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I think Aevia is 'Blossom' and Alain is 'Snowball'

The North Obsidia only has one in stock I believe, and also this is for Desolation

That is what the post alludes to

I mean, the split in the team is already prevalent in Ep18, and was arguably the climax of that episode(Agate city showdown) so I would see it as disappointing plot-wise for it to just fizzle out to nothing after all of that. It might not be a split into two separate teams, but rather team members leaving much like Simon the grunt. A tiny sidequest does not seem suitable as closure for such drama and tension imo. Only the Dev's know the answers.

It looks a bit too green to be Pyrous Mountain imo, I'd guess that it is a new area in one of the legendary quests

Shiny Gardevoir do be looking different though

Aside from that, the old-school and neo-meteor split sounds promising, although I personally feel as though Zero is on the old-school team (I think there is some dialogue somewhere claiming that Zel was loyal to Solaris?)

I've been thinking the same thing as it sounds like we aren't acquainted with the real Lin, although someone did point out that Corey's death happened before Shade's gym, so it wasn't really 'foretold'.

*sad PULSE Camerupt & Hypno noises* But yeah nah, definitely gonna be fighting that thing, probably on the new world field too

When you leave the Grand Hall for the first time after receiving your starter, a cut-scene shows Ame and some officials interrogating a meteor grunt and using a Torkoal to heat up the metal chair to which the grunt is strapped onto.

Well, they are in the same egg group after all...

I believe that the "friend" is Sirius. During the Sarena quest in Agate city, she reads a diary in the back room of the house that mentions "I didn't know, He tricked me", "I have to fix it. I'll get them all back. History was in my hands, and then my skull. It is written by the winner, so I must take up the pen. Nose to the grindstone, eye to the needle. The sword follows only after". The ground is covered in crystal remnants, and has a Manectite (I believe Sirius used to have a Manectric in older versions?). It makes a lot of sense in regards to Radomus' dialogue in the Glass Workstation with the Jeweler friend whom they now have bad blood, and Sirius knowing about Anna's father in the Yureyu building. The one bit I don't understand though is how the emerald key ended up in El's possession, as he also has history with Radomus. In the dialogue "Nose to the grindstone, eye to the needle. The sword follows only after" it unintentionally predicts Corey stabbing him in the eye with the needle, so could Sirius die in Ep 19 to a sword? Gotta wait and find out! Also, does it mention ingame about Sirius having a nose injury?(I know it is an idiom for hardwork, but I believe eye to the needle is an idiom as well.) His VS sprite however seems to have a smaller nose compared to other characters, so could it have been an injury making the jewelry, or something else entirely (I promise I'm not body-shaming).

That could very well happen, but being more powerful doesn't necessarily make you more evil.

Lin has only "masterminded" Team Meteor for a short time, and while she did introduce terrorism to Team Meteor, they were still doing evil before her sudden rise. Sirius has been in Team Meteor from the get-go, telling Solaris about the keys and seeking them out himself. For example, Sirius killed Elena Molinar(Corey's wife) and set fire to Belrose mansion, killing Monty and Caroline. These two events occurred well before Lin joined Team Meteor, meaning that Sirius' behaviour can't have been inspired by Lin. Whilst the only known evil acts that Sirius has committed have been while he was affiliated with Team Meteor, he has been described as having a 'history is written by the winners' mindset, with him willing to do anything to get his way. It has been suggested that Sirius has his own goals, and is using Team Meteor to achieve them, potentially wanting to overthrow Lin at the end so that he can obtain Arceus' power for his own evil deeds.

Posted by Ame on page 40 of this thread

The teaser pic for labradorra seems to suggest so

I can't say with certainty, but I would imagine that you would just have to talk to the NPC again to receive the new goods (I think you get Earthquake from this quest now?)

Team Meteor

Zina Vanhanen?

Not necessarily, I don't think the Dev's would have her body lying in a bed in Calcenon if it didn't have some relevance later on. Also, the player got pulled out of a black hole so anything is possible.

Rejuvenation and Desolation both have the same, empty folder so I'd say it isn't hinting to something in E19

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Could be either, but it would be interesting if we fight them in the order that Solaris introduced the keys in, being Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald and Amethyst (so Heather, Laura, El, Anna). This also seems to somewhat fit-in with what we have seen of each of the four. Heather seems to be the weakest, given that she's been captured by someone for most of the players encounters with her, due to her recklessness and innocence. Laura seems to be a bit stronger, but still loses to Sigmund/gets captured by Team Meteor in 2 of the 4 Belrose Mansion scenarios. She also gets captured by Team Meteor at the Glass Workstation, and seems to have a passive personality which could act against her. El seems pretty bog-standard, being a Meteor admin? and only losing once in our encounters with him (Ditto-Arceus + getting hypnotised by Gardevoir). Anna seems to be a lot more powerful then she seems, being the cause of the timeline reset that has been speculated about. She seems to allow herself to be captured to allow events to act out in a particular way, to prevent the new world from happening. She also seems to have the most to do with the player, so would be a fitting final elite four member. Or the elite four could be the same as it has been from gen 5+ and that you pick the order in which you face them it, seeing that the game is based in gen 7.

Yeah the Lin death is bound to happen as seen in Shade's gym, but as Shade said in the Water Treatment Plant, only two people who were in his gym actually die. Corey and Kiki are already past the point of return, which suggests that Lin doesn't die, but we see her getting decapitated which I would imagine would be quite difficult to survive . Therefore the theory that the Lin we see is some kind of projection and that the real Lin is elsewhere seems plausible, and the death we see isn't the 'real' Lin.

That makes a lot of sense, especially with how Noel seems to be outclassed by Anna in every way with her having the special abilities, amethyst pendant and most likely being in the elite 4(+ having Jirachi?). It would be nice to see Noel having a significant role in the story for once other than his gym battle.