(03-16-2016, 03:01 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: @Sounsyy: I swear I saw at least two references during the MSQ. But I may be misremembering so I'm going to go thru the cuts cents again tonight when I get off work.
I think I know where the misconception stems from actually. In 1.0, there was a lot of confusion surrounding what the Archons were and several quests likening the twelve Archons of the 5th Astral Era to the Twelve. Also a couple misinformed NPCs saying Archons such as Urianger, etc were immortal Mhachi from the Great Flood. As ridiculous as this sounds, Fernehalwes actually came in and confirmed that the Archons are not immortal beings like the Ascians.
Walcher Wrote:Perhaps you, too, have heard the legend of the Sixth Umbral Era, and how the great deluge that ushered in the dark age was in fact conjured forth by a band of immortal mages who forged a blood pact with the demon lords of the seven hells to deliver a thousand thousand souls in exchange for sole dominion over Eorzea. I believe that the false prophet Urianger is one of those mages, awoken from fifteen centuries of slumber to complete the fell pact left unfinished so long ago.
Tyago Moui Wrote:Caught wind of all this Archon talk yet? Some folk make them for the very incarnations of the Twelve, come to Eorzea. Old prophecies and wives’ tales say they descend from their heavenly seat whenever disaster threatens Eorzea, see. Needless to say, many believe the Archons to have otherworldly powers─both of mind and body.
Fernehalwes Wrote:That’s right! Like it was brought up earlier, the Archons aren’t the same person, but there’s always people out there that read their history and realize the destruction is in cycle and if you study the books you know it’s in a certain order and you know something is coming and the people find that, gather books and tomes and they have these societies that bring this information together and then they realize its gonna be bad and they have this information that before there was a group and so we’re going to be the ones that go out and try to convince the people. Of course there are the legends, fairy tales and songs that talk about these Archons. To normal people they think they’re these people sent by the gods but actually its just these people that have learned about what’s going to happen and are going to warn them. Of course people are gonna be like ‘Moon is coming down? You can’t expect me to believe that, no way!’
I forgot i did a similar post about it here if you're interested, but it's essentially what I laid out above.
