FFXIV's New Patch Is Just INCREDIBLE 

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Reapers forge a pact with a voidsent from the 13th. When the pact expires "by death or betrayal", the voidsent is free and thus returns to the 13th. Zenos' voidsent being shown in what presumably is the 13th, alone, is actually even more evidence that Zenos is fully dead.

It is not Zenos, it is just the Voidsent that he bound to himself, clearly a powerful being

The scene on the Thirteeth with the knight and four elementals is ABSOLUTELY a callback to FF4. That is almost certainly Golbez and the Four Elemental Fiends(Earth - Scarmiglione, Fire - Rubicante, Wind - Barbariccia, Water - Cagnazzo). As someone who loves FF4, I popped off hard at that scene.

Easily the best bit of the patch is that the FF14 team is clearly comfortable with adding in comedy and levity to the game.

As someone else mentioned, Zenos' voidsent being back on the 13th finally settles the question of whether he's dead or not. Voidsent of reapers are released basically when the reaper dies. Now the question is what is so special about this voidsent? Considering the hints from Yoshi-p and now the sudden importance of this voidsent, I strongly believe in the theory that it is the 13th shard of Azem. The WoLs on that shard were corrupted into voidsent after all.

The armored figure with the elementals is a reference to Golbez, one of the main antagonists in FF4. He’s the brother of Cecil, the main character. He also constructed the towers of Zot and Babil. As well as the commander of the elemental fiends. Smart money says they’re the trials in the patches

Fun fact, when talking to Vrtra about allocating funds, you get extra options if you completed a certain custom delivery. It doesn't change anything, but it's a nice touch that made the game feel more alive.

They’ve brought up past villains before for this game. Cloud of Darkness from FF3 for instance. Chaos from FF1, Phantom Train from ff5, etc. Spoiler related “what-ifs” ahead: The knight in black looks incredibly similar to Golbez from FF4. Golbez in that game always had a Shadow Dragon to fight alongside him. What if the Shadow Dragon this time is Azdaja? Since she’s been locked in the Thirteenth for over 5000 years,

My takeaway from 6.1 is that the writing team clearly already know which direction they want to go in and they're confident in that direction. And really you could not ask for anything more. All faith in Ishikawa and her team.

One of my favorite things from the patch story is actually something really minor, and it involves the Trust system. Those 2 familiars you see Y'shtola summon? Well you may remember the boss fight from Matoya's Relict where you fight that as the 2nd boss. If you take Y'shtola in as a Trust, she actually explains how it was a creation of hers. Now you get that info in 6.1, but it's just really cool to me that they took Trust dialogue and expanded upon it in patch story content. I love stuff like that.

When I saw that familiar looking Armored Voidsent and heard the music my inner FF4 Fangirl went ballistic. Im so excited to see what they do with this possibly Golbez dude.

For those who don't know, the new dungeon is a wholesale reference to Final Fantasy XI, more specifically the third expansion Treasures Of Aht Urhgan. The name of the dungeon references the Alzadaal Undersea Ruins. The first part of the dungeon, named "Bhaflau remnants", references the Bhaflau Thicket, one of the first regions we visit in that expansion. The second, Arrapago Remnants, references the zone of the same name, and Zhayolm remnants references the Mount Zhayolm :). On top of that, visually speaking they also share a lot of similarities with their counterparts. Bhaflau remnants is almost a carbon copy of bhaflau thickets, same with arrapago remnants. The only thing that doesn't match is Zhayolm remnants.

You were right the first time. The light-flooded area is called "the empty"

This patch is my second live patch. There's a lot of fun to be had, especially for players with only an hour or two a day to play

You should do Eden soon. You should also do all 4 job quests from ShB because there is a capper quest after that deals with pertinent lore. Not required, but good to have in your head.

