3.5/4.0 Speculation & Discussion (Spoilers)

**Rocl** · 01-01-2017 11:19 PM

Whenever I see "gentle cock" (which admittedly isn't often) I'm always reminded me of this
https://allpoetry.com/I-Have-A-Gentil-Cock

**Cilia** · 01-02-2017 09:16 AM

When they start up with the innuendos, it just reminds me of that one scene from Tropic Thunder.

Originally Posted by Kirk Lazarus

in broken Cantonese: Chillness and calmness! But hold your cock!

**RobinMalvin** · 01-06-2017 05:27 PM

Trailer is up so let's start again, everyone!

**myahele** · 01-06-2017 05:45 PM

"Death completed the ritual. The Primal is taking shape."

Interesting that what we see is what appears to what Louisoix conjured up to try to imprison Bahamut

End of era video:

3.5 trailer

Could the Griffin have planned this? Is he attempting to summon Phoenix... or a smaller version of what Louisoix try to do? Maybe seal up Omega or something?

Looks like Nero might be helping us, maybe.

The Roegadyn with a gun-hammer seems to be high ranking. Might indicate that Varis believe in merit, much like Gaius.

**RobinMalvin** · 01-06-2017 05:58 PM

I'm thinking that he's actually summoning Rhaglr, or primal Omega? That last one is huge stretch.

But this method of summoning is... different to say the least. Instead of using crystals as catalyst, this one uses morbid offering... human sacrifices.

It seems the city states are being manipulated into attacking Baelsar's Wall somehow, since Alphi doesn't seem too happy with whole situation at all.

And the explosion... do you think WoL and most of the Scions will go MIA again?

Oh, and we have another Hildi quest but Scholasticate seems to be missing.....

**ZhaneX** · 01-06-2017 06:01 PM

Rhalgr seems likely. The visual similarity to Louisoux's attempted conjuring in the Answers Movie is unmistakable. As that was an attempted summoning of the Twelve to seal Bahamut, it stands to reason that the visual similarity is a cue that this is another summoning of the Twelve. Or just one of them, as the case may be; Rhalgr being the likely candidate because Ala Mhigo.

**Anonymoose** · 01-06-2017 06:03 PM

Hokay, so. Random thoughts in a random order from a million edits as I watch:

That Nero is messing around with this stuff at all seems like some serious character regression. Emphasis on seems.

We've been misled by trailer editing in the past (making it look like things are connected that are not). But assuming that's not the case here:

Is Nero legitimately warning about what's coming at the Wall and offering us a way to fix it, or is he in cahoots and setting a trap? (The eyes of Nidhogg are empty. The Heart of Sabik ... might be? Anyroad, the Capture protocol on a powerful primal might keep his new pet project running for quite some time.)

Cid's little ship thing seems connected to Omega (but no guarantee). It also has displays inside showing both the Dalamud figure and Omega. I wonder if it's a Calamity-inspired capture protocol developed by Nero, and Yda hitting the button is trapping something. Though it looks like two parts, could Tupsimati be holding the primal still while Omega reels it in?

Looks like the Griffin wants to use the slaughter at the wall to summon said primal. How? The eyes feeding on the aether released by death on great battlefields? The Heart of Sabik, since Darkness feeds on Chaos? Seems to be circumventing rules, either way.)

Alphinaud seems knows what's up, trying to halt the slaughter before it comes to pass. Early warning...? Figured out the scheme...?

I noticed that the Omega eye glowed a similar color to VIth Legion tech, intercutt with Zenos smiling. Flimsy coincidence, probably.

Ohey, Hilda's there.

Roegadyn Imperial officer with a Nero hammer. New shake-up, lol.

Can't tell if I'm seeing things or if there's a humanoid shape in that primal ball. (...Rhalgr? o.0 or the summoner or caster, somehow?)

< S >

Imperials go after Omega, Nero gets the Alliance to secure it for him, Griffin tries to summon a primal at the Wall, everyone's drawn to the Wall but it's a trap, mass-death sets off a ritual summoning (Eyes of Nidhogg / Heart of Sabik?), summoned entity (Rhalgr?) is drawn into Omega's reserves, bringing the machina to full power ... Nero and Griffin call Gaius van Baelsar and tell him everything's going to plan.

</S>

WELP, IT'S OVER.
OUR ENEMIES HAVE DISCOVERED HOW MANY POSTS MAKE ME SECRETLY PRAY FOR DALAMUD TO JUST FINISH THE JOB.

**Mieck** · 01-06-2017 06:21 PM

Edit: forgot about possibility of Rhalgar

So, sealing Omega in a new Dalamud-style prison. Perhaps that will be the basis of the Bend of Time. Maybe we are partially successful, which would at least pull Omega out of the MSQ for Stormblood so we can focus on Ala Mhigo, but leaves it as a timebomb that we will have to go back to eventually?

**Belhi** · 01-06-2017 06:38 PM

It would be interesting if a primal of a certain power was needed to activate Omega.

**Hinoto-no-Ryuji** · 01-06-2017 06:47 PM

I'm not as sold on Nero's character regression as some seem to be - even if he IS messing with it, there may be more than meets the eye here, and he may have reasons for messing with Allagan tech that don't disregard his experiences in the Crystal Tower. Call me an optimist. Although I am replaying the Crystal Tower series now on an alt, so my opinion may change on that.

At any rate, it seems that we are indeed responding to an emergency within Baelsar's Wall, which is good. I do wonder when in this set of MSQ it happens, though - the scenes that seem to be taking place inside of it definitely have a climactic feel to them, which means maybe we buck the trend of "early dungeon" after all. And then, of course, there's the question as to what takes place in Part 1 and what (if any) takes place in Part 2.

But wow, what a story tease! The fact that everything seems to be going to KUPO! at the end there because of Omega and the fact that the Omega raid is called "The Bend of Time" has a solid chance of not being a coincidence, and I'm positive that, if that IS the case, then Tupsimati figures into it somehow. If Tupsimati gave Louisoix the power to send us 5 years into the future while the realm recovered, perhaps it's used to do the same with Omega to give us time/allow us to get a Macguffin to deal with it. And, perhaps, said Macguffin is in the heart of Imperial occupied Aldenard?

And then, of course, there's the Primal. Rhalgr is likely, given the Griffon's very Domon Kasshu-esque proclamation at the end there. Maybe, rather than Omega, that's what Tupsimati is being used for: a Dalamud-style prison to hold a summoned member of the Twelve. Maybe that fails, and Omega is summoned in desperation, maybe even by Yda to save Papalymo. Maybe Tupsi's used for both a prison AND a time-warp! Just spitballing, here.

Not much to go on with Zurvan, other than that it looks cool (and had music suspiciously devoid of vocals; Fiend and Equilibrium both had pretty much constant singing). Kinda wondering how the slice-away platform factors in, but that's for gameplay discussion.

Dun Scaith (pronounced Done Ska, right?) seems to have the return of everyone's favorite giggly jester, although still no sign of Diabolos as a boss. Maybe that has to do with the "third-part-but-not-finale" tease in that one Live Letter.

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