Crystal Tower theories

[domovoi]

My brain genius theory is that Crystal Tower itself is one single structure existing in every (possible) shard at once.

[Daralii]

My brain genius theory is that Crystal Tower itself is one single structure existing in every (possible) shard at once.

That's what I'm leaning towards, especially with that shot of the weird observatory/cocoon that not-G'raha looked to be in. It'd also be a good way to reestablish the importance of Silvertear.

[Xellos2099]

My brain genius theory is that Crystal Tower itself is one single structure existing in every (possible) shard at once.

So something like a stargate with ZPM build it. Albert don;t have the zpm so they have to kill themselves to get to the source.

[Aeternal]

My brain genius theory is that Crystal Tower itself is one single structure existing in every (possible) shard at once.

This is EXACTLY my theory as well. Imagine a venn diagram with 14 circles. Each circle is a shard, and the center where they overlap is the Crystal Tower.

[Anonymoose]

inb4 everyone gets into a debate about whether transdimensional Allagans built it or Ascians inspired its being built on every shard in the same place and it's just this one time with just this one dimension-hopping time-travelling catteboi.

[YianKutku]

inb4 everyone gets into a debate about whether transdimensional Allagans built it or Ascians inspired its being built on every shard in the same place and it's just this one time with just this one dimension-hopping time-travelling catteboi.

NGL I was actually thinking it could have been something like the latter, although whether it was Ascians (/handgestures) or something else is something I didn't think about.

It might tie in to the different architecture of the "Labyrinth of the Ancients", where even the Allagans have their own "ancient history" that they might not be fully versed about. They rebuilt/repurposed an existing "Crystal Tower" to serve their own energy-production needs, possibly?

Also I was thinking about that old interview where Koji Fox mentioned that there was supposed to be Something Important buried under Silvertear Lake (beyond the whole "Lifestream nexus" and "Primals" thing), and it might have been shelved by the events of 2.0. If there is a version of the Crystal Tower in every Shard around the equivalent of Silvertear, might it be overseeing fourteen (now six) different versions of that Something Important?

(Fragments of Zodiark?)

[Anonymoose]

Also I was thinking about that old interview where Koji Fox mentioned that there was supposed to be Something Important buried under Silvertear Lake (beyond the whole "Lifestream nexus" and "Primals" thing), and it might have been shelved by the events of 2.0.

I have no idea! We've taken to calling this mysterious entity The Presence of Silvertear Lake, and I almost want to see them not mention it until all of this is over, then use it for a later [Eorzea II] expansion; end where we began, you know? But if they tie it to the Ascian / Zodiark story just to tie off the loose end, no qualms.

When it came up in conversation with friends we did this whole workshop about Silvertear being the wound where She launched Zodiark out of the Sea into space and SoMeThInG PoWeRfUl was imprisoned in the "cauterizing" of that wound so Midgardsormr could keep an eye on everything. But that's some fan-fic-y nonsense.
(Oddly in line with Ultima, though!)

[Remedi]

inb4 everyone gets into a debate about whether transdimensional Allagans built it or Ascians inspired its being built on every shard in the same place and it's just this one time with just this one dimension-hopping time-travelling catteboi.

No fair that is my horse!

[Fenral]

I think most of the post-keynote rage has an outlet in the Hrothgar, so I suspect things here will stay pretty civil (for once). At this point all we can really do is throw crack theories at the wall and see where they decide to hang the dartboard come 4.56.

[LycorisSelunis]

Totally no basis for this idea whatsoever, but I wonder if the Tower is able to be concurrent in two places/times at once?