time between reflections also flows differently, crystal exarch talks about it when you arrive in the first. at the moment of shadowbringers the flow of time between the source and the first becomes basically the same but its not always this way and no one really knows how long this is going to last. in a way that means that going to a future, hopefully repopulated version of the first where time has passed faster would also be possible. remember, for us in the source it was like a few days/weeks of the scions being gone, meanwhile thancred lived there for 5 years as he was the first to get called, then urianger and yshtola spend 3 years there and alphi and alisaie about 1 year. speculation time: maybe its the WOLs presence that makes the time align - this would mean that ever since we set foot in the World of Darkness in ARR, time between the 13th and the source has become aligned. Before that it could have been whatever - which could be used to explain azdajas survival (if she has survived, so far we don't know). just a wild theory. they do say, that the 13th and the source are especially close which causes these random void gates to open between them, so maybe time has always been aligned and we can forget about that whole point earlier :D

Suggestion: do all of Warring Triad, then all of Shadowbringers' job role quests and the subsequent quests. I won't say anything else aside from the fact that a lot of what happened there was referenced in 6.1 MSQ, and in fact I think some of the cutscenes of 6.1 were gated by those old quests.

I loved how so much of this was built with some great wholesome moments. Those opening moments with Tataru, i kept repeating that word. Watching G'raha react, the tail wag, the ear twitches, made me smile. This is building something fun, and this is what I pretty much expected. Also my first thought was Chaos in the void, then I remembered FFIV, and the look makes me think Golbez, possibly Zermos. Would def follow the them of FFIV they have going.

Can't wait for your video on the first wing of the Alliance Raid! Some awesome lore there that I thought was super fun! (P.S. Maybe have Matt do a video on the new Role quest? It was really good at just dealing with people of the world and I loved it.)

the mysterious black knight in the story is clearly going to be Golbez and the four elemental sigils are the four fiends, Cagnazzo, Valvalis, Milon and Rubicante. the musical cue when they are introduced is the same music that plays during the "Meanwhile..." scenes with Golbez and Kain.

The "Knight in Black Armor" on the throne in the Thirteenth is a reference to Golbez from Final Fantasy IV (They even play a remix of his theme!), and the 4 Elemental Thrones around him are a reference to the four Elemental Archfiends from the same game (Scarmiglione the Blighted Despot, Cagnazzo the Drowned King, Barbariccia the Emperess of Wind, and Rubicante the Autarch of Flame) who were Golbez's most powerful minions.

The Dark Knight looking guy you mention is a clear reference to Golbez from FF4. It even plays Golbez's music theme. The thrones are likely supposed to represent the four fiends from FF4: Scarmiglione (Earth), Cagnazzo (Water), Barbariccia (Wind), and Rubicante (Fire).

A few things: That scene where Vrtra asks you about what to do about rebuilding Radz-at-Han and helping the children actually gets more choices if you participated in Ishgardian Restoration and/or Zhloe's Custom Deliveries. Yet another wonderful example of your non-MSQ side content involvement being called out in the MSQ itself. The scene knight and the multiple thrones is a reference to FF4. The knight is Golbez, the main antagonist for the majority of that game, and the four thrones are referencing his Four Fiends: Scarmiglione, Cagnazzo, Barbaricia, and Rubicante. I'm fairly certain they were who were talking in that scene with Golbez. The dungeon, and the lead up to it with that merchant, are references to FFXI's Nyzul Isle, and all the content related to it (Salvage, Nyzul Isle, Assault), as well as yet more call backs to the expansion all of that showed up in (Treasures of Aht Urghan). I'm glad I did that dungeon with Trusts, because I spent a good amount of time afking flipping out once I pulled up the area map and saw the names I saw. Myths of the Realm set up some pretty big plot points, and I can't wait to see you get to it! Crystal Conflict is good, and is the way PvP should move forward. All in all, 6.1 was a good start to a new story, and I can't wait to see how this all leads up to 7.0!

@9:40 Speaking of callbacks, it's hard to say how much, but a LOT of dialogue options in 6.1 seem to have extra options for players who did given content. For example, crafters and gatherers who contributed to Zhloe's custom deliveries in Idyllshire, or the Firmament reconstruction quests, each have a 3rd and 4th option in that scene there referencing their orphanages you contributed to. There is one dialogue prompt which I assume literally doesn't even exist if you didn't do the full Shadowbringers role quest finale for having done all 4.

