Thread: Lore info within patch 2.5 files

Found here: http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthr...6257#pid176257

• Each previous Astral Era has ended with a Calamity corresponding toone of the six elements─fire, ice, earth, lightning, water, and wind.
• In Eorzea, length and distance are measured in ilms, fulms, yalms, and malms. There are 12 ilms in a fulm, 3 fulms in a yalm, and 1760 yalms in a malm.
• It is believed the Miqo'te first came to Eorzea during the Fifth Umbral Era, fleeing their ravaged homeland on the southern continent of Meracydia.
• The shortest Lalafells are roughly two feet ten inches (34 ilms) tall. By contrast, Roegadyn can grow to almost three times that height (90 ilms).
• In Eorzea, weight is measured in onzes, ponzes, and tonzes.There are 16 onzes in a ponze and 2000 ponzes in a tonze.
• Coerthas, once a verdant highland region, is now pounded byrelentless snowstorms─an unforeseen side-effect of the Calamity.
• Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn came to power after emerging victorious in the Trident─a multi-pronged race used to determine Limsa Lominsa's Admiral.
• Eorzea is located on Aldenard, one of the Three Great Continents. The other two─Ilsabard and Othard─lie to the north and northeast, respectively.
• Plainsfolk males─notable Syndicate member Teledji Adeledji included─usually go by their entire full name, rather than first or last name alone.
• Throughout history, the Lalafell passed their histories down through song,which is why even now many use heavy alliteration in their speech.
• Peistes, gigantoads, antlings, and vultures are known to lunch on Lalafells,but any rumors involving ravenous Roegadyn are dubious at best.
• In addition to weather such as rain, snow, and sandstorms, certain areas in Eorzea will experience an umbrally charged fog known as “gloom.”
• The aitches in certain Miqo'te names represent a slight hissing sound. Since other races cannot make this sound, the aitches become silent.
• The Great Goobbue Wall of Ul'dah, referenced in “He Who Waited Behind,” was real! It was created by adventurers on the eve of the Calamity.
• Some Eorzeans believe that after death, souls must endure the trials of six hells before passing into the eternal damnation of the seventh.
• Beastmen refer to the five races with a variety of colorful titles including 'smoothskin,' 'overdweller,' 'uplander,' and 'spoken ones.'
• The Keepers of the Moon have a matriarchal society, with surnames passed down from mother to child—some since the First Astral Era.
• Determining a goblin's gender is as easy as looking at the last two letters of their name: “～ix” for males and “～ox” for females.
• Inspector extraordinaire Hildebrand's monocle is merely for vanity purposes, and does not actually contain a functional lens.
• The Syndicate, Ul'dah's ruling body, has six members─six members who also happen to be the six richest citizens in all the sultanate.

Not too many new info that we already knew, but still a nice condensed version

It's a shame its not (yet) added in the game.

Originally Posted by Fenral

Ugh, you mean there is actual lore to support my half-joking theory that the Miqo'te were enslaved by the Allagan Empire?

The most populous races in a given place fluctuate with time. For instance, most of the Allag (3A) we've seen have looked hyuran, and yet the Elezen (6A) once thought Eorzea was theirs by right, gifted by the Twelve themselves (and that was based on their numbers after the miqo'te showed up). A lot can happen between two umbral eras; it's roughly a thousand years of population flux, migration, and the fading of Allag remnants. Moreover, patterns suggest that even if the Allag did specifically enslave Meracydians in the sunset of the Third Astral, Miqo'te-ness it would have been incidental; I'm sure they'd have chained them, the dragons, and all the others who happened to be represented in the area at the time, same as every other area they conquered (assuming they slavery was a big thing in their Empire at all).

PS
Do you have any idea how many times I've gotten messages asking what quest told people's Miqo'te roleplayer friends that systematic and culture-wide Miqo'te-specific sex slavery is established canon (as if trafficking falls in and out of vogue over the years and confines itself to a race at a time)? I shake my fist in your general direction if you had a hand in this, good sir!

Originally Posted by Fenral

I can actually say I had no part in that.

Bah. The true culprits continue to elude me, then. One day I will find the source of this, and oh, the fist-shakery that will ensue!

Originally Posted by myahele

It's not considered a great continent, but it's still considered a continent?

The shapes aren't necessarily similar, but geographically (sometimes culturally, too), the Three Great Continents are essentially akin the Old World. Eorzea is "Africa," Ilsabard is "Europe," and Othard is "Asia." (Sidenote: Do not let this make you forget that Eorzea is actually based on Greece, whereas Garlemald is geographically based on Persia and culturally based on Rome.) If one considered the Old World "three great continents," it wouldn't mean that Australia wasn't a thing. Though I can't say that Meracydia is specifically Australia in this metaphor; Thavnair is apparently the Ottoman territory, but on its own island, and the Americas truly are out there - the mamool brought avacados.