Cyphre

Unknown. While she could age naturally, she could also come from the past like so many others. She is the right hand woman of a person who owns a Time Crystal.

He did say this is a remote controlled body and his real one is in Xen HQ. I personally dont see a reason to doubt his words about then, Ren is still very much a human. He does have a reason to remain with team Xen though. He has seen a lot, had a change of perspective, and maybe team Xen's goals actually make sense to him now. Not to mention most likely he and Anastasia will be a thing and i bet you anything our Renny boy will do anything for love.

Maybe listing what we know about team Xen would help somehow: 1) Madame X said "this light of yours will be mine", which is either her end goal, or a means to an end. More likely that Archetype's power is a necessary tool for her goals, whatever they are. 2) Their HQ is in the former Rejuvenation Project building, which was established to restore Miera region after the disaster that struck there. Whether it's important or not yet has to be seen. 3) They recruit people. I know this is obvious at face value, however there exist Deathwings, who basically sign a contract for life to be prisoners of their regenerating bio armor. You dont do that for a mere paycheck or a raise. There must be some sort of goal that drives normal people to actually do those things, either practical or idealistic. While a lot of grunts and even admins join for their own goals, there is clearly some higher ideal there. 4) They tried to gather some kind of energy, that is released when people fight, suffer and/or die. Whether that energy was meant for sustaining Second Blacksteeple Castle barrier, for breaking it, for Miera restoration, or for something else entirely remains to be seen. 5) Shirley talked about mark of death, that if you are in team Xen, you are in it for life and cannot quit. It is usually assumed that they just hunt traitors and deal with them, but it can also be something way more drastic. 6) Team Xen, or at least Madame X, ally themselves with Clear and Kieran, whose goals and allegiances are still not very clear. However they definitely have some common goals in between them. 7) The word Xen itself is originated from Greek "xenos" and means generally something foreign or strange, not belonging here. Either, "guest", "stranger", or can even mean "host". All those words can mean different things and give different context to their team's name. 8) Xen admins know their endgoal (im fairly sure we asked Zetta once what team Xen's goal were, and he answered "wouldnt you like to know", implying he is aware, and if even he knew that, other Xen admins must know too) and are okay with it to an extent. Most of all this is notable about Neved, whose end goal is a happy and healthy life of his daughter. Which would be impossible in a destroyed world or a timeline or a world that went completely nuts.

Well, Cosmia was posing as Regina, the second one, Comet, was posing as Mosely, to be precise. However i just rewatched this scene and it does make more sense that this was the real Mosely that was caught only when she went upstairs, yeah. I've had couple of dialogues misremembered.

I highly doubt that. She only recently arrived in the region, was a weak battler before meeting us, and at the moment league is in disarray and if she would be E8 member, it would be some kind of last minute addition. She simply did not have a chance, and probably wont have, to become one. Edit: I was skimming through game files, trying to find a clue, and i discovered that our Truck Driver is called... Truck Daddy. That makes me highly uncomfortable.

Well yes, what i mean is Mosely never had any "other world flashbacks" of any kind.

Karen was cool as a cucumber and a fine young lady back when she was recruited into Elite 8 by Celine. It was later on when she attempted Garufan rituals and went bonkers. Also it is highly unlikely Celine would pick an unstable or evil person intentionally from what we heard about her. Weeeeee kinda received video message from her, together with Dylan and Ana during their quest. Both MC and Dylan are aware of how she looks.

This one is the same as always, in the extra lab, accessible from Crawli's secret hideout. Still need a key.

It wasnt Mosely, it was Cosmia. Mosely did not appear since we finished her questline with lost camp. I actually have a weird theory about that. 2 dead bodies were identified, according to the documents. One was Freya, another one was lord Xenadin, former leader of team Xen. Now we know from Rune that this was a lie since she was Freya. So who was the second person in the report? ...that's right, Xenadin. So one of my working theories is that Huey IS lord Xenadin. Obvious problem is, when he fell into Voidal Chasm with Rune, he was 6 years old. However 1) VC messes around with people memories and with time 2) child prodigies is nothing new in pokemon universe.

Nope. That's it.

Okay, now actual real E8: 1) Alexandra, since well, what can you do. 2) Goomink. He became a true hero and was chosen for his battle prowess. 3) Sakitron. Erick and Saki tuned her so hard she became stronger than both of them combined and was picked as an E8 member by Alexandra. 4) Ren and Reina's mom. Like, did you even, like, had any doubts? Umm... 5) Jenkel. Ehehehehe... 6) Piano lady. Because that was obvious for a long time, duh. 7) Truck driver. They always hide some dark secret within. Taxi drivers too. 8) Rorim B. Because hell yeah, baby, let's get groovy here. If it's anything less, i will be sorely dissapointed.

