OmegaGamer04: We know how Azem stopped the volcano. He used Lahabrea's Ifrita template to absorb the fire aspected aether and then destroyed Ifrita at another place so the fire aspected aether could disperse without issue. Azem did borrow the template by asking hythlodaeus instead of the convocation which annoyed Emet-Selch
limpychick4724: I'm convinced that the crystal in 'The Key' is the one from the Tales from the Dawn short story: Days Gone By, Days Yet to Come. Hythlodaeus "marveled at the way the light played on its facets, like the surface of a tranquil lake..."
It's otherwise described as the "fourteenth in [a] series of concepts to help ease the burdens of travel, which was contained within the palm-sized crystal."

It couldn't be the Azem crystal that the WoL has, as that was created by Emet-Selch after the Sundering. And notably, Azem "forgets" this new crystal in Hythlodaeus' office, with Azem leaving on a new adventure (after the events in Elpis) before Hythlodaeus can return the crystal to them. So as far as we know currently, this crystal is last known to be in Hythlodaeus' possession prior to the Sundering.

So, we have a palm-sized crystal created by Azem to "ease the burdens of travel" that is MIA as of the Sundering, and was mentioned in the last Endwalker short story to be posted before Dawntrail, where we have a palm-sized crystal that resonates with Azem's magick, which can enable travel between shards.
kurisu7885: My main question regarding Danwtrail as why in the Seven Hells did we not call Garlond Ironworks when robots and ships started showing up!?!?
I know it's partly for plot reasons to prevent Cid and Nero from inventing something to solve the issue and stop Sphene from going through with her plan, but Cid is going to go upside our head for not calling him sooner.
oubunaye: I'm sure the only time Azem will actually and finally appear is when our WOL is about to join the aetherial sea
acgearsandarms1343: I think a clue to how to figure out the function of the key might lie in Hydaelyn’s final moments with us.

"When the way forward is hidden even from the mind's eye, look not to the invocation, but within yourself. These were the words of the crystal's original bearer." That might hold a clue to how the key works and it should in theory respond in a similar way to Azem’s summoning magic. We have been told in game interdimensional fusion shares similarities to that very same magic by G’raha Tia.

My theory was the key was never intended for combining worlds but merely travel. Circumstantial evidence leads me to believe it is capable of crossing beyond worlds and distance due to our crystal able to do its job despite great distance or other reflections. Only catch is that it doesn’t work in other time periods. My theory is it works by establishing a connection point between two locations and allows the user to open a gate of whatever size given how much power is fed into it.

I think Preservation used this trait to make interdimensional fusion happen by only partially using this trait of the key and collapsing the travel points together. They could only ever use it crudely and never found out the full potential.
orciencor6001: First thought that came to mind when you commented about Elidibus waiting for us because Azem told'm to was sort of the opposite of the maybe Azem went forward in time. What if it's the other way around? What if we become
orly4672: The key, or rather, the crystal inside of the key, may likely be a piece of Auracite. Golden Auracite, if you will. It resembles one of those massive archives you see in Anamnesis Anyder or the White Auracite Urianger and Moenbryda made to kill Ascians, but it's twisted into a spiral.
Vfanatic1: I think the more simple answer is the Key was made by Emet studying Azem's teleportation magic (he had to have some knowledge of it given it's embedded in the stone) and it was his original plan to rejoin the worlds, via interdimensional fusion but saw it as a flawed method.
pitta3114: When the key isn't glowing orange, doesn't the crystal inside look similar in texture to white auracite?
iaintaylor7390: Re: Leaping into the volcano, I believe that’s in reference to one of the official short stories; where Elidibus, playing innocent, appeals to Emet-Selch’s sentimentality to acquire (retroactive) permission for Azem stealing the concept of Ifreeta(?), a fire concept; suggesting they manifested the aether of the eruption /to fight the volcano/. For the sake of saving a species of grapes.
nazotech7590: Azem title the traveler also, perhaps Azem made the gateway tech as a traveling system for the old world and each of the gateways got pulled to every shard

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