Encyclopædia Eorzea ("Lore Book") Bug Report Thread

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Originally Posted by Niwashi

How is that out of left field? It seems in line with the in-game references you cited. Particularly the reference to "the Near Eastern island of Thavnair" clearly indicates that Thavnair is just one portion of the Near East.

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The assumption has always been that the Near East was, at most, another island chain or archipelago similar to the Cieldalaes or Sharlayan. For the past six years, the Near East has seemingly only ever referred to Thavnair, with many texts going from "Near Eastern" to "Thavnairian" and back in an interchangeable fashion. So for six years we've only seen "Hawaii" refer specifically to "Oahu," to use your example, and absolutely nothing else. Now we know Thavnair is but one tiny island in the greater Bounty that is the Near East and that's totally awesome to learn.

But apparently it also now refers to what seems to be a rather sizable portion of a continent we've known for five-ish years by two completely different designations. That's what I was referring to as feeling out of left field. Essentially everything south of Dalmasca, which is nestled in Ilsabard's central mountains (apparently), is a part of the Near East also, if I'm understanding the lore book correctly. So basically a good portion of Ilsabard, if not half of it, is referred to by Eorzeans as the Near East, but before the lore book, Ilsabard has always been referred to as two things: "the northern great continent" or "the seat of the Garlean Empire in the northeast." It's not that either of these two designations are incorrect, it's just that we've never once seen something as simple as "Near Eastern Ilsabard."

My hope in listing the Near Eastern issue on this thread wasn't to get anything corrected necessarily, but to encourage future Near Eastern lore text to reference places other than Thavnair from now on, now that we know this region is perhaps larger than the entirety of the Far East and is certainly more encompassing than just a "tiny island across the Sea of Jade." That's all.

If you're curious to see more on the Near East though, my pre-book collection is here.

PAGE: 279
HEADING: VILEKIN
SUBHEADING: Tarantula Hawk

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Pollinate

Hello all!

I just wanted to pop back into once again to extend my gratitude to everyone who has posted here. For the most part, the errors that have been reported are, without question, errors. As for those issues reported which were not actually bugs, many of you have taken the time to explain to others why they were probably not actually bugs.

There are a few, however, which I would like to expand upon so as to eliminate any confusion that may have occurred as a result of the issue.

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Originally Posted by Anonymoose

PAGE: 053
HEADING: Timeline
YEAR: 1561

Refers to the former sultan of Ul'dah (father of Nanamo) as Sasabaru. In Version 1.0, this name was Sasabal Ul Sisibal.

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The spelling from 1.0 is correct, and the 2.0 in-game text has been fixed for 3.5.

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Originally Posted by ExKage

PAGE: 087
HEADING: Keepers of the Moon
Section: Nomenclature

This seems to imply that the suffix is added to the mother's forename. So for this male keeper, Okhi is his mother's given name and Nbolo is the surname (family mother name)? This seems to contradict the lore book.

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The naming conventions post on the forums is correct. This happened to be a mistake in the source JP from which we translated, and thanks to the post, I was able to inform Oda-san so he could get the JP text fixed before they went to print. While no bug is ever good (especially one like this where the text 100% contradicts what has been laid out before), this particular one contains an unintentional sneak peek into our development process. It turns out that WAY back in the day, there was talk of having some races (or clans) employ name order in which the surname comes first. We ultimately decided to scrap the idea for a number of boring reasons, but I have a feeling that the JP text that we translated might have been a remnant of an old design document.

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Originally Posted by Etherelle

PAGE: 154 & 155
HEADINGS: Knights of the Heaven's Ward
SUBHEADINGS: Charibert de Lieusignac & Janlenoux de Courcillaint

It appears there is some kind of name swap going on in the Heaven's Ward. In the short story, What Remains of a Knight, Charibert is given the name Charibert (de) Courcillain (Courcillaint?), but it appears in the lorebook that the last name either belongs to or was stolen by Janlenoux, the eleventh knight while Charibert's last name changed to Lieusignac. Who has the right of it?

