/r/ffxivdiscussion: What's Next? Theories and Speculation (DT Edition)

[StormChase]

I definitely think Sphene will play a role in the DT post-patch story, the inclusion of a zoomed-in shot of her regulator crown (which supposedly houses her actual soul) in the post-credits sequence means something.

I personally like the theory that she is our shard from the Ninth. Maybe if that's the case we'll have an Ardbert situation where we can see and interact with the real Sphene even though she's long dead, until we finally end up rejoining with her by the end of the patch story.

Long-term I think we're going to follow in Azem's footsteps and find out what they were doing during the Final Days and how the Key is connected to them. Ultima theorists are probably on to something.

My theory's that it's like the Amon clone situation. The Ascians took Sphene's soul so they could awaken it without her memories influencing her. Meanwhile the Endless Sphene was left behind. Maybe the Ascians thought Everkeep would eventually fall like Allag. Or maybe Everkeep was convenient for them somehow (Were they planning to gather up the souls from the Thirteenth?).