In v12 Jan said we have met 6 out of 8 E8 members. Back then it were Alexandra, Dylan, Karen, Jolene, Tesla, and one unknown variable here. V13 did not introduce a lot of new characters. Cairo would suck in my opinion since he is introduced only as a vendor, doesnt have an interesting role or a correlated sidequest (yet) and honestly i forgot about him fast enough. The most likely member we have met already is Augustus. It was said that back in his glory days he was a VERY accomplished trainer. And i would assume we still havent met 2 final members of E8.

I used it for a long time on Intense, it reached "alright" levels of usable. It's not complete poop anymore, so i guess crest did it's job.

I do not think the grind itself is that terrible, however i agree that reward is lackluster at best. What i am gonna do with Super Rod at level 90 at this point? Catch myself a magikarp? I should have gotten it 150 hours ago, not at level 90. I believe good rewards could include: Manaphy Water Mega stones Water Memory (we already got it way earlier, but still, it would be an option) Some Aevian Magikarp Hell, it could even be a Zygarde Core While i personally enjoy the quest myself since i love finishing the dex anyway, the reward is trash and absolutely does not correlate with the magnitude of the sidequest compared to others.

She very directly says. while reviving you after the blast, that "you are very important for this time, i dont know why yet, but i will find out". She did not know MC was an Interceptor by this point in time, and even is she had a guess, she did not connect the dots yet.

Several people confirmed they got a Magnet this way after v13. So im fairly sure it's possible.

They did, Abra is a Den pokemon now, in the same Rift Den as Ditto. above entrance to Route 4. I do not remember after which badge he appears in there, but it's at least after somewhere on Terajuma.

You can also find a Magnet on wild Nosepass in the mountain in Sheridan village.

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Merciless_(Ability) #--------------------------- 10. Corrosive Field [CF] --------------------------------# * Activates Venom Drench and Venoshock Game pretty much tells to Venoshock on this field that the target is always poisoned. So yeah, it supposed to always crit.

It looked to me more like Nihilego was just a consequence of Storm-9, that also spawns a horde of Ultra Beasts for good measure. Chances are Clear and Kieran are from the world already ravaged by Storm-9 and that is why they both have an UB at their disposal, probably because they are fairly common from where they came from.

She explains that it's because, somehow, MC is important for the events, which she didnt even know about in their first interactions and until MC died a couple of times. Which also makes me wonder why she wasnt surprised at seeing us at all, or seemingly did not recognize us in her first interactions with MC. While it is possible she just did not show it, it wouldnt make much sense if Madame X was Marianette or Anathea, since they were familiar with each other. I forgot about that, that is true. However why then cancel her Archetype powers if her goal is to harm Vitus in any way? Did they go away naturally or she was a victim of the Genesis Syndrome in this case? I was under the impression people die from it. I believe it is the same way for her as for Deathwings, for whom armor becomes part of their body and basically a prison. We still dont know the implications of it. Yeah, this is why i almost immediately canceled the cloning theory.