As a huge Final Fantasy fan for over 20 years, that cutscene at 13:50 had me absolutely screaming and struggling to focus on the rest of the MSQ after. Spoilers for Final Fantasy IV ahead if you really want to play that game first: -- -- -- I'm sure Matt will tell you this later, but the Man in Black is Golbez, the main antagonist of Final Fantasy IV. The theme being played is a rendition of Golbez's main theme, "Golbez, Clad in Darkness", and the four thrones, if the inflections in tone are any indications, are most certainly the Four Elemental Archfiends, which were Golbez's direct subordinates in that game. Scarmiglione of Earth, Rubicante of Fire, Barbariccia of Wind, and Cagnazzo of Water. It's very interesting to me, also, that Golbez talks about the "redemption of this star". Because even though Golbez is the main antagonist of FFIV, the major twist is that Golbez himself, while having used mind control on others such as Kain Highwind to further his ambitions, was in turn also mind controlled himself by the true villain of FFIV, Zemus (who would then be killed near the end of the game by Golbez and a lunarian named FuSoYa, and his hatred then manifested into a new form, Zeromus, who needed to be defeated by the heroes). In FFIV and even in Dissidia games, he is often seen as an anti-Villain.

Just finished the MSQ and Alliance Raid...Oh my, there's a lot of stuff, story and lore-wise. Haven't done the Role Quest and Crystalline conflict part. I'm having a blast for this 6.1! Thanks for the video!

@17:15 Thinking of Shadowbringers stuff and Eden, without going into spoilers, yes there are more connections to be found if you do Eden and if you complete all 4 SHB Role Quests and their followup quests. I can only assume at least one dialogue prompt in 6.1 doesn't even occur if you had not done the SHB Role Quests. It's weird because it's both so central but also one of the most gated optional questlines in the game.

13:55 - Indeed it is another reference. Adding onto Endwalker's many references to FF4 (the moon, the Tower of Zot and Babil, the Magus Sisters), we now see XIV's version of the OG Darth-Vader ripoff, Golbez and his Four Elemental Fiends! Very hype!

To those struggling with "look away" and heavily patterned AoE, try switching your character movement into "Legacy Mode" Your character will move like they do when using a controller, but you're still on mouse and keyboard. In other words, rather than slowly walking backwards, your character will about-face and move in the direction keyed at a run like you think they shoould. And for more precision movement, if you hold A and D, then S (or combos of A, D or S, D for diagonal strafing) you can still backpeddle at a slow walking pace... this can be useful for jumping puzzles. :3

Have you done the Mhach raids from Heavensward? Or the hard modes of the Amdapor dungeons? There is a significantly powerful voidsent that keeps appearing over and over again. Hell he even shows up in Bozja in some fashion. It's my theory that Zenos may have bound himself to this voidsent. And it would be poetic, as he wants us very, very dead after Mhach.

I love how they expand choices for dialogue if you've done side content... if you do Custom Deliveries for Zhloe, you get a third option in that Vrtra conversation where you specifically mention funding an orphanage through the crafting of high quality goods for sale.

The Knight in Black in the 13th is LITERALLY Golbez, Final Fantasy 4's main antagonist.

PvP is actually really good! The Intro to the new baddie and his history is intriguing and that alliance raid story seemed heavy on main lore (kinda like how CT did). Crazy what they revealed in that new story.

Me that morning in discord: yeah the x.1 patches are never as good and I’ll like it but things will be likely uneventful. Me, someone who loves and wants to go to the thirteenth and loves FFIV so much: Well I was super wrong!

I think that it's worth remembering that Zenos is not a normal person. He is a Resonant, someone with an Artificial Echo. He was even called "An Ascian in all but name" at one point in the MSQ. Who knows what he's capable of.

"I wonder if that's a reference to another FF game" It's Golbez from FFIV, and the way the 4 elemental creatures talk are his fiends - Scarmilionge of Earth, Cagnazzo of Water, Barbaccia of Air, and Rubicante of Fire. Even the music is a rearrangement of one of the ominous themes from FFIV.

