Connection Between The Twelve and the Allagan

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You mean "Rejoining". Which is dimensional compression. The Isle of Val simply disappeared from reality. Disappearing from reality + stuff with dimension = went into another dimension. Willingly or not, it's the most likely explanation.

That's it, thanks! How'd you get dimensional compression from "Rejoining" which by definition means "to reunite"? Regardless, I'd argue that a separate plane of existence could = another dimension, but...

The Students of Baldesion aren't Allagan, Doga and Unei were because they were clones. Big difference. Also, it's a bit fuzzy since it was 3 months ago, but didn't they lie about being from the Students?

...you have a point here. I can't recall if they were lying or not either. I pay plenty of attention to cut scenes as they're happening but details like these slip my mind pretty quickly with everything else going on. You're right in that they are clones, and it would make sense for them to pose as the students in order to access the tower.

There's definitely a link between Crystal Tower, the Allagan and The Students of Baldesion though, as evidenced by the story itself. I would say that Cloud of Darkness is a contender but the portal we saw was opened by Xande within the tower, correct? I doubt it would be popping up all over Eorzea, consuming islands and (according to you) the "unaffiliated" Students of Baldesion. She, CoD, is likely going to remain, or is only able to manifest itself, there in the tower. Besides, it's the students that are responsible for their disappearances anyway due to this "rejoining" they were taking part in...gah, I hate cliffhangers!

We'll have to wait and see what happens, I guess. There's still far too many missing pieces.

There is of course the possibility that Minfilia wasn't talking about the crystal tower story expansion at all, that it was eluding to the next main story in some way, in which case, this discussion is pointless lol.