Alexander Gordias, Midas, and ???

[Eloah]

So we know that the Alex raid is named after the Phrygian king Gordias and his son Midas, the man with the golden touch, but what about the third part of the raid, who will that be named after? I tried to look and see, but I'm not sure what it might be named. If they choose a child of Midas some tales speak of a daughter, Zoe (life), and others a son, Lityerses (demon slayer of man). But while each ares structure makes sense going fist, cuff, arm, and burden, the "head" would most likely be named differently. Maybe it would be something like chest, neck, head, crown, if we climb up, or crown, head, neck, heart, if we climb down. Does anyone have any thoughts? And if so what name and structure do you think the next raid will have?

[CyrilLucifer]

I believe it's actually just Alexander for the last.

As for the title, I assumed that because Alexander is Holy aspected in every FF before this, they were also intentionally drawing Father, Son, and Holy Spirit parallels as well.

I'm expecting the third tier to be a bit different, in theme and appearance, to the first and second. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a bit trippy with its time aspects and possible light aspects. I'm hoping we get something neat like the beginning of T6 and its illusion.

[Powe]

Well it could be named after Midas' Daughter so eh. Or after his son if has one

[Kai_Lee]

If you did the midas quest, they mention gordias, midas, then Alexander.

[Jacost]

Since the last rock formation in the Hinterlands indicates that we'll be entering through the head next, my guesses for the last four raid names are:

The Crown of the King, The Voice of the King, The Heart of the King, The Soul of the King, with the last one fighting a mini version of Alexander like T13.

[Sailysium]

my guesses for the last four raid names are:

The Crown of the King, The Voice of the King, The Heart of the King, The Soul of the King, with the last one fighting a mini version of Alexander like T13.

I can see these being canon names

[Rashammel]

When you open the Savage version, The Minestrell say something about the giant of metal being named after tree great kings, Alexander, Godias and Midas. So I think the last tree raids will be named only Alexander, maybe something like Jacost said.

[FaerieAura]

I know this is just me being a little kid inside, but I hope that they don't go "Soul of the King" route a la T13, and instead make it "Reign of the King" instead. Imagine a fight that takes place throughout the Hinterlands, a giant Alexander attempting to destroy the stuff you're standing on as you go (with actual destruction causing a wipe) and making safe places hard to find as you deactivate him from the outside after attempts to do so from the inside proved fruitless due to the time bubble.

[Theodric]

The next Alexander raid will be Alexander: Alexander of the Alexander.

[Alberel]

I know this is just me being a little kid inside, but I hope that they don't go "Soul of the King" route a la T13, and instead make it "Reign of the King" instead. Imagine a fight that takes place throughout the Hinterlands, a giant Alexander attempting to destroy the stuff you're standing on as you go (with actual destruction causing a wipe) and making safe places hard to find as you deactivate him from the outside after attempts to do so from the inside proved fruitless due to the time bubble.

I also would hope they give us a proper fight with the actual manifestation of the primal rather than just its Prime. As epic as T13 was I was admittedly a little disappointed that we didn't get to face off against Bahamut's half-regenerated form. Having said that though these are gods way beyond our level and it would take a rather contrived plot device to allow us to fight them head on I feel.

The biggest hope I have is that the battle mechanics involve time travel. After the fight against Nabriales we know the devs have the tools to play with time in a fight so I'd love to see some creative use of that. Something akin to the Cerberus fight where half the team goes back in time to change something so the other half can continue might be pretty neat as well. So much potential for the final tier!