Love your videos man. You’re such a welcome addition to the community

I'm not PvP guy, but even the new PvP is crazy awesome! And the new Alliance Raid is so awesome!

The Knight with the four thrones of the classical elements is a reference to FF4's Golbez and the Four Fiends, which itself is a reference to FF1's Garland (aka CHAOS) and his own set of Four Fiends.

Setting up a big bad and 4 elemental fiends in the 13th is going back to FF basics and traditions to the most extreme. That combined with tying it back to the Crystal Tower, a thing from the base game, gets across that the scale is smaller again.

They gave us players a sense of a new start, they planted seeds for future stories and adventures, they tied loose ends about the expansion and the people of the world. This was an incredible patch so far.

I liked the secret 3rd option for 9:41's dialogue option, it's always nice to see dialogue options pop up for doing specific parts of the game.

Wow, nice new camera angle and setup! What a fun patch so far, also an exciting direction for the story to go into, thanks for the review Matt. Love your use of Gshade BTW, looks great

Spoilers for the end of the patch MSQ... My guess would be that the reaper voidsent we saw at the end was likely the one connected to Zenos, but I don't think it is Zenos himself or even his body. Could be wrong, but I'm assuming we are actually done with Zenos now.

13:55 Keeping with the FFIV theme the expansion has been going with: that Dark Knight and the four Elemental Thrones are Golbez (one of the primary antagonists for FFIV) and his Four Fiends of the Elements.

I can only imagine that Zenos' voidsent may have been freed by his death, and it now has the ability to roam the Source. I don't necessarily think there's much more to it than that, but maybe that Voidsent in particular has some relevance to the MC. They could be the Thirteenth's version of the MC, which would be interesting and fit his obsession, but. We'll see what happens!

The new PvP is so good! It's super fun because it's so fast paced.

Can I just say, I've been following this channel since I played WoW daily. And it's been incredible to see a fav channel shed some well deserved light to FFXIV as that's really all I play nowadays.

In regards to the various geo-cultural influences on Meracydia, so far there has been mostly trivia/lore indicating that Africa is likely the main influence/analogue to Meracydia. Such as Sesame seeds being native to Meracydia, which correlates with most species of sesame plants being native to Africa in real life. And Aloe Vera while not native to Africa like Meracydia, has become naturalized and cultivated in many parts of Africa. Also references to native megafauna like Hippos and the Benben mounds are further references to Africa. And Sun Seeker Miqo’te (and Miqo’te in general originate from Meracydia), their traditional societal structures are very likely inspired by how lion prides are structured. The other potential geo-cultural influence for Meracydia that has been speculated on is that Oceania/Australia might be the secondary influence/analogue for Meracydia.

Bell needs to do the Warring Triad questline, I assume he skipped it as he was gunning it to get to EW ASAP. It has ties to pretty much everything discussed in the video.

Also, I just want to give a shout out to my boy Mr. Happy who totally called that the four fiends from Final Fantasy 4 would pop up this expansion and will likely be part of the trial story line. ALSO also, I always love to see additional flavor text given when you've unlocked things in the game and the fact that Y'sthola herself commented on my being a Reaper and brought up the dangers of wielding control over a voidsent made my day almost as much as the book falling on her head, the sass dialogue options, and of course that legendary Gap Moe scene which was itself a callback to Matoya's Relict with information that you gain from taking her as one of the Trusts.

It’s super cool that when you do the quest as a reaper y’shtola tells you to be careful and stuff… it’s so cool the little details… also the drop of the warring triad tie in

The four elementals and the black knight are almost certainly going to be the next trial series for Endwalker. I have a feeling that the trial fights are once again going to be part of the MSQ like they were back in ARR.

The armored guy is Golbez and the four thrones are the four Archfiends from Final Fantasy IV. The music that plays is from FFIV.

Seeing Golbez and the elementals was poggers. At first I thought it was Garland, but then the helmet and pose / theme sold it as Golbez, and I'm all for it!

I wonder how time does work there on the 13th? The first didn't work the same as the source but it at least got closer when we went there.

anyone knows what filter preset hes using ingame? or a custom one? so sharp and clean :o

13:53 That's Golbez, from FFIV, and his soldiers are the Four Fiends. One of each element. BUT The real villain of FFIV is Zemus. We have here a voidsent of Zenos. Let's see.

