Quote Originally Posted by Alberel View Post
We have never met Yda. The 'Yda' you encountered in the very first cutscene for Gridania back in 1.0 was Lyse all along. Yda died years before the WoL enters the story. The nature of 'Yda's' mask has been a very conspicuous mystery ever since 1.0 so I actually think the Yda/Lyse switch was planned all along since the very beginning.
But the Yda in the echo portions of the 1.0 Gridania story is the real Yda, Yda died 6 years before the calamity, 1 year before the "current time" of 1.0, any echo flashback older than 1 year featuring Yda is the real Yda.