Gold/Yellow structure in new ARR Video...

[Aish]

http://imgur.com/1wNj5

Possibly The World Tree (Yggdrasil)? It does -look- like a tree, especially in the concept art. Also, if I remember correctly in the DRG Job quests there were rumblings of the possible reawakening of Nidhogg, who, after doing a very cursory search, resides within Yggdrasil. Considering the appearance of Odin as well...I can't help but think that it could infact be Yggdrasil.

I'm not very schooled in Norse mythology so, I could be wrong.

[Enkidoh]

To be honest, it does have that 'world tree' vibe to it, so it wouldn't surprise me if SE indeed call it Yggdrasil or something similar (after all, the new FFXI expansion 'Seekers of Adoulin' is also including Yggdrasil as an apparent dungeon so yeah).

The Question is.. there is going to be "Bahamut's labyrinth" and Bahamut as a boss fight maybe also.
So it does mean Bahamut some kind of got imprisoned again? and this labyrinth most likely is in mhor dona then, no?

so maybe this "structure" could be bahamuts labyrinth? or maybe its just something to look at like that structure in 1.0.:

That structure in Mor Dhona is just the wreck of the Garlean airship Agrius still with Midgardsormr's remains entwined around it - it's called the 'Keeper of the Lake' on the Mor Dhona map. It was shown crashing during the Battle of Silvertear Lake in the original opening movie to 1.0, so there's no mystery with that anyway. It's highly likely it will still exist in some form in 2.0 as well.

Finally, that landscape looks nothing like Mor Dhona - in fact, if you look close enough to the right top background in the final few seconds you can make out the foundations to the Crystal Tower. Personally I think this is a whole new zone in the mountain areas north of Ishgard, because I seriously doubt over fifteen years worth of decay and corruption in Mor Dhona can be easily healed in just five years, and after a moon shatters over it and the place is torn up by a very angsty dragon! (After all, if you look at the videos/screenshots for the new Black Shroud the place is still clearly showing the devastation from Dalamud's fall even five years later - if a fully grown forest is still taking time to heal, poisoned badlands will take even longer to recover, if at all).

No, I really think Mor Dhona is still going to be the murky, aether-poisoned wasteland it was in 1.0 in ARR.

[DarkkenMoneybags]

If that is "The World Tree," we have a few considerations from Norse mythology to look at here. It's the resting place of a few pretty nasty creatures or in FF world "HNM's." Nidhogg resting at its roots, which he also feeds from the roots as well, in the upper most part of the tree. We have "the Golden Cock (Serpent bird)," "Valefor." So I think its the resting place for Bahamut making the World tree a labyrinth of its own accord, just trying to get to the top to fight the Dragon God.

[Warlock]

Did anyone notice how big the moon looks behind Odin? O.o

[Angelas]

Not going to toss aside a tree theory.. but the angle of that structure would indicate the direction of it gives some hint to what it could be. There is no impact crater around the base, it looks more like something coming out instead of going in, therefore I highly doubt its a blast hitting the ground, more like something coming out of the ground. Im just not convinced its a tree yet.

[Livioti]

Maybe it's where male Mi'quote live.

[Cynthis]

1. They were in stasis for 5 years.
2. They appear in the same spot they disappeared from, 5 years ago.

Several people have mentioned something similar. Do we have any reason to think that they know they were moved 5 years into the future as soon as they appear?

[Warlock]

That picture was in the roadmap of 2.0 and it clearly says its somewhat an explosion and it bursts out what we see...something similar to lava

[Nuinn]

Hmmm World Tree you say? The angle of it makes me want to say timbeeeeeeeeeeer!

[Eruantien]

A lot of people seem to be bent out of shape of the midlanders facial expressions thinking there is deep meaning behind it. They are going to be similar expressions I am going to have as well when I wake up. And call my chocobo and see new things. They are adventurers just like us, why would they be excited at this new adventure in front of them.