I'm sure that's totally the last we've seen of Ran'jit! I'm not sure what Solus's angle is here (besides obviiously not actually being our best friend). He does, however, claim that the ascians were the inhabitants of the original world that split into the 13 that we know about, and the Zodiark and Hydaelyn are primals. Then back in the Crystarium the sin eaters attack Lakeland. Apparently if you're turned by one of these things you have like a 33% chance each of becoming a gargoyle, diremite, or polar bear, You'd think there'd be more variety...!
Then Vauthry shows up in a zeppelin talking about how we're the real villains, because he's definitely Queen Brahne. Looking forward to Ran'jit shooting him down from the sky after revealing his true motives or something!
Oh also there was a Garlemald cutscene with Estinian and Gaius, and then Ascian?Zenos lurking in the shadows talking about how he needs to find his best friend
---
Congrats to Advokaiser for winning the CBX Guru Challenge!