Unsolved Mysteries

[Alhanelem]

My understanding is the Norg ship is/was supposed to be the pirate ship that appears on the mhaura/selbina route. But maybe that was proven wrong, I'm not sure.

The mysteries I'd like to see solved are the Audolin airship docks, where are basically entirely unused and never referenced in the story even, except for one time when you go near there for one brief scene. Was there originally planned to be an actual airship route and it was cut, was it planned to be used for cutscenes/story? or did they just design it in there in the off chance they decided to use it later, kind of like certain elements in the main cities that went more or less unused. (The Depot in Bastok for instance- though this is known to be for content that was cut early in development)

Also, the landing at Tavnazian Safehold. The area has a map (unusual for layer areas), and you can only walk on a small fraction of it. I wonder if this was originally planned to be fully acessible and be more than just a BC entrance, or if it wasn't even originally going to be a layer area at all.

[Dragoy]

My understanding is the Norg ship is/was supposed to be the pirate ship that appears on the mhaura/selbina route. But maybe that was proven wrong, I'm not sure.

I think that's been pretty much the consensus. I believe there are other references, but Gabide for example says "And to think that this is the hideout of the pirates who attacked me when I was still a young adventurer...".

With Rhapsodies of Vana'diel, they did give it another meaning: transporting adventurers between Norg, Selbina, and Mhaura. Well, /a/ ship. Probably not the pirate ship, though it would be interesting to get on board that. :]

I also think I remember the design/colouring being the same, but I'll have to check a look.

A boat docks every 2 minutes and 18'ish seconds, so to make any sense, it probably has to be several boats.

(Or maybe they're just test-driving one or few.)