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Wow, all of these replies have been absolute fantastic. It would seem as if all the questions I had in regards to the 1.0 Lore have been pretty thoroughly answered. Between the blog, youtube and checking out Wikis, I feel pretty caught up, and that makes me appreciate the story for 2.0+ even more. Thank you so much guys!
Reading the first page of responses, I had this fresh in my memory when I was finally able to join a competent T5 group in PF and clear it. You are referred to several times by Alisae and Urianger as our Sword in the Darkness in the quests following Twintania's defeat. It seemed to remind me that Hydaelyn actually says "...make of thee a blade of light." in the post final battle cutscenes.
There are many references to what lies beneath Cartenau as well, which ties in conveniently with what we know of Omega. But that could do with a thread of its own.
Hey Moose, have you considered opening a Patreon to fund your lore work? Might be a good use of a few months and I'd be glad to donate.
On the subject of the size of Garlemald: they absolutely do not control "the world aside from Eorzea". We know, definitively, of the "New World" to the west of Eorzea thanks to item descriptions (popotoes are from there!); of Thavnair, which seems to be an archipelago in the "sea" between and to the south of the connected Three Great Continents and which is not ruled by Garlemald; of Meracydia, the location of which is unclear but was, from what can be inferred in-game, ravaged by an army of Allagan-enslaved dragons in Xande's time and possibly never recovered; and we also know that the Roegadyn, Lalafell and Mi'qote came from "elsewhere" and arrived in Eorzea comparatively recently, at earliest during the Fifth Astral. There's a lot of land the Garleans have never even touched. Garlemald is big - two continents is a lot of territory - but it hardly covers "the entire world". The plan for them, even, is to conquer Eorzea before considering lands beyond the Great Continents - mostly because they don't want Eorzea to backstab them while trying to expand elsewhere.