In historical Viking society, níð was a term for a social stigma, implying the loss of honor and the status of a villain. In Norse mythology, Níðhöggr ( Malice Striker, in Old Norse traditionally also spelled Níðhǫggr, often anglicized Nidhogg ) is a dragon who gnaws at a root of the world tree, Yggdrasil. As soon as the door closes Lucia starts forming a rescue plan – Alphinaud and I feel obliged to help out because Aymeric is a stand-up guy.Níðhǫggr gnaws the roots of Yggdrasill in this illustration from a 17th-century Icelandic manuscript. I’m no longer a wanted man south of the border and have friends to find.īut, Aymeric (now rumoured to be the Archbishop’s illegitimate son) strides off to demand the church proclaim the truth. These are tough, interesting issues that, to be honest, don’t feel like they are mine to sort out: I’m basically a violent foreigner. Thirdly, and most damagingly - and I’d missed this entirely - the division of contemporary Ishgardian society between low- and highborn is a complete fabrication: everyone being susceptible to dragon’s blood shows they are all descended from the same six knights that survived so long ago.
The Ishgardian Church is entirely based on the false history and derives its legitimacy from it. Aymeric is in favour of truth (and maybe reconciliation). This could be avoided by keeping it a secret seems impractical because Iceheart will spread it amongst her lot. Secondly, the Truth significantly repaints the history of Ishgard and how Ishgardians should think about themselves. How is it going to cope? What are they going to do without the war economy? Firstly, the war with the dragons should be done now Nidhogg is gone. There are some immediate political problems. We recount The True Origins of the Dragonsong War to Aymeric, Lucia, Haurchefant, Edmont, and some random servants who probably shouldn’t have been there. Is that me? I’m the Warrior of Light, same diff? This is a curious incident, revealed to have been instigated by Lahabrea and the Archbishop, with the goals of “feeding the people’s fear” and “destroying the bringer of light”. Iceheart has recommitted to the cause of peace and takes them away. We return to Ishgard to deal with an incursion of heretics. Where is the missing of eye of Nidhogg? Last seen with Haldrath 1000 years ago. Nobody without flaw.Īnd that’s it – the end of the war? The MSQ is at level 55 so this is maybe the midpoint. Iceheart hears all this too, another blow for her really given the way she idolized Hraesvelgr. The Echo shows me Hraesvelgr willingly lending Nidhogg his strength - and so powering and sustaining the war - driven by anger over the Elezen betrayal. He admits it immediately and the eye pops back in.
Estinien and I put two and two together and figure out that the yellow eye removed from Nidhogg belongs to Hraesvelgr. Now, I noticed when we were chatting to Hraesvelgr that he had just one eye. I guess we still don’t have anything on the events leading up to Thordan vs. This is basically gone now: we are explicitly told to treat the Echo visions as immutable truth. The other day I was very excited about the ambiguous nature of this story. Haldrath has taken both of Nidhogg’s red eyes and becomes the first Azure Dragoon. The Echo shows me Haldrath (son of Thordan) and six knights in the aftermath of the first battle with Nidhogg. Now another – final? – layer to the origins of the war: Estinien is present for this encounter and ultimately defeats the dragon, taking his one yellow eye. A fine run, simple bosses (far less fussy than the previous instance) culminating in a fight with Nidhogg himself. Cid’s scooters (“aether cutters”) take us straight to the Aery dungeon.
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