Character: Themis Canon: Final Fantasy XIV Current Canon Point: Pandaemonium, the Fourth Circle New Canon Point: Pandaemonium, the Eighth Circle Updated Background:
- Themis has been officially revealed to hold the seat of Elidibus. Being real, we all knew it, but it has now been spelled out. I'm still planning on keeping mum to characters that are not Endwalker compliant though.
- Themis, as Elidibus, convinced Lahabrea to NOT destroy Pandaemonium. As a result of Lahabrea joining the squad, he's going to be far less concerned about things in the waking world while within Song.
- Themis is aware of Lahabrea and Erichthonios' poor (and disconcerting) history. He later witnessed what appears to be a resolution between them. + relationship points for Erich.
- Themis has learned that two keywards, Agdistis and Hegemone, were transformed into hemitheos. By his group's hand, Hegemone was interred, and Agdistis was destroyed. Things aren't going great with the plan to save the keywards, all-in-all.
- Themis is aware Erichthonios is special to Pandaemonium, and understands his past at the hands of Athena. Likewise, Themis knows the context behind Lahabrea's murder of her, so he's not half as suspicious of him as he was.
- Themis now has control of Abyssos as well as Asphodelos.
Updated Personality:
- Themis now has a much more profound bond with Erichthonios and the warrior of light.
- Themis has the beginnings of a bond with Lahabrea. Or at least, knows things about him others would not... and is far less suspicious of him.
- I'm thinking, given the fact that Lahabrea is on side and he's of the Convocation, Themis will be much more likely (if pushed) to tell Emet-Selch about what's going on. That's basically the crux of this canon update and how it will impact Themis in Song: After it, Themis will be FAR more open about his motivations toward canonmates, giving much more CR development.
Any other updates:
- Themis has shown that he's more than capable of breaking out of Lahabrea's magick in Circle 6. (Yes, it was Hephaistos' magick- but Lahabrea admits they're both equal in every way. So yeah. Same thing. He's strong, and his power will adjust based on this.) OF NOTE: Themis still requires quite a great deal of concentration to do his thing. He's by no means infallible and can't deflect nasty stuff on the fly.
Questions/Other: Upon app, I was advised to keep all allusions to Themis being Elidibus quiet as although it was more or less confirmed between the lines, canon had not spelled it out plainly pre 6.2. Now it has been confirmed, I'd like to assure the mods that no retcons of song things are required.
Where retcons would be required with Emet-Selch (as Emet would normally use Themis' title above his real name), I and the player have discussed between ourselves and come to the conclusion that no retcons are required as Emet-Selch would not reveal Themis to be Elidibus when there are Scions in Song who would (rightly) judge Themis on his actions as Elidibus far into the future- things he is not even aware of at his canon point. Plus, the possibility of a Scion or two spoilerdumping Themis about what happens to him/his world out of spite is something Emet wants to avoid.
On Themis' part, he's been happy to be called Themis in Song because in his mind (up to the canon update giving him his SECOND time in Song) he's been running under the assumption that Song is just a dream. His real name has been quite natural to him in a dream.
CANON UPDATE
Canon: Final Fantasy XIV
Current Canon Point: Pandaemonium, the Fourth Circle
New Canon Point: Pandaemonium, the Eighth Circle
Updated Background:
- Themis has been officially revealed to hold the seat of Elidibus. Being real, we all knew it, but it has now been spelled out. I'm still planning on keeping mum to characters that are not Endwalker compliant though.
- Themis, as Elidibus, convinced Lahabrea to NOT destroy Pandaemonium. As a result of Lahabrea joining the squad, he's going to be far less concerned about things in the waking world while within Song.
- Themis is aware of Lahabrea and Erichthonios' poor (and disconcerting) history. He later witnessed what appears to be a resolution between them. + relationship points for Erich.
- Themis has learned that two keywards, Agdistis and Hegemone, were transformed into hemitheos. By his group's hand, Hegemone was interred, and Agdistis was destroyed. Things aren't going great with the plan to save the keywards, all-in-all.
- Themis is aware Erichthonios is special to Pandaemonium, and understands his past at the hands of Athena. Likewise, Themis knows the context behind Lahabrea's murder of her, so he's not half as suspicious of him as he was.
- Themis now has control of Abyssos as well as Asphodelos.
Updated Personality:
- Themis now has a much more profound bond with Erichthonios and the warrior of light.
- Themis has the beginnings of a bond with Lahabrea. Or at least, knows things about him others would not... and is far less suspicious of him.
- I'm thinking, given the fact that Lahabrea is on side and he's of the Convocation, Themis will be much more likely (if pushed) to tell Emet-Selch about what's going on. That's basically the crux of this canon update and how it will impact Themis in Song: After it, Themis will be FAR more open about his motivations toward canonmates, giving much more CR development.
Any other updates:
- Themis has shown that he's more than capable of breaking out of Lahabrea's magick in Circle 6. (Yes, it was Hephaistos' magick- but Lahabrea admits they're both equal in every way. So yeah. Same thing. He's strong, and his power will adjust based on this.) OF NOTE: Themis still requires quite a great deal of concentration to do his thing. He's by no means infallible and can't deflect nasty stuff on the fly.
Questions/Other: Upon app, I was advised to keep all allusions to Themis being Elidibus quiet as although it was more or less confirmed between the lines, canon had not spelled it out plainly pre 6.2. Now it has been confirmed, I'd like to assure the mods that no retcons of song things are required.
Where retcons would be required with Emet-Selch (as Emet would normally use Themis' title above his real name), I and the player have discussed between ourselves and come to the conclusion that no retcons are required as Emet-Selch would not reveal Themis to be Elidibus when there are Scions in Song who would (rightly) judge Themis on his actions as Elidibus far into the future- things he is not even aware of at his canon point. Plus, the possibility of a Scion or two spoilerdumping Themis about what happens to him/his world out of spite is something Emet wants to avoid.
On Themis' part, he's been happy to be called Themis in Song because in his mind (up to the canon update giving him his SECOND time in Song) he's been running under the assumption that Song is just a dream. His real name has been quite natural to him in a dream.