the man is looking up at Dalamud. They could be ancestors of Allag like Nael or they could somehow be Allagans themselves or they could even be worshippers of Bahamut. They could be just about anything really.

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The only thing I can think of is that Jihli misinterpreted her vision. Perhaps it was The Twelve who were to be summoned and she misinterpreted it somehow. If you guys wanna take a crack at some theories, maybe they'll get me brainstorming. But what rides something shaped like an egg that you could summon and might be referred to as a deity that nobo-

Bahamut?

No... that would just be too depressing.

"Hey, everyone! The Empire is about to invade, but everything is going to be okay; a divine egg will hatch and we'll all be saved..."

"Dalamud has come to save us! everyone gather round the egg and dance to welcome our savior!" *Crack* "Rawr!" *Bahamut burns everything*

[HiirNoivl]

"Hey, everyone! The Empire is about to invade, but everything is going to be okay; a divine egg will hatch and we'll all be saved..."

That is bleak.

[Catapult]

Seems plausible that they could be Imperials of the VIIth legion, Meteor was their secret at the time and the man is looking up at Dalamud. They could be ancestors of Allag like Nael or they could somehow be Allagans themselves or they could even be worshippers of Bahamut. They could be just about anything really.

I'm going to assume they must at least have names, or else they wouldn't have got their own personalised bit of text.

Ferne is probably giggling to himself right now... (are you indeed a him?)

[HamHam]

Moose, next time you ask yourself "How come we are always asking YOU for answers in LS chat or voice chat?" Well, you are a live encyclopedia

[Gemma]

Who are these people

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this yet.

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Somewhere along the banks of the Black Tea River in Gridania...

"I see the mind purge was a success," mutters a hooded man as he slowly folds a copy of the Raven and slips it beneath his dark cloak.

"I did only what was necessary. Had we let her continue before we had completed our preparations, the consequences would have been dire," replies a similarly garbed woman huddled in the shadow of a nearby tree.

The man pauses for a moment, then slowly lifts his head to gaze upon the twin moons hovering in the night sky before whispering, "Yet time is of the essence. There are those who have already begun to piece together the clues laid out before them, and soon our secret will be a secret no longer. But until then, we must remain vigilant..."

ummmmm yeeeahh did you guys not read my post at all? I posted this on THIS thread!! lmao yea think you guys need to take a break from all the speculation. Starting to forget things that have already been brought to your attention >_>

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...800#post899800

[Warlock]

Oho! a lot has been going on since i logged out . Maybe people HiiNoivl talks about have to do with the mysterious hooded man that stabs the Elezen guy in the Ul'dah storyline as also there seems like what he did was to keep something secret.

[Warlock]

Yoshi-P said this in a recent interview: (taken from Reinhart's thread)
story of ARR
something similar to 4 heroes of light of FFI
end of era trailer has a continuation -> opening of ARR
ARR is set 5 years after end of 1.0, why world has recovered so fast is related to what happened in the last moments between Louisiox and Bahamut. Will be the main of the 3 storylines in ARR until the first expansion and will explain about the Allag Empire, Dalamud, why Bahamut was sealed and what became of Louisiox.
2 other storylines:
conflict with Garlemard
first goal of the empire is to stop the beast tribes
conquest is only secondary
fight against the primals
aether energy is same as FFVII lifestream: use (summoning) damages planet, needs to be stopped
story will be episodic
first ep: conclusion of the 7th umbral era catastrophe (cap still lv50)
"Ishgard", "Recovery of Ala Mhigo", and "The Garlean Empire" used as examples for new story episodes/expansions
old 1.0 story got scrapped, however the essence is still there.

EDIT Bold for very interesting bits

[Anonymoose]

Recovery of Ala Mhigo...

I wonder if all of our threads early on (about turning it into a besieged style zone where we can win or lose the city and a continuum of its resources) had any influence on this idea or if they had their own plan already in place.

[HiirNoivl]

Wah!! Don't be angry, Gemma! I have a Lalafell Memory. ; ; I really didn't remember your post. /cry

About the recovery of Eoreza after the fall of Dalamud:

Papalymo: Channeling even a tiny portion of a deity's strength will tax you greatly. Fortunately, no more that that should be needed to stay the red moon's advance. At the very least, it should be sufficient to nullify Dalamud's power and ensure Eorzea's preservation. For an added blessing, the process should see some aether returned to the land -- Aether that Dalamud had absorbed from the primals. There is yet a future for Eorzea. I ,for one, believe this to be true.

(Wow, they're already talking about expansions. Hehehe. Bet the farm, Yoshi P, bet the farm.)