Thread: 6.4 patch speculation

Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Lodestone has been updated with the patch's title and teaser art.

It's called 'The Dark Throne', all but shouting you fight Golbez

Pretty clear also that the dark dragon behind Golbez in the art is a possessed/darkness corrupted Azdja, as mentioned by others in this thread. Still,poor Vrtra, having to put down his beloved sister given by now she'd be too far corrupted by the dark to save.

And Lahabrea's glyph above Golbez's head (fitting given the patch has the conclusion to Pandaemonium in it).

Can't wait for the trailer!

Me either! I've always loved how the trailers give us a taster of whatever masterpiece of music Soken has devised this time

Few things

1. You can see the dragon (Azdaja more than likely) grasping for Golbez's sword. I don't have any conclusions to make other than maybe Azdaja is more pro-active in whatever is to come than what I previously thought.
2. The side of the Lahabrea's glyph mask shown definitely seems to imply more Hephaistos, as the original pandemonium art and the cutscene where Lahabrea splits himself in the Abyssos raids, they both showcase the right side of the split glyph mask, and the 6.4 art shows the left side. I guess we can put to rest any theory that Hephaistos sneakily changed places with Lahabrea or something of the sort.

Whilst I have no doubt it won't happen, it seems a pity that no-one has considering asking Hraesvelgr to assist them. In fact, do we know whether anyone has apprised him of the situation?

The world's least surprising reveal on that art, given who it's of, but there is something a little curious about it.

Don't we have one of Azdaja's eyes? So why do I see two of 'em in that picture?

Okay... Hold on now...

Is it just me or does this seem to heavily imply that one of Lahabrea's halfs has something important to do with Golbez? I don't see why they would tease the raid again, considering 6.2's art was all dedicated to it...

Originally Posted by Cassar

Okay... Hold on now...

Is it just me or does this seem to heavily imply that one of Lahabrea's halfs has something important to do with Golbez? I don't see why they would tease the raid again, considering 6.2's art was all dedicated to it...

It could just be a neat way of getting it in there, without actually being connected.

See for example, Lahabrea being pictured in the Eden-themed poster art for 5.4 without having any real reason to be there in the end besides "something about Ascians".

Originally Posted by Iscah

It could just be a neat way of getting it in there, without actually being connected.

See for example, Lahabrea being pictured in the Eden-themed poster art for 5.4 without having any real reason to be there in the end besides "something about Ascians".

I suppose so, but this seems pretty damn major in comparison to 5.4's. In fact up until you mentioned it I had never even noticed Lahabrea in that poster, I had to go back to check!

Also...

I just went back and checked 6.2's Abyssos cutscenes and it seems that Lahabrea "threw away" the right half of his sigil (technically his left side, but right side from our perspective), while remaining with the left one. The sigil seen on the image is "bad" side... I have a feeling Golbez might be very closely related to Lahabrea's other half, or he might even BE his other half. (Of course, this would imply that the Endwalker raid would have to be mandatory for the MSQ but I think they could very well do that)

Originally Posted by Cassar

(Of course, this would imply that the Endwalker raid would have to be mandatory for the MSQ but I think they could very well do that)

Time travel is a free pass for continuity. Everything we have done or will do in Elpis/Pandæmonium has already objectively happened, whether we've experienced it yet or not.

That said, it's unlikely that they would tie it together quite so strongly, but they wouldn't have to make the side story mandatory to enable it if they did.