So… I’m dating this, just for the record. It’s December 14, 2017… and I have a new Ardyn theory, or rather a theory about the events from two thousand years ago.

So… I was right that Ardyn was betrayed by his brother. Though that theory was nearly a year ago. -Spoilers from the game below you have been warned-

So… I haven’t seen any theories about Gilgamesh, or rather, nothing has come to my attention. But I wouldn’t be surprised if other people came to this conclusion about who Gilgamesh was in relation to two thousand years ago.

So… you ready? Gilgamesh was the sworn Shield for Ardyn. First of all, trivial reasons like the color of their powers being purple instead of blue like Noctis, Gladio, etc… and that when a Glaive or Crownsguard member’s King is killed, the Glaive or Crownsguard’s power disappears as well… though with the addition of Comrades explaining that residue is left behind, I am not willing to believe that Gilgamesh’s insane amount of power is mere “residue.” No. Gilgamesh was sworn to protect Ardyn while Ardyn was the Chosen King. But like, why was Gilgamesh found in the Crag? I think that he was exiled there, either for siding with Ardyn, or by failing his duty, which is why he is so critical of future Shields. So I think, that since Gilgamesh still has a majority of his powers, and is immortal through who knows what means, then his King must still be alive. The only “King” from two thousand years ago that is still alive during the present day of FFXV is Ardyn. Boom. Theory.

Now… a new theory about Ardyn and the Founder King… So, I was right about Ardyn’s brother being the traitor, but I think that I was wrong about the age of the brother. Now get this… Two thousand years ago, Ardyn was the Savior of the people and the Chosen Founder King by the will of the Crystal and Astrals. He goes around curing people of the Scourge because there was no separation of Oracle and King back then, by all accounts, Ardyn, The Savior, was both Oracle and King. Now, in order to Ascend, a King’s soul and body must be pure of corruption, and the corruption is the Scourge. So, at the time of Ascension, imagine that the entire affair would be like a King or Queen’s coronation. There is a crowd of people watching as Ardyn goes up to the crystal to Ascend. Now, Ardyn in the game is corrupted by the Scourge and can, therefore not get close to the Crystal because the light hurts daemons. Ardyn gets close to the crystal, and suddenly, in front of the entire crowd, he shifts into the daemon form we all are familiar with. And as we know, some time after that, Ardyn is demonized and the title of Founder King is taken away from him.

So think, when Ardyn introduces himself as “Ardyn Lucis Caelum” to Ignis in the Extra Verse during Episode Ignis, why would Ignis immediately associate the name “Ardyn Lucis Caelum” with the Founder King? Unless in their history, the Founder King was called “Ardyn Lucis Caelum.”

So then, imagine, if Ardyn’s brother (we’ll call him Izunia for the sake of adding to the theory), was not an older or younger brother, but Ardyn’s identical twin? That the jealousy that Izunia felt towards Ardyn was that Ardyn was picked by the Crystal, but not him, when, for all intents and purposes, Ardyn and Izunia are the same person. Kind of helps build resentment, right?

So imagine, Izunia is present during the Ascension two thousand years prior, and Ardyn has just been rejected by the Crystal and turned into his daemon form, and Izunia has been named the new Founder. Izunia, I believe, takes the opportunity to call Ardyn an imposter, and has him exiled, thereby ridding himself of Ardyn. And because Izunia has the same face as Ardyn, he takes Ardyn’s name and good deeds as well.

History then forgets about the true Ardyn, but remembers Izunia posing as Ardyn.

Makes you think, right?