So, since we now have v13 with a tiny bit more info about world resets and Garufa, i've decided to try and compile whatever popular theories we have at the moment, while trying to argue with and against each of them. We probably still lack crucial info to accurately guess who it is, but we can still make an effort. First off, some general points that need to be addressed: 1) Madame X is almost certainly a woman. Her voice is obviously fitting for a woman as no one made a remark about it, her outfit is very... feminine, as well as her sprite show very long hair. That completely rules out Madame X being a son of Nymiera and Vitus (assuming they were people in that legend) that seemingly died in the First War. 2) She wears a mask. No matter the medium, there is only one justifiable reason for a villain to wear a mask: to hide a face. Meaning either us, the player, or characters would immediately recognize the person under the mask. I personally respect Jan's writing skills, so this completely rules out a possibility of it being a person we never met. 3) Madam X is a remarkably strong combatant without pokemon, as well as her signature pokemon pretty much being an Yveltal, who clearly got some connection to Vitus-Indriad (see picture). It had 3 major appearances: Blacksteeple castle alongside Madame X, ruined future alongside Melanie, and as a witness of 2 people's apparent death's: Taelia and Nora. 4) Her mother died protecting her, either directly or indirectly. This is an important point that can be twisted several ways. 5) We can sort of make out her appearance from the moment Sakitron broke her helmet. She's got considerably long straight black hair and kind of a normal skin colour. I might be colourblind, but to me it looks much lighter than the whole Sashila people thing, as well as Nymiera or Alexandra. 6) IIRC, please correct me if im wrong, time crystal protects it's owner from overlapping with it's counterpart in the same time. Thus if her past self is alive in this main timeline or not is irrelevant. Theory 1: Madame X is Anathea Theolia Personally, i think it's a stretch at best. We do not know her mother. She was not an important participants in all 3 Yveltal appearances. While hair colour can change, her colour is light blond and it's natural, which shows in all her children. Also a little matter of her being currently dead. If she in the future somehow got out of Soul stone and came back, it still doesnt explain any of her actions and her attitude towards Melia, who she would pretty much consider her child. Theory 2: Madame X is Melia This is certainly a possibility, however i have mostly doubts about it. Melia doesnt know her mother, and even if she considered Anathea one, she hardly died protecting her. Even suppose she survived some crazy dark shit in the future, Melia is a positive and reasonable person and a complete 180 into a Fullmetal Biatch like Madame X is hardly an option. She would find a different way to address the problem. Theory 3: Madame X is Marianette This one is the most likely theory, albeit it's The Boring One. Protectors fight in Hiyoshi happened > some time after that we entered Indriad's mansion in the past. Back there Marianette, filled with hatred towards Indriad, used whatever Archetype/Ancient Garufan magic she had to turn Indriad into an Yveltal, enslaving him, explaining why we havent seen him in present days, also explaining Yveltal Madame X got. It could be her mother is Anathea, who was sacrificed on the Altar for some Garufan magic in every world reset or every timeline, like we have seen in a prologue too. Protecting in this sense means taking Marianette's place on the altar. And while she calls her a fool, chances are because those sacrifices achieved nothing. It is also very likely she remembered all the previous world resets, and she undoubtedly can have a very different personality from that than our mansion encounter with her. Theory 4: Madame X is The First Human While it is heavily implied that Nymiera is the First Female of this world, this is not set in stone. It is very possible that even millenia after her feud with Vitus and through all world resets, she still wages war on Vitus Theolia and all her actions and team Xen are working towards fully destroying him and his plans. While this theory doesnt have much to support it, it is a distinct possibility that is hard to deny. Theory 5: Madame X is Nora Royer This one is my favorite and i personally hope it's true. Taelia died to protect Nora in the most direct way. What we have seen: Nora fell down from the cliff, there was a lot of blood. Then her soul was taken and she seemingly turned to stone just like Nim. Even if she didn't, all we know is that she was seriously hurt and then her soul was taken. If i remember correctly, her fate after that is unknown. Her soul could easily be placed into a construct or an empty armor like the one that was created in Sheridan cave. Of course, there are enough problems with this theory, but this one is very plausible as well. Theory 6: Madame X is Erin This one was born mostly only in v13, after she repeated Madame X words from prologue word for word. God knows what happened to her in Unown dimension, she does have a body that should have some Archetype compatibility, no-nonsense attitude. In our knowledge, however, Anathea didnt die protecting her. I do not like this one personally, but it is possible now. I also skimmed through game files and did not find a single character model who would resemble Madame X face without helmet, so this meta approach did not work.

Because they changed it back after an overwhelmingly negative reaction to this change. This is how it should be, available from the start.

I see what you mean, but i mostly mean some defining moments for characters, examples: Valor fight, Rift-G when we are finishing her, Pupper Master's final stand, moments when the "epic" is so far through the roof it can be poured into the artwork. Just several of them during the game would be great.

I compared Thunder fang with Thunderbolt, which got 100 accuracy. I told about Thunder only to notice that he's got far more powerful options, even when he is already stronger than Boltund anyway. Do not twist my words, trying to scramble for arguments. Thats a gigantic difference. And Espeon got fantastic ability, fantastic stats and a good movepool. I fail to see the point here. Claiming he is inferior to other pure Psychic pokemon i named is just ridiculous and ignorant. No, putting Vaporeon in the rain against, say, Magnezone with Thunder, for the sake of it being able to cure a possible status condition is not a gimmick, it's idiocy. The only edge here is in the throat of Vaporeon. Like Eelektross, or Rotom, or Vikavolt. Unique how? Since when equipping Air Balloon is now a unique mechanic?