Gold/Yellow structure in new ARR Video...

[Endigiont]

My Guess: Life Force was all like "No way, you better cool down hot shot." *captures bahamut then creates Grand Labyrinth*

[Sakasa]

My Guess: Life Force was all like "No way, you better cool down hot shot." *captures bahamut then creates Grand Labyrinth*

Possible but we don't know when Bahamut stop rampaging so its possible that happened after Bahamut left the scene if that site is infact Mor Dhona. Beta will clean up the possibilities, but even then we won't be able to publicly peace them together till phase 4

[Inzoum]

My guess is that this is the Great Labyrinth of Bahamut.

When I saw that part of the video, my immediate thought was that if the party was sent to the same location in the future, then they're still in Cartenau Flats, close to where Dalamud "impacted" and Bahamut was released. The way I see it, despite the sealing ritual being unable to materialize a new Dalamud around Bahamut to cast it in space, it's not impossible that it still partially succeeded and managed to at least seal Bahamut in place, on Hydaelyn's surface. It would certainly explain how the world was able to rebuild itself in as little as 5 years (with the "limited" damage Bahamut caused before being trapped again), something that would not have been possible if Bahamut continued on rampaging.

[Lady]

I was thinking the same thing after all he and the others got "sent" to the void for 5 years with no idea if they died or not

What is this notion about being in a void for 5 years? I figured Lou just warped them 5 years into the future since he used the symbol of Althyk, who is the surveyor of change and space and god of time when he warped them.

[Mug]

If you look at the concept art, it looks like the "anomaly" might be somewhere in Thanalan. whereas on the CGI-screenshot it looks more like Coerthas. Either way, the landscapes look completely different. It might just mean they decided to move the thing to a different area than originally planned, but it might also mean we'll be seeing these things in several places.

One thing I find a bit cool is that it looks like there's a path to walk around it, which suggests we might be able to climb it ^_^

It doesn't really look like a tree to me, so I personally doubt it's Yggdrasil. I have a feeling Yggdrasil will look a lot more grand, kinda like tha Mana Tree in Secret of Mana. It's how it's normally depicted in drawings/paintings anyway.



Also, doesn't Yggdrasil already exist? This thing is supposed to have suddenly popped up from nowhere.

[Soukyuu]

What is this notion about being in a void for 5 years? I figured Lou just warped them 5 years into the future since he used the symbol of Althyk, who is the surveyor of change and space and god of time when he warped them.

It was in one of the lorebombs, I think. Ultimately, it doesn't matter how you see it though, the time stopped for us while the rest of the world had a time skip of 5 years.

As for mor dhona being all green, I read someone speculating that the failed attempt to seal bahamut lead to all the aether gathered for that to be splashed all over mor dhona. If you take aether as the life force, then it would explain what mor dhona got rejuvenated while the rest of the areas still show the scars.

[Ryans]

A slight offtopic. . . . It kind of broke my enjoyment in watching the new vid when the Roegadyn spoke and -----

<mute> No sound at all, not even something incomprehensible/muttered by nature sounds. . . . Just, nothing.

My problem is with them calling their chocobos... where did they come from? They weren't just waiting around for 5 years in the aftermath of the battleground, were they? That would be very sad.

[Cynthis]

My problem is with them calling their chocobos... where did they come from? They weren't just waiting around for 5 years in the aftermath of the battleground, were they? That would be very sad.

Agreed. On a slight tangent, is there anything in the FF lore about how long Chocobos live? Would be interesting to know for the Chocobo raising as well.

[Judge_Xero]

My guess would be that it's an aetherial spire made from that sword that dropped.

If I remember correctly, when Midgarsorm (kinda how it's spelled) the guardian of the aetheral flow in Mor Dhona was killed, it plugged up that flow, and caused the landscape to form as we saw in Version 1.

Whatever that sword did, when it fell, opened that flow back up, restoring life in Mor Dhona.

The Primals get power from that Aether, so I wonder if it would work in reverse. Would the earth have absorbed Bahamut in order to restore balance to Mor Dhona? It's like a giant sponge at that point, with a large cup of water (bahamut) saying "here I am"

[AmmaUltman]

Bahamut was bigger than I ever remember him being...what if what we are seeing is where Bahamut RIPPED the world tree out of the ground?!
First there...

Then, RIP...



And actually...in either of the pictures, we never see the top of this structure...maybe it was GOING to be ripped out, and it was never accomplished, and what we are seeing as orange crystal is actually part of the trees root system, and at the top the world tree will look precariously perched...I like that idea