Thread: 6.4 patch speculation

Originally Posted by Cleretic

It matches up enough that I'd be more confident putting forward that something happened to Azdaja, rather than it being a different, possibly fake dragon.

Agreed.

I have a very hard time believing that it won't be Azdaja. Our whole reason for visiting the 13th was to rescue her. And, to be honest, it'd be pretty rubbish if it were just some random Dragon he had hidden away all this time - why should we care about that? Defeating a last-minute addition Dragon would be completely inconsequential.

The story has, however, highlighted Azdaja's plight. When you consider that

Golbez has been draining her aether over a long period of time (somewhat evidenced by him giving out small portions of it to the archfiends to gain their service). It isn't difficult to believe that she'd be corrupted if he were help himself to whatever aether she has left, which is probably what he'll do as part of whatever plan he has) and he already demonstrated that he has full control over her even without that.

Being forced to fight her, and the consequences of doing so (particularly for poor Vtra), provides a much more solid story point than Golbez producing some random dragon for us to defeat without any lasting consequence.