CG Midlander

[Anonymoose]

As far as the CG Midlander mystery, I think he and his party as supposed to represent us adventurers as a whole in being teleported away to be saved to confront Bahamut later on.

Yeah; it's starting to look like they don't have any true lore, which makes me kinda bummed. It creates a rift between the game we play and the game we see, if that's the case - people that are supposed to be us but aren't us are doing the things we're supposed to do, lol.

If they were characters with their own stories, we'd be fighting in different places at the same times with the same goals; they'd be the people we're aspiring to be like, and their actions would show what was going on in places that we couldn't be at the time. And, on top of that, we'd be able to meet them sporadically in-game to secure that link between the video and the gameplay.

1. I wonder how they're going to explain what Bahamut has been up to during the time we've been in limbo.

2. What was Atomos' role in 1.0?

3. This question will probably answer itself, but how did the Empire get out of the attack unscathed? Maybe they didn't and are in the same situation as the other citizens of Eorzea; rebuilding their forces and preparing for another conquest. But this again kind of ties back into #1: What's going on with Bahamut that would allow them to still remain an antagonist?

I'm gonna work through this one backwards

#3 - They didn't. They got absolutely owned. The VIIth legion is no more. Gaius, however, didn't come with the XIVth Legion. He said (during 'Livin' on a Prayer') that he would be watching from "on high" to see the outcome of the battle. He came with one airship, stayed far enough away that (even if Dalamud made impact) he'd be able to get away, and as soon as Bahamut showed up, he hauled ass back to Ala Mhigo.

#2 - I'm not very clear on that either, so if we're supposed to know, I'll leave that one to Ferne. There wasn't even much lore about it, and in-game the only time it was referred to by name was the name floating above its head. All we know that is that (1) it came from another world (2) it enjoys consuming aether (3) either it consumed aether at such a pace that the networks flowed backwards (over-aspecting all crystallization in the area) or the aether network was already in chaos due to the in-game events and it just showed up for a free meal, and (4) It's rapid consumption of this world's life energy tore a hole to The Void through which all manner of beasts that live there were able to get through. (5) I don't believe that Atomos himself is Voidsent, as he was sustained in corporeal form by aether, and until now we've understood Voidsent as crossing over, not materializing due to our life energy. (though, this, too, could be the case depending on what SE has to say in the future; it's up in the air).

#1 - We'll know sooner or later, but for now I'll assume that he destroyed a bunch, took a rest, probably retired for a bit to the area of the map known as Wyrmking's Perch to loom over us like some sort of henge to raise anxiety and make ARR feel unsafe.

You dont want me taking time theory...believe me..

I stick to my original assessment on theories - we're not trying to find out something we can say really happened, we're just trying to come up with as many things as possible that fit all of the constraints on the story that are given by SE. The day you accept literally anything that isn't explicitly stated in the story as a fact is the day that SE adds something directly contradicting one small point that brings down your whole house of cards.

We're trying to understand all of the information SE gives us in its proper context; so by coming up with theories that (will never not) have errors, we correct those errors and thus correct our improper understanding of the game. If we come up with something that later comes to fruition, that's a fun little win, but it's not the goal.

Think of it like a puzzle that you only have 1/10th of the pieces to so far. We're not trying to make our own pieces, we're just trying to make sure the pieces we do have are put in the right place.

We end up in the Localization forum when no one can arrive at a definitive conclusion for a past event that seems to be case closed - because that means that there's a chance that localization didn't go exactly as intended (i.e. too vague, a wrong word, no discernible pronunciation or syntax - etc.)

One should do their best not to end up here with easily answered queries or questions that shouldn't have answers yet; which I admit is a territory we've wandered into in this thread while we wait for Ferne to get back to us on information from the introduction cinematic, which doesn't seem to be gospel at this point.

One of my biggest questions...WHERE WAS URIANGER?

... ... Good question.

I'd always pinned him as being the Paragon that went to the beast tribes. Maybe he was slinkin' off to do ... slinky things.