O life, flourish on this faraway shore, Unfurl your fragile petals with fearless joy. Let this sky grant shelter from darkest storm, And here bloom, hand in hand, forevermore
This is what the Speaker said to just one of the groups of Southsea Islanders who fled disaster. The statue of Loquloqui, the Speaker, in Aloalo Island's Secret Boss path, has several casts
O Life, Flourish O Petals, Unfurl O Isle, Bloom O Winds, Be Mine Lost Light Sanctuary
As we know, Southsea Islanders are responsible for a LOT of magical stuff throughout the world, and are equally responsible for Electrope(which at this point just seems like an evolution of Arcanimancy). Could go on and on about how Southsea Islanders and Alexandrian's lives are diametrically opposed, revering nature vs destroying it, cherishing and worshipping animals vs using their souls for war and sport, etc etc, or similarities, like how Southsea Islanders used gemstones and animated wooden dolls -> Alexandrians have many gemstone names and use Electrope to animate metal dolls, etc.
But that comes back to nature. Halmarut(the botany Ancient) and Calyx(Bearing the name of a flower) conversation implies that this "Great Withering" is a natural occurrence that WILL happen in the absence of the Will of the Star, they tried to fight nature and we ruined their plan, so now it's been hastened. The Speaker/Loquloqui specifically uses nature and floral-related terminology in their speeches/casts. (And before anyone says the Will of the Star is the Twelve, they're regulatory systems made by Hydealyn like Task Manager or Anti-virus, and can't be Hydaelyn and Zodiark either as they came into existence AFTER the Star had been existing for who knows how long without their help)
"Isle" could potentially now mean their new home in Alexandria as well. "Lost Light"- well their island practically glowed the further inland you got. "Sanctuary", duh they all fled to safer spaces. "O Winds, Be Mine", this one has no immediate analogies or double meanings beyond the comment about being under the sky, but if the wind doesn't blow crops and plants will die, which makes me think- why is the "Wind" or something akin to it not blowing? What is isn't wind isn't blowing thats causing the plants(the star) to die?
Friend and I are stumped after like an hour of talk, and thats not even taking the Winters into account(Some Ancients survived the fucking Sundering, what group is out there able to outlast something that will seemingly kill Halmarut?), potential loose ends we have is Meracydia(Tree people/Sephirot, a stone mound named "Benben" who's name means Eternity + makes me think of that big flat Australian mountain some people conspiracy theorize is a tree trunk + Meracydia is mentioned to be in the same part of the world as Southsea Isles and Thavnair), theres seemingly a Dwarf in Living Memory who mentions a life tree I believe, if "The Wind" is literal perhaps Oschon/Deryk knows something, potential other groups with information are maybe Omicrons or Metion, The Great Old One is really the only "nature" being we have but even if they did know something they're so weak at this point I'm not sure they could even communicate the issue to the Padjals
Theres probably stuff I forgot to mention or even stuff that my friend and I straight up missed, but the question remains: Why won't the Wind Blow?
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This is what the Speaker said to just one of the groups of Southsea Islanders who fled disaster. The statue of Loquloqui, the Speaker, in Aloalo Island's Secret Boss path, has several casts
O Life, Flourish O Petals, Unfurl O Isle, Bloom O Winds, Be Mine Lost Light Sanctuary
As we know, Southsea Islanders are responsible for a LOT of magical stuff throughout the world, and are equally responsible for Electrope(which at this point just seems like an evolution of Arcanimancy). Could go on and on about how Southsea Islanders and Alexandrian's lives are diametrically opposed, revering nature vs destroying it, cherishing and worshipping animals vs using their souls for war and sport, etc etc, or similarities, like how Southsea Islanders used gemstones and animated wooden dolls -> Alexandrians have many gemstone names and use Electrope to animate metal dolls, etc.
But that comes back to nature. Halmarut(the botany Ancient) and Calyx(Bearing the name of a flower) conversation implies that this "Great Withering" is a natural occurrence that WILL happen in the absence of the Will of the Star, they tried to fight nature and we ruined their plan, so now it's been hastened. The Speaker/Loquloqui specifically uses nature and floral-related terminology in their speeches/casts. (And before anyone says the Will of the Star is the Twelve, they're regulatory systems made by Hydealyn like Task Manager or Anti-virus, and can't be Hydaelyn and Zodiark either as they came into existence AFTER the Star had been existing for who knows how long without their help)
"Isle" could potentially now mean their new home in Alexandria as well. "Lost Light"- well their island practically glowed the further inland you got. "Sanctuary", duh they all fled to safer spaces. "O Winds, Be Mine", this one has no immediate analogies or double meanings beyond the comment about being under the sky, but if the wind doesn't blow crops and plants will die, which makes me think- why is the "Wind" or something akin to it not blowing? What is isn't wind isn't blowing thats causing the plants(the star) to die?
Friend and I are stumped after like an hour of talk, and thats not even taking the Winters into account(Some Ancients survived the fucking Sundering, what group is out there able to outlast something that will seemingly kill Halmarut?), potential loose ends we have is Meracydia(Tree people/Sephirot, a stone mound named "Benben" who's name means Eternity + makes me think of that big flat Australian mountain some people conspiracy theorize is a tree trunk + Meracydia is mentioned to be in the same part of the world as Southsea Isles and Thavnair), theres seemingly a Dwarf in Living Memory who mentions a life tree I believe, if "The Wind" is literal perhaps Oschon/Deryk knows something, potential other groups with information are maybe Omicrons or Metion, The Great Old One is really the only "nature" being we have but even if they did know something they're so weak at this point I'm not sure they could even communicate the issue to the Padjals
Theres probably stuff I forgot to mention or even stuff that my friend and I straight up missed, but the question remains: Why won't the Wind Blow?
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