Heyooo Iām back and at it again folks. BUT this time Iāve used my absolutely massive brain and encyclopedic knowledge of obscure FR lore to 100% accurately predict this upcoming breed:
āNow yes that wyvern looks totally sick and all,ā you say, ābutā¦? What are you basing this off of here, exactly?ā Well folks Iāve been on this site too damn long and I intend to put my tooltip trivia to use sooooo here we go
The past two teaser images for this possible ancient both share what appear to be lines from a poem or song- the first also includes some old parchment fragments with music notation written on it. Both images are set in a rocky cave of some sort- in the second, old volcanic vents and flickering firelight can be seen.
Through these hints, we can assume that the concepts of MusicĀ and the element of FireĀ are relevant to this event. That is the assumption I will be operating under for this theory, after all!
As we all know, fire flightās sole breed, the Coatls, are a feathered, serpentine species with an odd melodic, humming language. They alone speak a tongue unique to the Ashfall Wastes- this makes communication with dragons of different elements difficult. With their language barriers and migratory nesting instincts, it becomes apparent that the fire flight possesses a proud, but somewhat insular culture. They largely keep their stories and culture to themselves.
Also readily apparent is the flightās association with Birds. This can be seen not only with the coatlsā avian features, but also in the kind of boggling amount of flaming birds that appear on-site as familiars (really, why are there this many? I donāt think thereās this many birds representing storms or anythingā¦? I digress.) The 2017 festival familiar, The Spirit of Fire, is literally the pure, concentrated essence of the element⦠and is also a bird.
Birds themselves are not only heavily associated with Flight and Song in many cultures (relevant to the teaser images), but on FR, to the very element of fire itself. Flamecallerās beta concept art features a much more coatl-esque design, as seen below. Later these avian aspects were funneled into the breed itself, instead of the deity- however, the connection is still apparent.
Now, what does all this leave us? An abundance of birdsong and fire, mostly. Have you ever read the captions for the familiars up there? The first two explicitly refer to a creature called a Firebird. The familiar collectors among us may already know, however, that there is nowhere on the site itself where a Firebird can be found- only their mimics and smokey shadows. (This has always struck me as odd- I used to assume I just wasnāt looking through the old bestiary well enoughā¦. ah, the old daysā¦..).
From these lore tidbits, we can assume that not only does a powerful fire-element being exist on FR, but that is an elusive, near-mythical creature (it has ominous smoke ghosts that portend its arrival, for godās sakeā¦). This Firebird is something very rarely seen, and feared. It is something huge, flaming and soaring high, that wreaks havoc and destruction- just like fire itself.
Fire is the element of change and malleability, after all. Perhaps itās first children were simply the very embodiment of this concept, taken to its natural extreme. A being of transformation that razes the earth to usher in evolution and new life. An ancient phoenix-dragon, long thought buried and extinguished⦠that has recently begun to sing out from the earth and take flight. š¦
Perhaps the powerful, magically-charged magma flow seen in the BOTE lore event Temper, Temper was their doing- or maybe it was the catalyst for their awakening, who can say?
In any case, I am extremely interested in the direction these recent teasers have pointed us- what do you all think will happen? Do you have any thoughts on this theory, or any of your own youād like to share? Please, come speculate with me!Ā