Who Will Save The Thirteenth? (FFXIV Lore & Theories)



Who will save the Thirteenth? Patch 6.2 Buried Memory brings the Warrior of Light to the world of the voidsent. Let’s explore the important figures in the shard’s history, the Contramemoria and speculate on where the final chapters of Endwalker are headed. Zero, Unukalhai, Cyella and more!

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25 thoughts on “Who Will Save The Thirteenth? (FFXIV Lore & Theories)”

  1. After I finished the MSQ, I immediately went to the First to see if their dialogue had changed. I'm glad they did, but I'm hoping they will be involved in this story, even if its just side content, cos I dont wanna see Cyella and Unukalhai get shafted :/

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  2. It's really unfortunate that they put Cylva and Unukalhai between multiple layers of optional content, even requiring a level 80 of each role. They should be so important right now but because of they way they were implemented they're just hidden away. They should, at least, do some sort of quest for the people that haven't done the optional content to bring them into the main story line.

    As far as Zero, she's hiding things and I have a feeling she may have eaten her own mother for some reason. She specifically omitted any mention of her fate.

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  3. I really hope Golbez is Azems shard, and that we have to absorb him to stop him. WOuld bring a nice balance to the story. or perhaps azem's shard of the thirteenth is dead currently. either would bring a nice surprise contrary to having zero as the shard which seems too convenient and obvious, with zenos and all that.

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  4. I believe Golbez is our shard. His personality also looks more like twisted, villainous version of Azem. He is unifying the voidsent to "win redemption for the star" and have his four fiends companions. Like Azem, who unites people, always have trusted companions and saving the world. All Azems we know of share this traits so far. That statue of paladin in Zero's domain is probably Golbez before corruption, and it looks like he wearing lvl 90 artifact armor.

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  5. Currently, I believe there is a significance to the word “redemption” instead of “salvation” which was used for the First. I do not believe the thirteenth will ever go back to normal. Voidsent enemies have been around since the beginning and it would be hell to code them all out for only the characters who reach a story milestone. Instead, I believe that the Thirteenth will be redeemed in a matter not unlike the beast tribes, in that a nation will be formed, perhaps ruled by a ‘saved’ Azdaya, and a connection to the Source will be formed for the purposes of trade and stuff. I have absolutely nothing to corroborate this theory, but I think it would be cooler than just doing what we did in shadowbringers all over again.

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  6. My gut says this is a red herring, but FFIV is a major influence on this entire sequence. The red herring is the fact that Zero is named after the villain in FFIV. I don't think she's a villain, but there's definitely more to her.

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  7. I hope Zero doesn’t have anything to do with Zeromus. I never liked Zemus as a villain and thought it was lame even when I was 11 years old. Introducing another villain after pursuing a different antagonist is such a cliche way to subvert expectations. Golbez is just a victim and you’re brother being controlled by some asshat on the moon (FF4) . I feel the same way about all the conflicts with the Ascians being completely watered down by the introduction of Meteion in the 11th hour. Just my opinion.

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  8. Shadowed Past is SUCH a good sidequest, every time I get Troia in my expert roulette I've been telling people to check it out.

    The really dangerous question is, as has been shown on the Source, Dynamis has been shown to convert aether… what happened during the song of oblivion? Is there another blasphemy on the 13th waiting to be discovered?

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  9. "an attractive one and a hideous one" hey speak for yourself, buddy 😛
    I love your videos and was super hyped to see this pop up today!! Can't wait to see where the story goes from here!
    edit: i am curious if you have any theories about the voidsent raised up to be golbez's generals. My general theory is that they are like shards of ascians??? Which sounds kinda dumb just thrown out there without backing it up, but I wont spam this comment thread with my theories >.< lol.

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  10. I believe Golbez might be the father of Zero and he also might our shard which why i think zeno wanted to use her. Come on what's more twisted than a girl with daddy issues teaming up with some guy who hates?????🤷‍♂️ your dad too ( well a reflection of him/her….sigh this theory sounded better in my head)

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