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Merri · **07-26-2012, 06:20 PM**

So, with the current climax to the Seventh Umbral Era storyline, and phrases mentioned within the 2.0 trailer, most people I've spoken with about it have come to one conclusion. I figured a discussion thread on it might be a good and/or fun idea, so, here we go. Obvious spoilers to the Seventh Umbral Era storyline below. (Including a small portion of what occurs after you finish the final battle with Nael van Darnus.)

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SpoilerWe managed to down Darnus last night, and while the ending was nice, by no means did it feel "right". I believe there's still more to come with the following patches, but it did seem to tie together some open ends and the trailer this morning seemed to solidify those ideas.

As it stands, when you defeat Van Darnus, everyone thinks you've stopped Dalamud from falling - even Cid. Cid goes on to explain that he's glad we didn't have go through with Louisioux's back-up plan, "whatever the hell that may have been". With the trailer this morning showing Louisioux himself and the voice over, we've come to the conclusion that Lousioux's back-up plan was to freeze chosen heroes in time as to save them from certain death, only to be awakened after the cataclysmic events of Dalamud in order to save Eorzea from the Garlean Empire.

Fast forward to the future Eorzea. The Garlean Empire has stalled in it's advance on Eorzea, and it starts to push back against the empire. Those heroes of ages past are awoken once again to help push the Garleans back and reclaim a radically transformed Eorzea (Due to Dalamud and events that we all missed during our slumber).

Now, this is obviously still speculation, but speculation that seems to have somewhat heavy evidence.

We do know for a fact that we'll be brought into the future. It's boldly stated in the trailer. So even on those grounds alone, what do you think that means for current generation characters?

Personally, I think it will be extremely interesting to essentially have two different generations of Eorzeans in existence. Us, who have weathered the seventh umbral era's coming, and those players who join post 2.0 that have possibly lived in the future Eorzea their entire lives. It's going to add a very strong spin to almost everyone's background unless they choose to retcon their character to have been in the future Eorzea.

Figure it's something we all should start thinking about, and how it will reflect on our characters - even if the exact scenario portrayed above doesn't come to pass.

What are your thoughts?

A Realm Reborn, and it's effect on 1.0 characters. [Spoiler]

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