The Dark Knight guy is from FFIV, and it actually has some interesting implications. FFIV SPOILERS AHEAD . . . . His name is Golbez, and in the game he was set up to be the antagonist in the beginning. You find out later that he was being mind controlled by one of the ancient aliens (Lunarians) on the moon. The main character, Cecil, has strong parallels with FFXIV's WoL because of the Dark Knight (SHB) to Paladin (EW) poster job transition, which happens to Cecil in FFIV. As it turns out, both Golbez and Cecil are brothers, who are the only half Lunarian, half humans to exist.

9:39 Oh snap, he didnt get a third option... I guess he didnt do the Zhloe Aliapoh stuff.

You can tell from Bellular's hair that he just finished gaming haha. Would love to see more videos with this format, less scripted and a bit more from the heart!

@13:50 As I'm sure many will attest, the Knight in Black is Golbez from Final Fantasy 4, who had a flunkie squad of 4 elemental archfiends. Golbez serves as a major antagonist driving much of the plot. I won't spoil anything of FF4's storyline other than this vague description. It would be worth trying to do FF4 prior to 6.2 if you can. There are quite a few plot points we can speculate upon based on FF4 regarding Golbez, Azdaja, Estinien, Zenos' avatar, and possibly more. Personally, I expect this to be our Trial series for 6.2-6.5. I do not know if we will get a dungeon, deep dungeon, or anything else associated with this though.

I think it would be pretty cool if the voidsent made a contract with Zenos instead of the reverse. it could be a cool story thing to explore because we know so little about Zenos

Oh, that's a good bit of design there with the silk cords! The yellow ones have distinctly more knots than the green ones, so colorblind mode is built in.

As someone who played FFXI, I geeked out hard at all the references to that game in this dungeon. The naming of the area... Alzadaal, Bhaflau, Arrapago, many of the dungeon's enemies.All of them pulled from FFXI. Well played Square, well played.

I would argue the shards are parallel universes or parallel worlds, they exist in parallel to the source but they are not mirror universes. there is no evil Cid with a goatee, as far as I know, on one of those shards. If you look at Shadowbringers, Chai Nuzz is clearly the "Cid" of the first, but he isnt Cid, he is his own unique character thus we can get attached to Chai Nuzz and fear for his safety if something bad happens.

FF4 was my first FF and seeing Golbez and those elemental things which are probably the Four Fiends. just made me happy to see it. I cant wait to see more on Zenos' Reaper voidsent.

Thinking about the Reflections, one particular thing that comes to mind that could be found in them that could be interesting to deal with... Because the reflections don't get Umbral Calamities like the Source does, and the Umbral Calamities are the biggest thing causing big empires to fall in the Source, there is a possibility that in one of the reflections there is just one gigantic Empire that's been building up since after the Sundering and has had thousands upon thousands of years time to develop to greater heights.

I like that you are speculating about FF lore now! And not just WoW lore! And the first thought i had on seeing the dark knight on the throne was Garland from FF1. The remake just came out as well, though I dont know anything about its plot.

If you want to get more info on the new world, it gets some pretty interesting exposition in the Blue Mage quests. Also the 6.1 MSQ cutscenes have some extra lines if you've done Warring Triad and if you've done all the Shadowbringers Role quests, which was a really cool touch I wasn't expecting

Im so damn ready for more Void story! I made such a weird noise Golbez was walking up the platform then his music kicks in!

The "Dark Knight" character is a reference Golbez and the Four Fiends from FF4, and to make it more obvious they played the "Somewhere in the World" theme from FF4 during that cutscene. And them being shown in the msq like cutscene makes me think that the trials for the endwalker patches are gonna be in the MSQ, rather than a side thing.

The throne of elements I think it's the shards that the Ascians actually managed to rejoin. Remember in ShB how Graha or Emet (can't remember) explained the rejoinings and the calamities? It sort of reminded me of that.

