Thread: The Patch 5.2 Discussion Thread! (Spoilers)

Originally Posted by Lauront

My only reluctance with saying it's Hydaelyn (although I do think it resembles her anyway, due to the form the High Seraph bears for her upper body), is that the insect part is a better fit with the lower body of the High Seraph. Still, there's no context to go with it, so I am eager to see when and why it's going to pop up. As for the number of Ascians, because the Esper names and sigils are purely a hat tip to XII, it allows them to keep the 14th's identity secret for now. I am sure the Ascians have elevated someone to this office in the meantime, possibly even a fragment of the WoL's Amaurotine self, although that may come down to how tempering works (i.e. did the WoL's ancient soul summon Hydaelyn, and if so, were they tempered, and would this endure beyond the point of being sundered?) With only 13 Espers but 14 Convocation members, they have free reign to keep the gender, sigil and office a bit vague for now, and map some attributes to your character.

Hm... I don't think the Ascians have elevated a 14th member. Remember, each of the 13 Convocation Members who summoned Zodiark were tempered, and then sundered. Those 13 are Zodiark's key followers, and Elidibus/Lahabrea/Emet uplifted a fragment of the other 9 sundered Ascians. The uplifted fragments are probably sympathetic to the cause, as they are tempered.

The hypothetical 14th Convocation Member/WoL was never tempered by Zodiark, and is not sympathetic to his cause. The 14th's/WoLs have the Blessing of Light. If anything, it seems like the Ascians would want to kill the 14th/WoL for being the biggest pain in the ass in the history of ever, fighting them and sabotaging their plan to resurrect the people of Amaurot for millennia across 14 worlds. So far, it seems only Emet had an inkling as to WoL's true identity, and he was only willing to tolerate the WoL because he was his friend long ago.

Also, if you look at the Chrysalis, there are only 12 seats (with Elidibus standing in the middle).