The Mysteries of Vana 'Diel

[Bubeeky]

most of the grass in every area of the game is taller than the taru...why can't we trick-I mean diplomatically convince the mithras mow saruta for us at least? some of us poor little tarus get lost in the tall grasses and get confused ; ;

[Return1]

I don't think the names of sky mobs are specifically what they do, their original names are long lost and the names they have are arbitrary names given to them by adventurers. We're in the gardens, lets call em garden related names.

Even if they are programmed to take care of sky, those despot placeholders really suck at groundskeeping btw, there don't seem to be very good at it. The overgrowth is running rampant. Trees and grass have borne through the foundation of sky itself, as evidence of the roots everywhere and tearing through the ground/sides, and the grasses and mosses growing all over the ground and constructs. The state of sky itself is a testament to their failure to do their jobs.


The Shu'Meyo Cataclysm has been given many potential causes, but the blast area originates from where Al'Taieu would be if the crystal line defense system wouldn't have sucked it into the last mothercrystal. Possible causes are:

The attack on Fei'Yin caused a power surge in the crystal line, the celestial capital was a hub of the crystal line.

Bahamut's full powered assault on Al'Taieu.

The activation of Al'Taieu's defense system itself, seems possible as it put Bahamut out for a long time, with almost no harm to the city.


I believe all three of these happened in rather quick succession, and they all seem to be extremely powerful events in the Zilart war.

[Karbuncle]

thats right, Now i recall.

The defense mechanism was to send Tu'Lia into the Crystal or something like that. So Tu'lia was Sent inside the Galkan Crystal (The same reason Galkas "reincarnate", its because they have no mother crystal, its inside Tu'Lia, which is inside the crystal...)

Thats why the zone "Empyreal Paradox" is named thusly. The Crystal is inside the Capital, but the entire capital is inside the crystal. So its a Crystal in a palace inside of itself. Paradox.

Thats what cause it i believe, was when the defense was activated and it caused that.

[Return1]

You are correct.

[Sparthos]

It was an explosion near Qufim Island, I don't recall what exactly, but it blew up a large chunk of the land in Batallia, Sauromogue, and Qufim Island.

I believe it had something to do with Sky and the Cermet spines. the Blast originated from close to Delkfutts (Hint though: Im betting Qufim wasn't always a "Crescent shaped" island, go check the coast lines by Delkfutt/etc, They're charred black like the ones in Bat/Saur because of the explosion)

The Zilart were trying to revert Vana'diel back to paradise, the Kuluu sabotaged the plan which caused the meltdown that drastically changed some environments and scarred the land.

Al'taieu seems to be the "missing" part of Qufim Island as Bahamut rises from the Shu'meyo Sea at the beginning of CoP. The palace defense mechanism that shifted the whole palace into the Al'taieu crystal was also the device holding off the Wyrmking at the time.

[Yinnyth]

What magical force causes every door in the game to close on its own, and why is that force so impatient?

What sort of evolutionary mutation is the backwards foot on beetles?

And along the lines of 'zonelines which lead nowhere': the second portal platform on the final floor of every salvage zone. One leads back to Nyzul, the other does bupkis.

[Oddwaffle]

How come a bald hume can put on a hairpin? With animal glue or something?

There is no washroom/restroom in FFXI... There is only brown magic.

My character haven't really taken a bath ever since she 1st started out in FFXI... the only 'bath' i have seen in FFXI would be the Dangruf wadi and only goblins bath there. Goblins are cleaner than us!

How can the colibri take out our food with its tongue? I already ate my meatkabob and that bird french-kiss me with its tongue to pull out the food from my stomach?

BTW, get out you giant Galka in the changing room in Lower Jeuno! I want to try on this outfit here and you have been taking over the changing room for a VERY long time now!

[Defiledsickness]

how come only whitegate mobs have fleas?
has diabolos ever met freddy krueger?
why do AF1 pup galka's constantly stalk my taru.... I HATE CLOWNS! i'll never unsee those horrid galka clowns.

why do only taru have trouble climbing the paths in Crawlers nest?

[Kiroko]

Whats with the little path by the AH in Ru'Lude gardens that's roped off? Did they think it would be funny for people to walk off and go splat on the floor below?

[Horadrim]

The Zilart were trying to revert Vana'diel back to paradise, the Kuluu sabotaged the plan which caused the meltdown that drastically changed some environments and scarred the land.

Al'taieu seems to be the "missing" part of Qufim Island as Bahamut rises from the Shu'meyo Sea at the beginning of CoP. The palace defense mechanism that shifted the whole palace into the Al'taieu crystal was also the device holding off the Wyrmking at the time.

That's what it was!

Nice.

Side note, Karbuncle, I'm totally going to find you in game later, haha. :P

Does anyone remember that site that had all of the FFXI storyline more or less novelized? It was like the greatest site ever, having missed out on finishing much of the story, it was fun to read through all of the background for the events and the happenings in chronological order.