Have u done all the rol quests in shadowbringers cuz that will give u insight on the situation in the 13th as well as older sides characters that used to be in the rising stones

On the Vrtra Dialog there is a Third Option for what you can suggest if you've done the Zlhoe Orphanage Deliveries in Idyllshire. I thought it was a Great little touch, since you've dealt with a similar situation if you've completed the quests from there.

Seeing Y'sthola's Gap Moe pop up out of nowhere will invariably etch this patch into my memory for years to come. She always ends up getting super memorable scenes. Also, I know you weren't around for it but I would compare the feeling of this patch to 2.1 as opposed to a .4 style patch. In patch 2.1, we had pushed back the immediate Garlean threat and so were free to pursue other endeavors like having the Scions move out of Thanalan and your first encounter with Elidibous. It dropped seeds for a lot of things to come but not in the same way as 2.4 and 2.5 which dealt with the Crystal Braves and our inevitable betrayal and escape to Ishgard.

Talking about reapers, there is an additional bit of dialogue you seem to get during a cutscene when playing a reaper in Radz-at-Han after the dungeon. Y'shtola - You seem to have struck a bargain of your own, PlayerName. Though it serves you well in battle, be aware that the beneficial nature of your "arrangement" is the exception which proves the rule.

I've been super-hyped to go to the 13th since the whole Cylva and Unikalhai in ShB (you get that quest chain if you finish all role quests)

For a "back to simple adventures", it sure built up a lot of potential huge looming threats, really well at that too actually. Been playing too much PvP though, the new Crystal Conflict is really great, 5 minutes of quick action, sometimes they do go several minutes over that and becoming extremely close battles, and other times its a steamroll too. Wasn't going into this patch expecting to being pvp'ing this much at all, haven't even tried the alliance raid yet, but from what I've seen, and especially heard(music so good), it looks to be one of very top tier raids.

One curious thought I had was maybe the Voidsent Zenos made a pact with is a warped Azdaja, we know how being in the 13th and even suffering wounds in there was enough to allow the corruption to start warping you in various ways (very much like sin-eaters), although Azdaja is of the first brood she is still only 1 dragon and can only fight for so long before suffering some kind of wound and even if no wounds were ever suffered the corrupting aether would eventually take hold (we have no idea how time flows in the 13th so she could have been there much longer than we believe), considering that her aetheric strength would likely be the same after being transformed it would stand to reason that it would take someone with insane amounts of power to make a pact with such a Voidsent, someone like Zenos. Also, note how the Voidsent talked about the 13th being bereft of saviors which would suggest it has some memory or instinct tied to before it was transformed kind of like Tesleen and the Previous Titania. The main reason I had this thought was that I saw a lot of people put forward the theory that it is the 13ths Warrior of Light which could be true, but considering we know the warriors were being corrupted before the world became the void a big question would be to ask what happened to the other warriors of light? we know there was more than one so maybe they fought until there was only one left? or could it be that the Golbez looking knight and the 4 elemental fiends are actually the Warrior of Light and his 4 parties members (5 man party just like Ardbert)

I can't comment on the rest of the game (since I am a trial Monk player who is still under level 50), but the one thing I do like about this patch was the addition of the Trust system for dungeons. Depending on certain important factors (job, server, time of day/night) it can be a slight pain to get a group to run a MSQ duty. Even more so if the pug speeds through it. Now, I can run dungeons with AI units that go at a steady pace and get to experience the full dungeon. Also, the AI will go through the motions of what is needed for boss fights so if it is your first time, you can see what needs to be done at what time. Only nitpick I have with it is the AI is set to the base level for the dungeon, you can't change what classes they are, and the AI is unable to use the Limit break meter. You also get all the items in the treasure chests you pick up, but that can be a toss up depending on the player.

