Winterers (interview spoiler and speculation)

[Raikai]

After reading the first short story, about Otis and Zelenia, it's heavily implied that other nations may have the electrope technology to make a dome.

So maybe the Winterers could really be other escapees from the Ninth. Treno (like suggested on the short story) or another one. Other surviving nations could not be something known by the Alexandrian ruling body, but an Ascian could probably travel between electrope-made domes, engineering their plan.

Perhaps in the process that had Alexandria merging with the Source, another dome also merged somewhere else, maybe in Blindfrost, so to give their peers the Winterer nickname. 7.4 and 7.5 could be likely exploring the discovery of this fact, and 8.0 we head there.

I just hope - if that's the case - this other nation is not cyberpunk super high tech and more built around magic. Treno in FF9 looks very victorian, and that's a cool aesthetic.

[Asari5]

it could be a faction returning from another place they previously 'escaped' to to take back what they think is theirs

[sharknado]

I just hope it's not random remaining sundered Ascians and that it's something related to something more credible, like Ultima or something Azem saw and made contingency plans for. They can't overshadow Elidibus and Emet

[Hallarem]

Much like with Solution 9. I had hoped it would be somekind of time-stasis or remnants of Allagan rebel factions. Like that one princess (Who I was hoping to be Sphene).

They were pretty high up there with tech, including pocket dimensions, space travel and dimensional travel.

But most likely its the easiest answer with these writers. Ascian sundered remnants, possibly a whole clownposse of Asahis doing weird dances and faces with Calyx doing Kefka cosplay. Wanting destruction or the resurrection of our next big boss (tm)

[Turtledeluxe]

Yawn. A word is not enough for me with the story in the state it is in. The cliff hanger moreso made me want to remain unsubbed than resub. I will review the following patches safely from YT. If 8.0 is just an Ascian rehash then its a no go for me, I am afraid.

[Casaerison]

"A fisherman who lived at a fishing station year-round, rather than just during the fishing season."

Fishing expansion confirmed?

[Daralii]

"A fisherman who lived at a fishing station year-round, rather than just during the fishing season."

Fishing expansion confirmed?

Finally, a new gig.