So...about that Shadowbringers trailer.

[Scott]

Well I think both is true. If the flood of light had managed to consume the whole World there would be nothing and a total empty Light Void. But Minfillia stopped the Flood before it was able to consume everything so thats the Source of the SinEaters. A world full of Light and Ather but not completly Void because it was stopped and so new never before known creatures where created

[Yuyuka3]

Well I think both is true. If the flood of light had managed to consume the whole World there would be nothing and a total empty Light Void. But Minfillia stopped the Flood before it was able to consume everything so thats the Source of the SinEaters. A world full of Light and Ather but not completly Void because it was stopped and so new never before known creatures where created

That cannot be true, or else the White Mages of Amdapor couldn't have created guardian statues in their liking during the 6th Umbral Calamity. I think it was in one of the lore panels that Koji said they were essentially crafted after the liking of some creatures from another world the Amdapori came across. At least that's what I remember. Their statues (the winged lion and Kuribu), however, are clearly based on Sin Eaters, there is no denying that, so there had to be Sin Eaters somewhere back then already.

[Wyssahtyn]

That cannot be true, or else the White Mages of Amdapor couldn't have created guardian statues in their liking during the 6th Umbral Calamity. I think it was in one of the lore panels that Koji said they were essentially crafted after the liking of some creatures from another world the Amdapori came across. At least that's what I remember. Their statues (the winged lion and Kuribu), however, are clearly based on Sin Eaters, there is no denying that, so there had to be Sin Eaters somewhere back then already.

Tencharacters

As the person who excitedly snapped photos of his Encyclopedia at Fanfest to post on the forum of this detail, I'm aware of what it says—and it doesn't say this exactly. =P The only explanation of why Kuribu looks like it does is one sentence, and the Winged Lion goes without mention: "To better contend with the voidsent, [Kuribu] is said to have been made in the image of transcendent beings from yet another plane." (Encyclopedia Eorzea II, 150) The first lore book's entries for Kuribu and Winged Lion barely mention the reasoning behind why the constructions look as they do other than 'golems made by Amdapor to kill voidsent' save "A winged lion was chosen for the design so as to engender confusion amongst their enemies" (Encyclopedia Eorzea, 294).

There is no mention of Amdapor convening with Sin Eaters, or the transcendent beings. Given what we know now, that seems likely, yes—but there is no hard confirmation that they met or summoned Sin Eaters.

[Scott]

That cannot be true, or else the White Mages of Amdapor couldn't have created guardian statues in their liking during the 6th Umbral Calamity. I think it was in one of the lore panels that Koji said they were essentially crafted after the liking of some creatures from another world the Amdapori came across. At least that's what I remember. Their statues (the winged lion and Kuribu), however, are clearly based on Sin Eaters, there is no denying that, so there had to be Sin Eaters somewhere back then already.

Well but in the Trailer they already stated that time flows different between the worlds and that could explain everything. Time shananigans etc etc

[MrThinker]

Well but in the Trailer they already stated that time flows different between the worlds and that could explain everything. Time shananigans etc etc

They specifically said the rift between worlds which allows people to see the future, but we can also agree on your interpretation as well to an extent.

[Yuyuka3]

Well but in the Trailer they already stated that time flows different between the worlds and that could explain everything. Time shananigans etc etc

They said it's the rift, not the First. It would be extremely weird if the Shards were not in sync with the Source time-wise, really. Yoshida also implied that we have the same passing of time in both worlds if my tired brain understood today's liveletter correctly.

[MrThinker]

They said it's the rift, not the First. It would be extremely weird if the Shards were not in sync with the Source time-wise, really. Yoshida also implied that we have the same passing of time in both worlds if my tired brain understood today's liveletter correctly.

Yes but they also said it has been 100 years since the Flood of Light/when the Sin Eaters started attacking. When the Heroes of the 1st came to the Source, the Flood was JUST beginning, and then they went back home with Minfillia. We assume that Minfillia stopped the Flood of Light BEFORE the Sin Eaters started attacking, because now they could 'persist' since it has stopped. It has not been 100 years for us, but it has been for the 1st is the thing that is tripping people up here and the whole time dynamics of this situation.

[Wyssahtyn]

They said it's the rift, not the First. It would be extremely weird if the Shards were not in sync with the Source time-wise, really. Yoshida also implied that we have the same passing of time in both worlds if my tired brain understood today's liveletter correctly.

The First is going to be using Eorzean Time so that gatherers don't have to worry about keeping track of different timezones. It's the same reason why there isn't an Othardian Time despite it being on the other side of the world from Eorzea.