First of all, if you haven't finished the main storyline, close this post now. I'm going to spoil the very end of the story. don't spoil that to yourself, it's really fun, and it will give you chills. Just take your time and finish it, it's not worth ruining it by reading a post on reddit. To everyone else, what I'm going to talk is so huge that it could be the theme of a whole expansion, if not more. I'm not going to talk about the upcoming content like crystal tower or the next turns in coil. I've been bugged by this since i found out the name of Lahabrea, and I lost my sleep since I finished the main storyline. I haven't seen a post about it yet, so I decided it's time for me to see if anyone is excited as me after seeing the final cutscene, the one with all the Ascians. As we all know, a big name is mentioned by them. Zodiark. When I heard it, I knew that Final Fantasy XIV is really going to make something huge about Ivalice Mythology. It's not only the fact that they name a random thing from another installement in the saga, it goes really deep within the storyline. As I mentioned, a bell was ringing since i heard the name Lahabrea. And then, we happen to discover three other names of Ascians: Pashtarot, Igeyohrm and Nabriales. What this means is that the influence that FFXII has over FFXIV is WAY bigger than the most would expect. These names are, in fact, part of Ivalice's mythology. They are 3 of the scions of light, a counterpart to the Scions of darkness, which are the Espers you can summon in FFXII. So there is a 1/1 parallel between every Ascian and every Esper, except for two. The first is the thirteenth, the one who never committed rebellion but was bound because the Gods were afraid of its power: Zodiark. As a further proof there is also that weird rune that appears in front of Lahabrea every once in a while. I was really annoyed at first by this, since i saw no meaning on it… until i remembered by the glyphs that are used to summon the espers in Final Fantasy XII. In particular, I want you to look at the second glyph in the top left, which is the one that is used to summon Mateus the corrupt, the parallel to Lahabrea among the scions of Darkness (both of them are under the zodiac sign of Pisces, the fish). Take the top part, rotate it by 180 degrees. Now that thing has a meaning, it's no longer a "why does he have a red tribal in front of his face?" thing. I'm really blown away from the implications that the final cutscene could have on the future of Eorzea. there are so many possibilities to get the coolest story ever. We already know that the Gods in Eorzea are 12. Exactly as in FFXII. If they bring up the lore from the scions of darkness, this could bring us to have a chapter that has both the traditional primals AND the espers from Ivalice. Not only Zodiark. The game is actully hinting that we could get all thirteen the espers. There is already a connection between Primals and the Ascians, as in 1.0 we learned that the Ascians were the ones who taught the beastman how to summon the primals. And moreso, it is Lahabrea who gives the Ultima Weapon to the empire. Was that only fan service, or was it a reference to Ultima, the high seraph, the scion under the Zodiac sign of Virgo, the one who started the rebellion against the Twelve gods of Ivalice, and the other Scion that has no parallel amongst the Scions of Light? We also are part of the "scions of the seventh dawn"… If they already knew that they were going to refer the "Scions lore" from the XII, why did they call the organization that way? I know this is pure speculation, but my brain can't stop thinking about this and getting so excited… So many possibilities open up from here. And how does all this relate to the image of a corrupt Hyadelin we got in the last scene we see our character? TL;DR Who cares if Lightning will appear in a FATE, the whole story is a huge reference to FFXII, give Espers please. Other points that were brought up to my attention in this post: As we all know, the empire officials wear a uniform that is reminescent of the ones used by the Judges in Ivalice - Thanks to Kaerdis Belias CONFIRMED in game lore, in SMN final questline and referred to as an "Elder Primal" (same as Odin and Bahamut) - thanks to Jeimaiku and Gadgetsgully, and Cosmic-Katamari as well.
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