Thread: Patch 3.4 - Soul Surrender

If memory serves me right, in series mythology Omega is known for having a self-repair system. Might be true here, might not be, but either way it's still (a scrap heap) buried in Cartenau until further notice.

What Ilberd Masked Man is talking about, who knows. I'm not yet inclined to believe it's Omega (see above) or a Primal (a plot retread would be kind of boring). What, exactly, who knows... but that's the fun of it, yeah?

From the Echo flashback to their past along with Darklander's far less vague DE dialogue, it sounds like the Warriors of Darkness brokered a deal with Elidibus - kill us and spare their world (for now).

I'm currently wathicng Ethys breakdown of the trailer and he mentions that Illberd's in Qarn. I suspect that this means that we'll be going to Southern Thanalan soon (also note that Ifrit's Aetheryte for Hard and Extremes are located in the same zone)

Originally Posted by Morningstar1337

I'm currently wathicng Ethys breakdown of the trailer and he mentions that Illberd's in Qarn. I suspect that this means that we'll be going to Southern Thanalan soon (also note that Ifrit's Aetheryte for Hard and Extremes are located in the same zone)

Aye, you could tell by the architecture in the first PR shot of the Masked man - distinctive pattern on the top that's not recycled as often. Not a bad place to hold a meeting, really. You've got Little Ala Mhigo down the road, and the Corpse Brigade right next to it, and you get to invoke the whole Scales of Judgment thing. I wonder if he chose it for any specific reason.

Originally Posted by ZhaneX

The really funny thing is, it wouldn't even be the first time that the Ala Mhigans had plotted summoning a Primal of their patron deity.

I'm aware, or: Wilred talks his friends into stealing crystals from the amalj'aa to summon Rhalgr, gets everyone but himself killed.

I'm not sure why I didn't put it together before now, but the suspiciously-well-funded aspect of the Masks might not be so weird at all. They need not be official, they need not be legitimate... depending on how much of the Crystal Braves' and Lolorito's coin Ilberd was able to sneak through the disbanding...

Just another angle to consider.

Huh... I took that speech to be nothing more than him rallying his people... They don't actually have a special power, but they're Ala Mhigan... He wasn't saying "I have something special!", he was addressing the crowd, they all have something special... Could always be a Primal, but for now I find it more likely that he is just talking about their heritage... Might actually be another reason Wilred had to die though... He had the good sense not to summon Rhalgr in the end, if Ilberd was planning the same, Wilred would certainly object... Depends whether they straight up killed Wilred for looking into things, or whether they tried to convince him to join them... A Primal wouldn't be the only reason Wilred would object of course, plus having a Primal opens the option of tempering rather than murder...

I wonder... Weren't the aether readings strange in the area we found him? Nothing ever really came from that... I think many of us figured it was just something related to Odin, but what if that oddity was caused by the method Ilberd used to take out Wilred? Doesn't really add up, considering he was kind of a pushover in Halatali... He doesn't seem to have any special power, at that point anyway... Fairly sure he is just stoking the flames of nationalism with that speech...

Not sure they have the budget for that many boss fights in a single expac, but a story arc where we get to fight summoned versions of The Twelve would be pretty neat.

Originally Posted by Catapult

probably made of auracite

I'm with you on this. I've been on the lookout for evidence of Dark-aspected auracite (Black Auracite?), as (back in the Praetorium) Lahabrea called it a holy stone; set off all the right alarms. And compared to the introduction and behavior of White Auracite (plus Unukalhai's history), it all feels like it might be going in the same direction.