Opinion: Shadowbringers Plot

[TThibi]

More like...
Haedelyn has fallen dormant, the scions have been betrayed once again, the ascians have won, and Zodiark has risen as the beastmen rejoice. However like Promathia of ffxi, he is not the revenant he was thought to be. AS the Eorzean alliance makes moves on a weakening Garlean Empire, behind friendly lines the 12 are stirring to life at the bidding of their faithful. However something is strangely wrong with the goodly primals, as Eorzea comes under the thrall of the 12 the warrior of Darkness must ally with the beast tribes and the untempered to stop the ravages of the 12. They must defeat the Scions... they must defeat... Minfillia.

[Rosentretter]

One of the banners belongs to Doma.

I can only see six banners: red (Limsa), black (Ul'dah) dimly in the background, yellow (Gridania), green (???), purple (Ala Mhigo) and blue (Ishgard) - and then it shifts to a Garlean banner. (or is that the seventh you were counting?).

The green one is from Doma.

[TabrisOmbrelame]

As we can see in the trailer, Thancred? will get his second eye back, but he don't use dual wield style in combat anymore. So, from this, we can put few Theory :

1) We well go back in the past because the balance between Light and Darkness is crumbling. We are constantly growing stronger and stronger. So for preventing the world to be consumed in the Light, someone summoned us back in the past to become the Warrior of Darkness and retablish the balance. But, by doing so, we'll change the futur. Like a Futur where Thancred wasn't send in the Aether and was able to keep his two eyes and even got a gunblader combat style.

2) We are send in an alternative world, where Thancred is clearly different from the one we know, even to the very basic of the character. And in this World, we see a world, who's about to be swallowed by the Light. And for saving it, we must become Warrior of Darkness.

That's my opinion of the plot.

[Linadae]

As we can see in the trailer, Thancred? will get his second eye back, but he don't use dual wield style in combat anymore. So, from this, we can put few Theory :

1) We well go back in the past because the balance between Light and Darkness is crumbling. We are constantly growing stronger and stronger. So for preventing the world to be consumed in the Light, someone summoned us back in the past to become the Warrior of Darkness and retablish the balance. But, by doing so, we'll change the futur. Like a Futur where Thancred wasn't send in the Aether and was able to keep his two eyes and even got a gunblader combat style.

2) We are send in an alternative world, where Thancred is clearly different from the one we know, even to the very basic of the character. And in this World, we see a world, who's about to be swallowed by the Light. And for saving it, we must become Warrior of Darkness.

That's my opinion of the plot.

It's a good idea except for one thing. During a conversation in heavensward, Thancred admitted nothing was wrong with his eye. He kept it covered to try to get women.

[SenorPatty]

My money is on freeing Garlemard from Ascian influence, siding in it's civil war with the anti-ascian faction, Zenos-in a new body-assumes control of Garlemard under a new name that only the scions know and he joins the alliance not because it's right but because he thinks how hilarious the whole thing is and can't wait to openly skewer you like a bunny in heat in broad daylight when the time is right.

[Edax]

I'm not confident in FFXIV writing, so I think we're going to end up with a lame plot that mimics Urianger's. Where we work with the Ascians briefly as a reverse mole until we backstab them because their obviously evil and not a real faction that can be sided with.
As for the Empire...ugh, I think we'll have to fight for them, even though their an obviously evil faction that can't really be sided with. I think SE is going to give the WoL the idiot ball and have him/her trust the Empire until getting backstabbed by them again.

[KageTokage]

I feel like we're going to end up going to the shard that was consumed by light for whatever reason.

We already know the Ascians might be up to some mischief there because Elidibus said they'd be keeping an eye on Minfilia/Hydaelyn's activity (I'm thinking that's who the girl in the trailer and the collector's boxart is, personally).

[Ramesses]

To the OP...opinion on Shadowbringers Plot?

Get your Dark Knight job class leveled to 70.

True story.

[DracotheDragon]

i can see us going back in time for an aspect. using the power of the echo with zodiarks help rather then the mother crystal (i can never spell her name) to restore balance but also damage or stop the asians from corrupting garlamald, turning it into a uneasy ally the idea of the time travel though would be to only stop the 8th calamity by stopping what set it into motion and not undoing any of the previous calamities.


tho time travel is messy plot wise, and writing wise.

[Vahlnir]

It's probably horrible of me, but I kinda hope that Thancred is the only one to wake up and survive...which is actually a shift from my earlier opinion that none of them should wake up at all. He had me at "omg gunblade".