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The Lodestone story is mistaken and will be updated in all 4 languages (hopefully) soon.

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Originally Posted by Anonymoose

PAGE: 301
HEADING: Elementals
SUBHEADING: Plasmoid (& Phurble)

This is probably more of a "times, they are a-changin'" thing, but I figured I'd leave it here for the sake of completeness. Back in the day, plasmoids were defined as voidsent. Likewise, I've never seen a phurble called an Elemental before, so that's interesting. Perhaps scholars just know better these days.

EDIT: And Dullahans are soulkin here, whereas the minion said they were "in fact" voidsent. Is this the doing of the Trappers' League or the meddling Sharlayans? /fistshake

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Back before the Calamity, very little was known of phurbles, leading scholars to believe that they were voidsent (a convenient category into which a lot of creatures are categorized until better conclusions can be reached). New (post-Calamity) studies now place them under Elementals. As for plasmoids, there is a clear split as to what scholars believe. The author of this particular tome ;) puts weight on the fact that plasmoids appear to contain high concentrations of elementally aspected aether—something severely lacking in the void.

The Dullahans...well, this is a mistake in the minion text, and will be fixed in-game for 3.5.

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Originally Posted by Anonymoose

PAGE: 148
HEADING: Ishgard
SUBHEADING: Hindsight / A Nation's Founding

Says that (in Ishgard's version of the founding tale) King Thordan was cast into a ravine by Nidhogg. When told the tale by Alberic, he says that Thordan was thrown into a chasm by one of his own men (seduced by Nidhogg). That probably still counts, right? Cast into a ravine by Nidhogg by proxy? Before I forget about it, though, it just seemed like something one of those tiny details that, if it stayed in the scripture for a thousand years, Ishgard might have given some meaning.

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You are correct. The throwing was done by one of his men (under the influence of Nidhogg). I apologize for the misleading wording.

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Originally Posted by Sounsyy

PAGE: 95
HEADING: Limsa Lominsa's Founding a Retcon?
SECTION: History

Encyclopedia Eorzea pg13
The first, and northernmost, is a remote archipelago known as Aerslaent - homeland of the Sea Wolf tribe of Roegadyn. It is from these islands that the first inhabitants of Limsa Lominsa are said to have hailed - arriving on Vylbrand after a failed raiding attempt in the southern Rhotano Sea.

Encyclopedia Eorzea pg95
In 874 of the Sixth Astral Era, the Galadion set sail from the isles deep in the northern seas - the last of a mighty armada which turned on its nation in the name of the people, only to meet defeat at the hands of those they meant to free. The Sea Wolf crew of this noble vessel, who could no longer abide the rule of tyrants, steered her crippled hull south though unknown waters in search of a new home. After a yearlong voyage cursed by many troubles, the ship drifted to the southern coast of Vylbrand, and there ran aground.

To start, even these two passages on Limsa's founding in the lore book conflict somewhat, but comparing them to the original story has me very confused.

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You hear the legend of how this city was born? Well, years ago, there was this mighty kingdom far to the south–so far, they say that it would take a man half his life to sail to her shores–and it had an invincible armada of twenty score times ten unsinkable battleships. They conquered nigh on every city for a thousand leagues, and were the unchallenged master of the sea…until, that is, an armada just as invincible as their own invaded their waters.

Both sides fought with the courage of lions and the ferocity of sharks, but the kingdom’s fighters, so used to doing the attacking themselves, were unsure how to defend against onslaughts of a similar nature. And so their fleet was nearly destroyed and their cities were completely razed. Only a small fleet of their fastest dromonds was able to escape the carnage under cover of nightfall. It pained the crews to abandon their lands, of course, but they knew flight was the only way to ensure their people lived on.

