(01-21-2015, 06:39 PM)Coatleque Wrote: Having read Sounsyy's post there and noting the number of Ascians, could it be entirely feasible to assume the Ascians are to Zodiark what the Twelve are to Hydaelyn?
That's what the general consensus among the loremongers seems to be. Hydaelyn, and Her Twelve of Light. Zodiark, and His Twelve of Darkness + Elidibus.
So most of the Ascian theory-crafting actually stems from FFXII, where there were once twelve Scions of Light (jeez that term sounds familiar) and twelve Scions of Darkness. About a thousand years before the start of XII's MSQ, there was a great war called The Great Catastrophe in which the twelve Scions of Darkness rebelled against the Occurians for greater power but were ultimately defeated by the Zodiac Braves (wow I'm sensing a trend here) and sealed away for eternity. Now, a thirteenth Scion was also locked away, named Zodiark, who was banished not because he rebelled, but because he was too powerful and the Occurians feared he might destroy them all if he rebelled.
Fast forward several hundred years and this Great Catastrophe has all but been forgotten except for the fact the Scions of Light became revered as gods and such. Anyways, a man named Elidibus stumbles upon an ancient tomb containing the sealed soul of Zodiark. After learning the truth about Zodiark's imprisonment, he seeks to free Zodiark.
XII's Scions of Light share names with XIV's Ascians and what's more, the symbols upon the Ascian masks are the symbols of their particular Scion of Darkness counterpart. (ie. Lahabrea's mask is the symbol of his Dark counterpart Mateus.)
This is why we believe there are only Thirteen Ascians, as all of the named Ascians thus far, follow XII's Scion of Light theme and XIV's Elidibus is on a quest to free Zodiark, just like in XII. However, when this was brought up to Fernehalwes in an interview, he shrugged and mentioned that many of XIV's story team also worked on XII and not to read too much into it as the universes are different and clearly the Ascians are not the "good guys" in this one.
So grain of salt, obviously, but as the trend continues to (thus far) hold true, the common theory is that yes, the Ascians are Zodiark's "Twelve."
