Lufthansa denver to munich flight status

• Chase Sapphire Preferred, 5k, 2/23
  
• Amex Platinum, ?, 5/23 (only got this for the 150k SUB, will prob cancel next year)
  
• Discover It, 1.2k, 8/20
  

• What is the best course of action?
• Should I obtain a second opinion?
• What course of outcome should I expect if I proceed conservatively and hold off on removal?
• Should I continue with this routine (see below for details)?
• How should I handle traveling--footwear, protection, etc.?
• If I must proceed with removal, are there any cosmetic solutions? (This isn't just me being vain here, I need nice feet to protect my job).

• 5/10/23
  • pedicure at usual place, big toes slightly red bilaterally
  • no change (improvement or worsening) over next few days
• 5/17/23
  • start Amoxicillin 500mg 3x daily for dental procedure (21)
• 5/19/23
  • pedicure at usual place, come in with both big toes slightly red and tender, leave with them feeling a bit better
• 5/20/23
  • 2.5 hour flight, music festival night 1, wore comfortable shoes with insoles
  • toes no worse or better than day before
• 5/21/23
  • wake up to both big toes and feet a bit swollen but not too painful
  • clean, apply polysporin and sterile bandage
  • music festival night 2, wore comfortable shoes, drunk girl stomps on my feet
• 5/22/23
  • both big toes swollen, red, angry, warm, and oozing
  • cleaned & dressed as night before
  • fly back 2.5 hours wearing open toed slides
• 5/23/23 -- pics: https://imgur.com/ldKpTOM
  • wake up to left toe extremely swollen, send pics to podiatrist friend for consult; begin following care routine (2-3x/day):
    • 10-15 minute warm water soak with pure epsom salt
    • wash with bactine and vashe
    • dry, then apply polysporin
    • bandage loosely with sterile gauze and self adherent wrap
    • elevate with 10 minutes ice pack per hour for 2-3 hours per day
    • wear loose surgical socks over fresh bandages at night
    • open-toed slides for daytime (but staying off feet as much as possible
• 5/24/23
  • toes look slightly improved, continue routine
• 5/25/23
  • left toe hot to the touch, freaking out so finally make podiatry appt
  • continue routine
  • itchy rash appears on shins that night
• 5/26/23 -- pics: https://imgur.com/2ThAOve
  • recommended discontinuation of Amoxicillin (5 remaining in course)
  • see podiatrist, diagnoses granuloma on right from repeated ingrown irritation; recommends left nail removal as nail base is loose and right toe nail portion for permanent removal
  • ask if we can wait, he prescribes Cephalexin 500mg 2x daily (20), follow-up after completion
• 5/27/23 -- pics: https://imgur.com/RUqcIpq
  • continue routine, toes continue to improve
  • left toe swelling finally goes down, release of fluid by apply slight pressure to top surface
  • friends dog stomps on right toe, swollen area gets bigger and weepy
• 5/28/23
  • continue routine, toes continue to improve
  • rash becomes extremely itchy, start Benadryl
• 5/29/23 -- pics: https://imgur.com/YAgmnCs
  • continue routine, toes continue to improve
  • no pain (unless pressure applied directly to granuloma area on right toe)
  • can walk normally
  • neither toe hot or warm to touch
  • left toenail still slightly loose at base (only slightly so), but significantly improved
  • current status of shin rash: https://imgur.com/sM2Jtkv
  • start Fluconazole 150mg (1x) for yeast infection due to antibiotics

Final Fantasy IV is my favorite game of all time, so when they announced some things in this expansion would be based on FFIV, I was starstruck. As I played through Endwalker, I tried to take note of any reference I could find. If I missed any, please let me know!

• Lunar Whale Mount (Digital FanFest/Mogstation), which plays re-orchestrated version of the Lunar Whale theme from the game.
• Rosa, Rydia, Edge minions (Digital FanFest/Mogstation)
• Palom Minion (Pre-order Bonus)
• Porom Minion (Collector's Edition Bonus)
  • Palom and Porom have an interaction based on the hallway scene from FFIV
• The promotional Warrior of Light, who was a Dark Knight in Shadowbringers, has changed into a Paladin, just like Cecil Harvey.
• The Endwalker poster shows the promotional Warrior of Light in the same exact pose as Amano's Cecil artwork.

