Yeah I'm thinking sandworms, unicorns, and some kind of aerial-based roaming monster will form this expansion's Overused HNM Model Trio. Zilart had behemoths, turtles, and wyrms, and Aht Urhgan had hydras, Cerberus, and khimairas. They can still have some contrived backstory, though. Like how cerbs are underworld creatures, hydras/khims are chimeras, and wyrms are Bahamut's minions.
Or maybe Ixion is an avatar and just split because he can do more damage that way.
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