Thread: 3.56 MSQ Discussion (SPOILERS)

Originally Posted by Paddycakes

What about the possibility of the viceroy (since they did not name said viceroy in the cutscene) could be the old yda?

Since she supposedly died fighting a bunch of imperial troops. What if that was a cover?


The blond hair kind of made me think that anyways

Yeah no, the viceroy is a guy.

With this in mind, why in the world would Yda's older sister betray her homeland like that. From what Lyse described, she was kind and loyal to her family. Something really twisted must occur in order for her to go to the darkside like brainwashing idk.

Overall, I don't think it's possible.

Okay since there seems to be a lot of confusion about this: The Yda that featured in the 1.0 Gridania storyline was the real Yda, Lyse's sister. This is because all of the interactions with Papalymo and Yda prior to the quest "Fade to White" take place in an echo flashback set in 1562, ten years before the Calamity and fifteen years before the current story line. All of the interactions with the Archons in the starting cities take place during this time period--this is why Minfila is a child in Ul'dah's storyline, Merlwyb isn't the Admiral in Limsa's etc. This first time the player character in 1.0 would have met Lyse as Yda would have been in "Future's Perfect" (the confrontation with Gauis in Mor Dhona). Unless they are going to retcon the timing of Gridania's opening (and only Gridania's) then yes, that's the real Yda.

Ultimately it doesn't really matter much since it is only a small part of what was done with the character and like many other things from 1.0 is probably going to be shoved in a corner and ignored by the dev team. The Gridania opening is problematic anyways since it seems to contradict even what 1.0 said about the Echo when the player apparently manages to use it to change the past.

Edit:
There is a thread up about this in the Lore Forums where I'm sure Moose will provide a better breakdown than I at some point.

Originally Posted by Vexander

And now, let the speculation about Gosetsu being a Half-Roe begin!

Honestly him being half-roe would be great, and it falls in line with SE saying they'd be adding in more half-breeds. Just look at Hilda, she uses an edited female midlander model, having Gosetsu use a modified hellsgard model isn't out of the question. Besides his nose, everything about him "screams" hellsgard. Even his skin tone is a bit "redder" that what hyurs can get. I don't think roes have access to the color either but Moenbryda had a unique color as well.