• This dungeon shares its name with Golbez's base of operations.
• Likewise, the dungeon music is a new version of the tower's theme in the game.
• The large mob, "Armored Fiend", is based on a monster with the same name in FFIV's Lunar Subterrane.
• The bosses "Minduruva," "Cinduruva," and "Sanduruva," also known as "The Magus Sisters," first appeared in FFIV's Tower of Zot, and their designs in FFXIV are heavily based on the original Amano artwork for FFIV's version. Their original names are "Mindy," "Cindy," and "Sandy."
  • The animations when each sister casts spells are the same as in FFIV - a green burst for black magic, and a ring of white cubes for white magic.
    • Turn up your sound effects! They also use the OG sounds!
  • The fight uses similar mechanics to the FFIV fight - Cinduruva will revive Minduruva and Sanduruva if they are defeated first, they utilize reflect, and when all three are alive, will use Delta Attack.

• "The Eblan Rime" area is named for the Kingdom of Eblan, Edward "Edge" Geraldine's home.
• The Level 90 S-Rank Mark "Armstrong" is the recolored version of the previously mentioned "Armored Fiend", specifically named for the FFIV: The After Years enemy.

• This dungeon shares its name with the tower in FFIV, and similarly shares a strong connection to the moon.
• The first boss, Barnabas, and the NPC with him, Dr. Lugae, are bosses within FFIV's Tower of Babil.
  • Barnabas mistakenly attacks the Doctor before attacking the party.
• The second boss, Lugae, is the robotic/fiend version that shows up after defeating the Doctor.
  • During the Lugae fight, Mini and Toad transformations are required - two of the three transformations prevalent in FFIV (I wish they would have included Piggy)

• The Watcher seems to be based on Fusoya, who is known as "The Watcher of the Lunar Sleep". Both live on the Moon and wear long starry robes.
• The giant face on the moon where the entrance to Smileton is a reference to the stone face on the moon in the original game. In the GBA/PSP versions, it is the entrance to the Lunar Ruins. In the 3D version, it is where you fight Proto-Babil.
• The Level 90 A-Rank Elite Mark "Mousse Princess" is based on "Flan Princess", which first appeared as a rare enemy in FFIV's Lunar Subterrane.
• The mob "Mousse" is based on the "White Mousse" enemies on the moon in FFIV: The After Years
• The mob "Dynamite" may be based on the "Balloon"/"Dark Grenade" monsters on the Moon in FFIV.

• Loporrits are based on Hummingways, the race of rabbits that live on the moon.
• In the 2D versions of FFIV, the character Namingway's role was to rename player characters. Because voice acting was added in the 3D version, he could no longer fulfill this role, and took on several other names throughout the game. Most of these names are taken by Loporrits: Mappingway, Livingway, Recordingway, Campingway, Puddingway, Mopingway
  • Another, Going-my-Way, is involved in a Bestways Burrow sidequest.
  • The landmark "Lovingway's Darlings" is also a Namingway alias.
  • Later, in Old Sharlayan, two more of these names are used: Cheatingway and Jammingway.
    • IF ANYONE FINDS HUMMINGWAY, or WEDDINGWAY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
• In FFIV, most Hummingways can't talk and instead hum a tune. The sound heard when talking to many Loporrits is that same tune. You can do the hum during the MSQ too!
• The Final Fantasy victory theme that plays when meeting Loporrits seems most similar to FFIV's instrumentation.
• The area music is the FFIV Town Theme (Welcome to Our Town)
• The battle music in the area is the FFIV main battle theme.

• The Lalafell engineer Kokkol is named for the blacksmith Kokkol.
• The "Kokkol's Forge" landmark is named for the location in FFIV's Underworld.

