Thread: 3.56 MSQ Discussion (SPOILERS)

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.