Quote Originally Posted by Arcell View Post
So I haven't seen many people discuss the Seventh Verse of the Divine Chronicles that Yoshida put up when he took charge. Urianger recites the first part in game as well:



The first line appears to concern the change from Astral era to Umbral era, like from day to night.

We've seen the heavens spew flame in the first cutscene for each city, as well as in the intro video. I'm not sure what "hells seep black dooms" refers to though.

The third line seems to be talking about what happens afterward. Stray seeds quicken (us) in ash's grey embrace (post-impact).

The last line may just be looking toward the future. Adventurers (valiant blades) growing stronger after being saved by the Twelve.

However that's all just my first interpretation of it. I'd like to hear the input of others of course.
The stray seeds thing might be referencing what happens with those forest fires. There's basically a plant/tree that benefits from them or something, I forget the name. But yeah basically ash's grey embrace, the burned remains of 1.** left after the impact causes seeds to quicken which I read as new life, i.e. stuff growing from seeds. That could mean us though.