• The Dragons near the first Aethryte appear to be Mist Dragons, the summon used by Rydia's Mother (and previous boss in XIV in the dungeon "The Burn")
• FFIV is full of characters sacrificing themselves to help move Cecil and his party forward - the Scions sacrifice themselves throughout this zone to move the WoL forward.

• The trial's arena is a flight through space, very similar to the Zemus/Zeromus fight. Some attack sound effects are also similar.
• Halfway through the fight, the party seems defeated, and the prayers of friends saves the team and pushes them to fight the final phase. This happens during the final fight of FFIV as well.
• Meteion may be based on Maenad from FFIV: The After Years.
  • Both are part of a hivemind of identical young girls
  • Both are sent to other worlds by their creators
  • Both struggle to understand humanity and appear throughout the world leaving destruction in their wakes (the big difference is that one struggles to feel, and the other feels too much).
  • One last survivor of their kind is left and they return to the world with a new outlook and a new lease on life (Meteion as the bluebird and the young Maenad "Cuore", who is taken in by Rydia and Edge).
    • Big thanks to u/Baithin for this theory!

• The constant references to "4" may be a reference?

• "Moonward" gear (Level 90 tomestone gear) is based on FFIV characters.
  • Fending is based on Cecil
  • Scouting is based on Edge
  • Aiming is based on Edward
  • Casting is based on Rydia
    • Since someone points this out every time - Healing is technically Rosa's color scheme, but it's still Rydia's outfit, and Maiming may be Dark Knight Cecil's or Kain's color scheme, but still Paladin's outfit. All of the sets are based on the four characters above, but only the four above are the correct color schemes for those characters.

• The "Knight in Black" scene is preceded by a bump that says "Meanwhile, elsewhere..." which is text used in FFIV whenever the game shows events not involving the party, usually Golbez.
• The Knight in Black is revealed to be Golbez in 6.2. His armor matches Amano's original art and "Somewhere In The World" plays throughout the scene. Golbez is also referred to as "Man in Black" in the game.
• He speaks with four unseen characters, referred to as "Throne of Earth/Fire/Wind/Water" - which are presumably the four Elemental Fiends, Scarmiglione, Rubicante, Barbariccia, and Cagnazzo.
  • The "Throne of Earth" character speaks like Scarmiglione, with elongated S's.

• Troia is the matriarchal kingdom in FFIV, inhabited mostly by women, that practices fairly strict neutrality/pacifism.
• The music that plays is a much slower, sadder version of the town's theme.
• The arena for the second boss fight is a throne room. It has eight fire cauldrons, and the ceiling has eight points - possibly referencing the 8 Epopts of Troia (the matriarchal rulers).
• The arena for the final boss is "The Garden of the Epopts"
• Scarmiglione is the final boss, with an appearance much closer to Amano's original artwork.
  • He starts the fight by back-stabbing something. In FFIV, his second fight is a back-attack.
  • He summons a horde of zombies. In FFIV, his first fight is with a horde of zombies.
• The FFIV Boss Battle theme, "Battle 2", has been re-orchestrated and plays throughout the fight.
• The FFIV battle transition sound effect in the trailer is taken directly from the original game.
• Golbez has officially been named! Scarmiglione refers to himself as one of Golbez's "Circle of Four"

• When Y'shtola gives the Dark-Robed Voidsent her name "Zero", the music that plays is a re-orchestrated and expanded "Sorrow and Loss" - the song that played during all sad scenes in FFIV. It is also known as Cry in Sorrow and Theme of Sorrow. It is a sad version of the Main Overworld Theme. (Will Zero be Zeromus?!)
• Scarmiglione returns for a second fight in a solo instance. In FFIV, you fight him twice.
  • His call to his minions to: "Come, feassst upon their flesh!" is a reference to his line in the game: "My undead children hunger to feassst upon your flesh! "
  • His line "You will tremble before my true ssstrength!" is a reference to his line in the game: "Impressssive...But my true ssstrength lies in death! And now, you shall join me in it! "

• Sorrow and Loss continues to play as the area theme.
• Common monster-types from FFIV appear in this area, including Mindflayer and Flan.
• Ciriatto is terrified of Barbariccia, the Archfiend of Wind. This is the first reference to her.
  • Not specifically FFIV, but worth noting: Calcabrina, Scarmiglione, Cagnazzo, Barbariccia, Rubicante, Ciriatto, and Farfarello are all from Dante's Inferno. Farfarello is an enemy in FFV.
• Barbariccia appears. Her body is more covered than previous depictions.