And so they sailed and they sailed, until one day a terrible storm–some say sent by Llymlaen herself–picked up the few remaining ships and tossed them down upon the rocks of La Noscea. The ships were too badly damaged to be rebuilt, though by this time the men were weary from their journey, and no longer wished to run. And so they salvaged the remnants of their ships and built a tiny settlement on the rocks. Over time that settlement grew…and transformed into the city you see here today.
Obviously, taking into account that NPCs are wholly unreliable narrators and legends being even less reliable sources of historical fact - this story closely resembles the first passage from Pg13, but nothing like the one from Pg95. Obviously this "southern kingdom" isn't half a lifetime away, but the southern continent of Meracydia is implied to take quite some time by boat.


This has sparked several questions: If the Galadion and Limsa Lominsa are of Sea Wolf origin, why then are three out of the four named crew members Elezen? Why does the Galadion not have a Sea Wolf name? And where did the name Limsa Lominsa come from?

But I guess the most important question, is this a retcon?

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First off,

It is from these islands that the first inhabitants of Limsa Lominsa are said to have hailed - arriving on Vylbrand after a failed raiding attempt in the southern Rhotano Sea.

This was poor wording on my part. This was not talking about the founders, but some of the first inhabitants. The text would have been clearer if it had read:

It is from these islands that some of the first inhabitants of Limsa Lominsa are said to have hailed - arriving on Vylbrand after failed raiding attempts in the southern Rhotano Sea.

About the in-game explanation of how Limsa was formed, we’re not retconning anything here, merely bringing out the ‘truth’ for the first time. What has existed in-game (so far) has simply been (as you pointed out) a result of extreme embellishment on the part of the speaker. He’s told the story so many times, expanding it with each telling, that little exists of what actually happened. Thousands of ships, great battles, conquering of lands, the first voyage getting confused with subsequent raids, etc. Even “north” has become south. There are actually quite a few characters who do this in the game, and it is (for the most part) by design. I’ve always thought that having every character in the game tell you something that is 100% correct is simply not realistic. Especially in a town populated by cutthroats, brigands, cheats, and liars. Things are arguably more ‘lifelike’ if answers can only be gathered by piecing together overlapping parts in several recollections of the same story. You’ll find a lot of this in Limsa. The lore book is the historians’ version of the founding story, and therefore the ‘true’ one (as true as a historian’s record can be, mind you).

As for the four Elezen crew members on a ship that was hailing from the Sea Wolves’ homeland? There’s an explanation for this, as well, but we’re hoping to reveal it in a future storyline. ;)

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PAGE: 179
HEADING: The Empire
SECTION: Social Hierarchy

For Citizen - Lower Citizens, the "Bas" title is listed, however, lore from Gubal lists the title for citizenry as "Ban."

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This was incorrect in-game, and the text has been fixed for 3.5.

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Originally Posted by Anonymoose

PAGE: 295
HEADING: Bestiary / Soulkin
SUBHEADING: Mammet

This true Raimdelle Codex entry (by the man himself) says that mammets were invented "five score" years ago. (100 Years)
But Serendipity tells you this year that Mnejing is the first mammet ever built and is ... one century old. (100 Years)

So it's accurate, but ... Frandelont Raimdelle lived, like, centuries ago, didn't he? He can't still be alive, can he...?

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Ulp! This was supposed to be a quote from the updated (newest) edition of the Codex, and not the original. So Raimdelle did not actually say this, some nameless editor did (at least that was the intention). Sorry about that and nice catch!

Thanks for popping in and keeping us in the loop! <furiously scribbling notes into bestiary>

It's kind of poetic that the book is actually helping clean up in-game wording and development notes in turn. All three entities end up benefiting one another as they're polished up, and it's looking like everything is going to end up quite clean, in the end. From the changes between versions to the fast-paced workload, it's seemed like even the back-end resources weren't quite as consistent as your team was able to make them seem with the addendums and "recent discoveries" and backing your way out of having to literally retcon just about anything (aside from a little stitching on Darnus and that one incident with the Labyrinth we try not to talk about).

That's cause for some pretty strong congratulations to all of you over there!

