Thread: Patch 3.4 - Soul Surrender

I'm still holding on to the "the masked man is Gaius cause reasons!" theory >.>

Originally Posted by Theodric

@Nalien: It's mentioned somewhere - in quest text, I believe - that the Emperor is specifically pursuing the Archbishop in an attempt to put a stop to his plans. It's likely that the Garleans already intended to head to Azyz Lla though and they became distracted once there...or simply decided to allow the Warrior of Light to deal with the Archbishop (just like they allowed the WoL to retrieve the key and remove the barrier barring entry to Azyz Lla).

Plis evidence till ortherwise. The intentions of the archovishop and the garleans were very different, no one was tring to stop another one. Was just a coincidence.

It seems as if the Garleans suspected Ishgard to have Allagan relics stored, potentially the Key to Azys Lla itself:

My mission. 'Twas believed that Allagan relics of great worth were stored in the Vault, and I was sent to investigate. Though I was given little information at the time, I now suspect I was searching for the key we but recently lost.

I am more curious about the timeline of her infiltrating Ishgard, was it pre or post calamity? If post calamity it would make sense why they'd suspect Ishgard of having Allagan relics since Rivenroad was in Coerthas, then there's the obvious allagan ruins in Boulder Downs.

just remembered a small detail about our masked mystery man. It seems like the assets for his dress are already in game, since I've seen some pictures the other day of someone who *cough* data mined it *cough*. Turns out he's wearing a cape with the crest of Ala Mhigo (white griffin holding a turquoise greatsword on purple back) on its back.

Originally Posted by swiss_Momo

just remembered a small detail about our masked mystery man. It seems like the assets for his dress are already in game, since I've seen some pictures the other day of someone who *cough* data mined it *cough*. Turns out he's wearing a cape with the crest of Ala Mhigo (white griffin holding a turquoise greatsword on purple back) on its back.

It's likely that he's either Theodred (the exiled heir to Ala Mhigo) or Ilberd pretending to be Theodred. There was speculation of this long before we saw that outfit but it does indeed lend more weight to both theories. If anything I'll just be glad to finally see that crest in game since it more or less confirms the expansion speculation.

Originally Posted by Alberel

It's likely that he's either Theodred (the exiled heir to Ala Mhigo) or Ilberd pretending to be Theodred. There was speculation of this long before we saw that outfit but it does indeed lend more weight to both theories. If anything I'll just be glad to finally see that crest in game since it more or less confirms the expansion speculation.

Wait a second, who else is wearing that armor?
For what I see its something unique. Dont remember anyone else who used something similar.

I think he might be referencing the mask? We saw someone pick up the mask in the 3.2 teaser, iirc, but all we saw was a hand. This also took place right after a Yda & Papalymo update so they were clearly connected.

Could it be possible the masked guy will introduce a new race like it was the case for Yugiri ?
Maybe it's a Viera