Hatching-tide is now drawing to a close. Due to end at 3pm on 09/05/11. The lore of the event speaks of the approaching Hatching Hour, the time when the fabled Archons will return and lead us in our battle against the encroaching darkness.

This leads me to ponder a few different points:
  • What will happen when the Hatching Hour comes?
  • Is the Hatching Hour tomorrow? The texts don't specify when it will come, only that the Hatching-Tide Festival leads to it.
  • What of the hints towards this all be a hoax perpetrated by the "Dreamers".
  • The spriggan thieves claim they stole the eggs to summon their own Archon. Could this Archon be different to the 12 spoken of by the Dreamers? The lore does say that the Spriggans approached the Dreamers with an offer of help to gather the eggs. What are their motives?
  • Is the arrival of the GM Archanist and the drops of Deaspected Crystals connected or simply a coincidence.
  • Why would the Archons be so interested in us all wearing garish head wear?

I am going to ignore my usual cynical side and hope that this truly is the start to the battle for Eorzea. We have all the pieces of a mysterious puzzle laid out before us and I am excited by the possibility that this could be huge. I just hope this doesn't all simply fizzle out tomorrow and it's as if nothing ever happened, until the update in June.

What are your thoughts on the points raised and the Hatching-Tide festival in general?