RIP Meracydia theory ...maybe. But I'm looking forward to finding out about those Elezen! Thanks so much for dropping in Fernehalwes and dropping some knowledge on us!

At least tell me you're using the Eyes for good, Ferne.

I haven't checked if it was mentioned earlier in the thread, but dullahan are also referred to as being voidsent in the Minute Mindflayer minion description. That one also will also need updated with the new patch.

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Originally Posted by Fernehalwes

The naming conventions post on the forums is correct. This happened to be a mistake in the source JP from which we translated, and thanks to the post, I was able to inform Oda-san so he could get the JP text fixed before they went to print. While no bug is ever good (especially one like this where the text 100% contradicts what has been laid out before), this particular one contains an unintentional sneak peek into our development process. It turns out that WAY back in the day, there was talk of having some races (or clans) employ name order in which the surname comes first. We ultimately decided to scrap the idea for a number of boring reasons, but I have a feeling that the JP text that we translated might have been a remnant of an old design document.

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Called it.

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Originally Posted by Fernehalwes

Things are arguably more ‘lifelike’ if answers can only be gathered by piecing together overlapping parts in several recollections of the same story. You’ll find a lot of this in Limsa. The lore book is the historians’ version of the founding story, and therefore the ‘true’ one (as true as a historian’s record can be, mind you).

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Is there going to be any plans to make this accessible in-game somehow (maybe via an in-game library, *hint-hint*)? I'm worried it's going to get increasingly awkward to have enthusiastic conversations about the Lore if too much of the "truth" is locked behind the Lore Book, both for the players who can't afford it and the players who don't even have the chance to buy it, such as most of the ones in NZ and AUS. It gets discouraging if you're all hyped-up on a theory only to find out that the Lore Book said your in-game sources were wrong.

Is there ever going to be a second edition of the book with all the mistakes fixed? Could call it a Lore Reborn or something.

PAGE: 277
HEADING: BEASTKIN
SUBHEADING: Miacis

Aren't these usually called Miacid? I'd just take it at its word, but d and s are right next to each other on the keyboard. Better safe than sorry!

PAGE: 279
HEADING: SEEDKIN
SUBHEADING: Flying Trap

Red and Blue Landtrap Leaves (and Landtrap Salad) may need updating if naturalists have changed the name from landtrap to flytrap to flying trap.
(I'm telling you, the Trappers' League is in over their heads!)

PAGE: 275
HEADING: BEASTKIN
SUBHEADING: Olphant

To add to the Age of Endless Frost (in-game) and the Age of Eternal Frost (reported earlier in this thread), this entry refers to the Age of Endless Ice.

PAGE: 268
HEADING: DRAGONS
SUBHEADING: Physical Characteristics

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Other creatures might remain quadrupeds, with those exhibiting an affinity for earth-aspected aether moving along an metamorphological branch towards...

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Originally Posted by Fernehalwes

The Dullahans...well, this is a mistake in the minion text, and will be fixed in-game for 3.5.

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For the sake of completeness, I'm leaving a thought I had while mulling over the new info:

Something seems off comparing dullahan and horsemen: Eorzeans see dullahan as soulkin, but if you sacrifice a warhorse to be used as a nightmare steed, the dullahan who rides it is seen as a fifth-rung voidsent.

Granted, I suspect that several entries of the codex are muddled by deliberate misinformation via Eorzean point of view, particularly in terms of voidsent hiding in other categories (especially soulkin and ashkin), but this example seems perhaps at odds with itself a bit.

Free access to Gu Bal!

Hmm I assumed these three surname inconsistencies would have been on the forefront of the errors list so I didn't mention them earlier, but after reading this thread it would seem no one's brought them up yet!

Jessie, the deputy president of Garlond Ironworks, is listed in her bio under Her Servants on page 195 as Jessie Jaye, but on page 241 in the Her Disciplines section under Stephanivien's bio section her full name is listed as Jessie Baler.

Slowfix's full name is listed as Slowfix Cointoss in his bio under Her Lands on page 173, but under Roundrox's bio under Her Servants on page 212 Slowfix's name is listed as Slowfix Boxtops.