• The theme in this area/trial is "Battle with the Four Fiends", which in FFIV plays when battling any of titular fiends. It is also known as "The Dreadful Fight."
• Barbariccia is the boss fight, and uses haiwind themed attacks. The tornadoes she summons are similar to her tornado attack in FFIV.
• Estinien's line before the fight "You're not the only one who can ride the wind!" is a line spoken by Kain to Barbariccia just before her boss fight in the 3D remake as well as Dissidia. The line was originally "Think you're the only one who can fight in the air?" in the SNES version and later versions of the game replaced it with "Let's see about that."

• The first "Dated Records" references the "Geraldines" as a thorn in the writer's side. Edward "Edge" Geraldine is the Ninja from Eblan, as mentioned earlier.
  • The note also mentions that the Geraldines are trying to take their supplies. Edge can use the Steal ability.
• Cagnazzo is the boss fight, with an appearance somewhat closer to Amano's art, although he stands upright instead of on all fours.
• His giant wave attack after the DPS check is similar to his primary attack in FFIV.

• This is the location in FFIV where Cecil fights Scarmiglione, thenovercomes his darkness and becomes a Paladin.
  • In the remakes, there are bonus trials here for other characters.
  • Zero's decision on Mount Ordeals to fight with the WoL and his friends and no longer require payment may be her version of "overcoming her darkness."
• Rubicante is the trial boss, and just like the others his appearance is very close to his original Amano artwork
  • Rubicante's dialogue suggests that he respects you as a warrior, a character trait he also had in the original game.
  • His "inferno" ability is one of his attacks in the game.
• An alternate, lyrical version of "Battle with the Four Fiends" plays during this fight. This appears to be based on the Kenichi Maeyamada (aka Hyadain) version. The lyrics have been changed, but the instrumentation is identical.

• The final boss is Octomammoth - the third boss in FFIV (second if you don't count the Captain), fought after rescuing Rydia and meeting Tellah.

• "Another Moon" - A eerier version of the song of the same name that plays on the surface of the moon in FFIV.
• This moon's surface is red, a reference to the Red Moon of FFIV (the game has two moons.)
• During the flashback sequence, Durante mentions visiting "his majesty in Baron" - Baron is the kingdom in FFIV that Cecil (and Rosa/Kain/Cid) are from, and the events in Baron are the catalyst for most of the story.
  • Durante's appearance might be referencing how Golbez looks without his armor from FFTAY.
• Azdaja is turned into Shadow Dragon - Golbez's companion in FFIV.

• Golbez is the trial boss!
• "Voidcast Savior" - A remix of Battle with the Four Fiends, FFIV Main Theme, the Final Fantasy Prelude, and the Final Fantasy Prologue. (IT'S SO GOOD)
• The black sword he wields is a reference to the Ebony Blade - the weapon equipped by him in flashback scenes in The After Years (obtainable in the present by unequipping it in flashbacks.)
• Golbez's "Binding Cold" attack is what he uses to paralyze the party during their encounter with him in the Dwarven Castle.
• The attack "Black Fang" is an attack that Shadow Dragon uses in that same battle to kill off each party member one by one after Golbez uses Binding Cold.
• The elemental aspects of this fight as well as the poses Golbez takes are references to his role in Dissidia.

• Z E R O M U S HAS ARRIVED. He is the final boss and ultimate mastermind of the events of FFIV, shown here in his cloaked form. It seems we've skipped his Zemus form.

• The Golbez we fought is implied to be Durante in Golbez's armor, fighting in Golbez's honor. This supports the previous note that Durante's appearance may be based on the FFTAY Golbez's armor-less appearance.

The Heat have a flight scheduled to Denver, not Miami, after the game tonight, per FAA records.