New Year's Poem 2020

[DamianFatale]

Seems pretty straight forward this year. The warriors of light have to be careful of their actions. The good they try to do on the shards could easily be used against them without hesitation. Power can't just be aimlessly used without someone checking against them.

I know Garlemald is evil from our point of view, and that the Ascians had a part, but the fact that they tried to show us our weaknesses.. really stands out to me. I don't think they wanted to do what they did, they just felt the need to challenge us. They've been manipulated by Ascians for generations.

[Xaesthetics]

Personally, I think it would be compelling if it were more about someone like Ran'jit versus Ardbert, for the reason that what may be 'right' in one perspective could be evil in someone else's. Ran'jit was an excellent example of that. Furthermore, the man was oddly powerful and he had a preternatural sense of awareness (like that time he could sense us in the Exarch's study) that was never really quite explained, but -could- be said to be similar to the WoL.

After all, there's no saying that after Ardbert and pals sacrificed themselves to stay the flood, that there weren't others who filled those roles after they were gone. Ran'jit could have possibly been one of those individuals. Perhaps not far fetched, especially when you consider he was tasked with training many of the Minfillias, that he could have been a WoL equivalent?

[Alleo]

Its interesting that the German version kinda just says that these heroes existed while the english version has the "Regardless of the consequence" sentence in it which kinda makes it a bit more negative?

[Jonnycbad]

The implication I get from the JP is that even if Ardbert's body is inhabited by an Ascian and claims to be a WoL and has WoL powers, it doesn't make him a WoL. A WoL is something that one is called because of their heroic deeds. It might imply that "Ardbert" is gonna come around and start flexing himself as the rightful WoL to throw everyone off. But it's someone's actions that make them called WoL

[Iscah]

Patch 5.3 bump time because the meaning has become rather clearer, or at least another interpretation has... especially regarding the more specific individual in the French and German versions. At least, assuming it's meant to be one specific individual and not double-referring to multiple people because there are a few.

(Also the credit that it was found in a book in the Cabinet of Curiosity points to it being written by Moren following our conversation with him.)

I'll also add - since I never got around to posting here at the time - that I take "regardless of the consequence" in the English version to be a double meaning as well. One sounds ominous, suggesting that attempts to do the right thing might have terrible consequences, but can also be read to refer to someone willing to do what is right despite the personal cost. Which again could be interpreted to point to a few different people here.