Under the Agents of Inquiry section of Her Servants on page 204, Ellie is called Ellie Ryse under her bio, but under Briardien's bio right next to hers she is called Ellie Lynne. Should also mention she is listed as Ellie Ryse under the Mythril Eye entry on page 186.

As a person who has always gone kinda gaga over finding out the full names of the characters in FF games, this is something I really paid attention to as I read every single word in this book back to front over the last few weeks. I must know...does Slowfix flip coins or top boxes!?

EDIT: And while this isn't a typo per se, it is an odd omission - On page 210 under Her Servants, Brayflox is simply listed as Brayflox with no last name, even though it is well-known her last name is Alltalks.

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PAGE: 277
HEADING: BEASTKIN
SUBHEADING: Miacis

Aren't these usually called Miacid? I'd just take it at its word, but d and s are right next to each other on the keyboard. Better safe than sorry!

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I assume this is a typo in-game, since in all languages but English they're called Miacis.

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Originally Posted by Ar4093

I assume this is a typo in-game, since in all languages but English they're called Miacis.

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Yet a certain FATE in the Forelands makes use of this "typo" for a pun ("El Miacid Plot")

PAGE: 033
HEADING: Incorrect Geography?
SECTION: The Floating City of Nym

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Even during the great war, the Royal Marines ensured that their small nation maintained its independence by valiantly repelling wave after wave of voidsent sent by the Mhachi across the Rothlyt Sound.

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The body of water that separates Yafaem and Vylbrand is the Strait of Merlthor. The Rothlyt Sound is east of Amdapor on the other side of Aldenard.

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Originally Posted by Sounsyy

The body of water that separates Yafaem and Vylbrand is the Strait of Merlthor. The Rothlyt Sound is east of Amdapor on the other side of Aldenard.

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2016 and we still haven't squashed 100% of those pesky Rhotano / Rothlyt swaps... (I'm still giving the side-eye to the pelican, as well.)

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Originally Posted by Anonymoose

2016 and we still haven't squashed 100% of those pesky Rhotano / Rothlyt swaps... (I'm still giving the side-eye to the pelican, as well.)

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I gave up on that escapade! Hehehe. Though we did manage to get many leves and other mentions changed. :/

PAGE: 048 (Probably others)
HEADING: Timeline

Mentions of a disease known as the Lung Rot. This was the tentative name. Green Rot was the official name.

PAGE: Too Many Involved / Not Sure Which is Wrong
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As with the previous tar pit topics, I'm just going to lay it all out there and you guys can decide which part is wrong.

The first Trident was held in 992nd year of the Sixth Astral Era and was meant to be held every 7 years thereafter.

If no admirals ever died in office, the 72nd Trident should have taken place in 1496. However, it took place in 1474, where Geisswaen retained the admiralty thanks to Keltlach (spelled Keitlach in the timeline) betraying One-eyed Wylfred.

This offset speeds up the timetable by 22 years, implying that some admirals had their reigns cut short and emergency Tridents were held. This interpretation is further supported by the fact that Merlwyb won the Trident in 1563, just after the assassination of the then-admiral (a name for him would help), as regardless of whether you start adding sevens from 1496 or 1474, there shouldn't have been a Trident in 1563 unless such emergency iterations are indeed a thing.

Now, the 1563 trident was the 85th, which should have taken place in 1587 if no admirals died in office. We've added two years to the timetable offset. If you start adding sevens from the outcome of the 72nd Trident, however, you should have a Trident in 1565, perhaps isolating the exact two years in question.

All of this works so far... but now we run into a problem.

If the previous pattern holds, Merlwyb should have ran a Trident in 1570, but we've no record of it (that I can recall?). Moreover, in 1.0 (1572), Merlwyb was constantly referred to as the "new" admiral. Compounding this is that in 1.0 (1572), many times in many story arcs it was said that the next Trident was right around the corner.

