Ascian story question.

[Fantasy9]

What happened to the Ascians? They were a huge part of ARR and HW but vanished with SB.

[BillyKaplan]

Have you played 4.3? :3c

[Fantasy9]

I am stuck on a raid because of gear req so not all of it

[KageTokage]

As of 4.3, they're coming back into focus.

The guys are so devious it wouldn't surprise me if they were behind virtually every major conflict in Hydaelyn's history, including the Dragonsong War (They never really elaborated on who told the ancient Ishgardians that a dragon's eyes are a source of power, after all).

[Dualblade]

The Ascians are a big threat and cause many things to happen directly or indirectly. Most of SB happens to fall under "indirectly".

[Hasrat]

Yeah, but... what evidence do we have that they're actually, y'know, wrong?

[BillyKaplan]

Yeah, but... what evidence do we have that they're actually, y'know, wrong?

We actually don't and it's constantly implied there's more than what we are told. We know they have the Echo and keep insisting that'll bring us to the same conclusion as them, we know Hydaelyn and Zodiark used to be the same entity, we're basically Hydaelyn's Tempered... story's pleasantly ambiguous so far.

[Iscah]

(They never really elaborated on who told the ancient Ishgardians that a dragon's eyes are a source of power, after all).

I thought it was the dragons themselves? Though I could be misremembering.

[Hasrat]

We actually don't and it's constantly implied there's more than what we are told. We know they have the Echo and keep insisting that'll bring us to the same conclusion as them, we know Hydaelyn and Zodiark used to be the same entity, we're basically Hydaelyn's Tempered... story's pleasantly ambiguous so far.

Pawns in the battles of gods. Cuz I love knowing I'm just along for the ride.

[RobinMalvin]

I thought it was the dragons themselves? Though I could be misremembering.

The info we got is due to dragons and men once lived together, men eventually figured the secret of dragon's eyes. One sidequest deal about a healer who once tried to find medications suitable for dragons so it's possible they found out of the eyes on their own, tho I wouldn't be surprised if Ascian had a play in it.

While we're getting that Ascians still plot behind the scenes, I'm rather curious why they chose the emissary to play the bigger role here. It's my understanding that the black robe ones are the enforcers yet we see less of them ever since 3.0