If you haven't completed the Shadowbringer's combined role quest series, including Unukalhai's part of it, you'll understand why I went back to the First on my own to try to fish for more comments during the 6.1 MSQ. They didn't have any though, even after finishing the MSQ. Oh and it looks like there are some dialog options that are missing during your run when discussing how to fund the orphanage. I had options to talk about the restoration of Iidyllshire and the rebuilding of Foundation for options as I participated in both those events in the past. The "Man in Black" or "dark knight" reminds me of two other FF characters, one more than other. Golbez from FF4 and, more likely, Exdeath from FF5. Exdeath just fits better from what we have seen around him so far in our brief encounter

People probably said it already but the big dark knight figure on the throne is direct reference to Golbez from FF4, identical look

Mr Tin Can we see in the 13th is almost certainly a reference to Garland/Chaos of FF1. Edit - or as others have mentioned potentially Golbez of FF4. Can be hard to tell one Tin Can Man from another.

Until we receive a Zenos minion his story is not done, they have said that about minion pets. I did recall the voidsent noting "this world is devoid of saviours" and remembering Zenos actually had some clarity and understanding about us being a needed hero. He even stated he would not stop us if we just left at the end, since we were important. Maybe, if he is somehow in his voidsent, he is gonna try his own strange version of being what he sees us as. I dunno, but it's interesting enough. Especially since my head canon is that his wish sent us back home at the end

I'm thinking that the next few patches will be us finding a way for people to travel to the different shards and somehow stabilizing the time flow. I'm wondering if the overall goal is to recombine all the shards with the source without causing calamities.

That callback to Golbez and the four fiends from FF4 is almost certainly confirming the trial series for Endwalker will be the four fiends.

There's a line in the voidsent discussion cutscene that I wondered if it was included only because I was playing a reaper when I watched it. Maybe time to dust off the alternate character I made way back in 1.0 and get her caught up... lol

Zenos's voidsent in the 13th to me looks like its in an area that's a combination of the Walk of Echoes in FFXI and The Churning Mists.

I'm sure a lot of people already told it, but the black armored guy is yet another reference to FF IV (Golbez just to name it). But not only the character, the music is a rendition of a song from IV and the four thrones speaks a lot, and i mean A LOT (at least in french) like the Four Fiends from the same game (Fours lords at the service of Golbez, And for their name in FF IV : Scarmaglionne (Earth), Cagnazzo (Water), Barbarricia (Wind) and Rubicante (Fire) ).

We do know a little about Meracydia. The Warring Triad were summoned from there. We got to meet Sophia's thralls and we know that Zevron was summoned by a race of Lizard Centaurs. So there is a tiny picture into how it was 5000 years ago!

I really hope that is Zenos' avatar and not actually him. I like Zenos and his last return but I would be afraid he would be overstaying his welcome. I will be curious if they try tying in the special quest you get after doing all the role quests in Shadowbringers (seriously it is worth doing this since it is void related). They made some reference to them (at least if you did the quests) mentioning the 2 'survivors' of the Thirteenth. It makes me think we might see the story of the Thirteenth play out over a few expansions. This time I think it will be in the trial series. On references, they seem to reference things a lot in this MSQ. I noticed from the clip of Bellular's playing that you get extra dialog choices if you have done the Ishgard restoration quests and if you have done the Custom Deliverys related to the orphanage in Idyllshire. There are times that it also seemed that the NPCs referenced the new outfit if you have it glamoured(haven't been able to check this yet).

Complete all the Shadow bringers role quests and they give you a bit more info of the 13th. There is a bonus quest chain from it about the 13th. Also opens new chat options in patch 6.1 about the 13th

1. Meracydia- Do the Warring Triad questline 2. Dark Knight in the void with elemental beings- Final Fantasy 4 3. Dark Voidsent at the end- Zenos's Avatar

Btw you can also see a special conversation in a cutscene if you are reaper. The cutscene after the dungeon.

13:55 YES, that is a reference to FF IV again! He looks like Golbez, who also commanded the Four Elemental Fiends. Maybe they’ll get the same names as the ones in FF IV too :) At least, that’s how I read it :)

what gshade is bellular using!?

The raid is hands down the best part of this patch. Lots of cool things like pvp, and pod mount. But that raid personally if the most fun out of all the raids 8 man or 24. Your video on it should be pretty good.

The Black Knight on the Throne is Golbez, and the 4 elemental thrones are likely the Four Fiends (all FF4 references)