Predictions for 5.3?

**JeanneOrnitier** · 07-19-2020 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by ClaireFaye

I'm scared what this could mean for G'raha Tia... it looked like his entire arm is glowing and turning to crystal! Why? Are we going to loose him in this patch? I want him to have a happy ending damnit!

I have a probably fleeting hope that even if something happens to Exarch-G'raha, Sleeping Source-G'raha will wake up. Not exactly the same person after everything the Exarch's been through, but still a G'raha.

**EdwinLi** · 07-19-2020 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by JeanneOrnitier

I have a probably fleeting hope that even if something happens to Exarch-G'raha, Sleeping Source-G'raha will wake up. Not exactly the same person after everything the Exarch's been through, but still a G'raha.

I have a feeling this maybe what they go for.

probably going for the concept of "no two beings from past and future can exist in the sametime" which would explain why Exarch could not crossover because his younger self exists in the Source.

I am only guessing but I have always assumed Exarch did not vanish because he is in the First and in the First he has no past nor future counterpart to take his place in the new timeline. Only in the Source does a counterpart exists to replace him in the new timeline being his younger self thus probably why he continued to exist in the First but cannot enter the Source.

**HamiltonCalder** · 07-19-2020 01:09 AM

I really wonder if Cylva is going to have anything to do here. It would be amazing to get her as like an optional story trust for the final dungeon that's available if you've completed the role quests. It feels like she's so intrinsically tied to what's going on, with Ardbert, but also with Unukalhai and by extension Elidibus.

Alternative possibility - the mystery trial is the Shadowkeeper. I have no idea how they'd work that logistically for people who haven't gotten to Cyella's revelation, but, dammit, it would be awesome.

**Turethir** · 07-19-2020 02:44 AM

They've been talking about memory transference quite a lot, so I'm in the camp that we're going to be saving the Exarch's memories and somehow implanting them into Source G'raha, with the Exarch's body dying. Honestly there's only going to be a certain amount of crystalisation that can happen to him before the life he does have becomes unbearable.

If you think about it, his situation is actually very similar to the Scions', with the bodily part of him becoming weaker.

**Crushnight** · 07-19-2020 03:12 AM

Originally Posted by HamiltonCalder

I really wonder if Cylva is going to have anything to do here. It would be amazing to get her as like an optional story trust for the final dungeon that's available if you've completed the role quests. It feels like she's so intrinsically tied to what's going on, with Ardbert, but also with Unukalhai and by extension Elidibus.

Alternative possibility - the mystery trial is the Shadowkeeper. I have no idea how they'd work that logistically for people who haven't gotten to Cyella's revelation, but, dammit, it would be awesome.

As she is Cyella cannot fight anymore, she says she doesn't have the strength to lift her sword and that she will help her friends the only way she feels she can by telling their heroic deeds at the Crysterium to anyone willing to lend an ear.

I would love more dialogue with her, someone who truly knew Arbert and everyone, but her being a fighter is long since over.

As for G'raha, I expect his death, I expect his soul will rejoin Source G'raha giving him the memories he has had, I want Source G'raha to wake up, but I think he won't but when he does in the far future he will remember the grand adventure he got to share with us on the 1st. Bitter sweet is how I see this all going down.

As for the unknown trial, my guess is Oracle.

**Turethir** · 07-19-2020 03:21 AM

Originally Posted by Crushnight

As for G'raha, I expect his death, I expect his soul will rejoin Source G'raha giving him the memories he has had, I want Source G'raha to wake up, but I think he won't but when he does in the far future he will remember the grand adventure he got to share with us on the 1st. Bitter sweet is how I see this all going down.

Bittersweet is exactly the way I've been describing it in my head for a while. The fact they very deliberately showed us that he can't come through to the Source, along with all the "I wanted to go on an adventure with you" stuff, really seems to hint that in some way he will be able to, in the end, although maybe not in the way he wanted.

(Maybe it's just me but if another character was going to die I think they should have at least had the honour of being in the patch art, and all the focus seems to be on the Exarch. It seems to be very much "his patch").

**Alleluia** · 07-19-2020 11:07 AM

I am also in the camp of hoping that Exarch!G'raha basically merges with Source!G'raha, though I hope he wakes up and goes on adventures with us in subsequent patches. It allows him to have that life he says he wants so much during the cliff chat. And it avoids the issue of only one version of G'raha getting the life he wants, while the other one just gets to either wake up and hear about it later or only watch it through a mirror. And it preserves the character of the Exarch, which I would like. (Plus, it'd truly be a waste not to have the VA continue with new content. G'raha's voice actor truly is a welcome addition to the cast. Not a story reason, but still. lol)

I don't think the above would necessarily happen b/c of time travel stating dopplegangers can't exist simultaneously. I think it'd be more a matter of the ripples of the vanished future catching up with him. He wasn't spared, the effect was just delayed (due to both time dilation and his bond with the tower, probably).

But, regardless, G'raha does seem to be getting worryingly weaker for some reason. I don't think we're gonna end this story with him still reigning nigh-immortal in the Crystarium. For one, while I'm not sure they'd ever actually address this issue in the MSQ, its not like he can realistically have adventures with us on the First for much longer. Even if we continue going back, that time differential btwn the Source and the First is going to start widening again eventually and that's going to become a major hindrance. Someday, we'll be gone for an hour and 2 months will have passed on the First, or vice versa.

**Alleo** · 07-19-2020 10:59 PM

I still hope that the exarch survives but I am also fine if he dies. He has lived a long life and was able to at least go on a small adventure with us. But I dont want them to give his memories to the young Graha. I dont think that it would be great for the young one to have to suffer seeing all of those years without ever really living through them. And its not like it would make him the exarch. For me it would be the best to let them be two "different" characters.

**Alleluia** · 07-20-2020 08:31 AM

On another note, that lady we're going to be fighting looks like a mix btwn Ronkan in the headress, tattoos, and staff, and veorbertite in the sleeves, neck, and shoes, to me.

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Wasn't there a tomb of a female hero we recently visited in Rak'tikka or something? That was heavily implied to be a former WoL? I remember a mural. I know the background in the new dungeon seems to be a weird mix of Lakeland and Il Mheg, but still.

**foussi** · 07-20-2020 04:32 PM

In the background of the new dungeon in the screenshots, you can see meteors falling. Makes me curious if elidibus starts to show the meteor rain all over norvrandt to create more warriors.

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