None of that seems to line up. I suppose that we can perhaps ignore that she was called "new" in 1572 despite being 9 years into her admiralty; it may have been an awkward word choice meant to contrast her reign to that of the admiral who died in the 1562 echoes. However, a Trident occurring in 1572 or 1573 only seems to work if the 1562 admiral wasn't assassinated.

So I think we have a missing 1570 Trident and a bunch of people who think one was supposed to happen in 1572-3.

Or this all makes sense and I'm just bad at math. (The latter is true either way.)

Having finally gotten my own copy, I can safely say that the Lore Book does confirm most of my findings on the Allagan Empire. This presents an entire slew of other problems which I have detailed quite well enough in the past, but the book itself seems fine on a cursory examination.

PAGE: 091
HEADING: Au Ra
SECTION: Raen

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Believing themselves the children of the Dawn Father, the forebears of the Raen left behind their homeland to settle across Othard. They were received with hatred and hostility by other races in the early years, until a prominent warlord of Yanxia, impressed with their valor, forged an alliance with the strange race and took them on as retainers. Before long, the Raen had assumed a prominent role as warriors in the service of countless great warlords. Some ventured across the sea to the Far East, where they earned a reputation as legendary swordmasters.

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Wasn't the rest of the passage before the last sentence also talking about the Raen who came to Othard from some foreign homeland? Perhaps this last sentence is supposed to say Near East? Perhaps in reference to this old Herald article? Or does it mean even further Far East across the Ruby Tide to Hingashi?

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Originally Posted by Harbor Herald: The Cieldalaes to See Combat

In response to recent fluctuations in the market, the [Brugaire Consortium] is sourcing these arms from the city-state of Radz-at-Han, far across the Jade Sea. I should note at this juncture that these are no ordinary weapons—they are fashioned from a peculiar stone called Giantsgall, a material traditionally used in the making of Near Eastern arms. I caught glimpse of one such blade hanging on the hip of a Twin Adder officer returning from a drill, and humbly asked if I might examine it up close. Let it suffice to say that I was duly impressed by the craftsmanship.

Giantsgall
A variety of stone found only on Thavnair, possessing exceptional hardness. Its name is derived from a legend that tells of a Far Eastern hero who voyaged to the selfsame island and there vanquished a savage giant. A nearby stone drank up the slain giant's blood and gall, thus receiving of its strength.

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Wasn't the rest of the passage before the last sentence also talking about the Raen who came to Othard from some foreign homeland? Perhaps this last sentence is supposed to say Near East? Perhaps in reference to this old Herald article? Or does it mean even further Far East across the Ruby Tide to Hingashi?

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The Xaela entry says the Azim Steppe is their "not abandoned ancestral home"...the Raen entry should be referring to there.

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Or does it mean even further Far East across the Ruby Tide to Hingashi?

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This is what I took it to mean, given that we know there's a third tribe of Au Ra living there (or someplace that certainly sounds a lot like Hingashi).

Page: 212
Heading: characters
Section: Mide Hotogo

In this section mide is referred to as hotogo as opposed to the ingame Hotgo which she presumely laid name to.

Page:152/185
Heading:Ishgard/The Garlean Empire
Section: Organizations,The Temple Knights, Lucia goe Junius/The Imperial Army, The XIVth Legion, Livia sas Junius

Under Lucia goe Junius's blurb, her age is listed as 28.
Under Livia sas Junius's blurb, her age is listed as 26.

In both blurbs, Livia is implied to be the older of the two.

PAGE: 053
HEADING: Timeline
SUBHEADING: 1562

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The mountain village of Ferndale is laid to waste by a recently awakened Nidhogg.

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According to the profiles for Estinien and Alberic, along with dragoon quest dialogue (40-50), the year should be 1557. I am not of the calculator class, so the exact year may be off.

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PAGE: 160
HEADING: The Pillars
SUBHEADING: Picture Caption

A picture of Saint Reymanaud's Cathedral is labeled as the Supreme Sacred Tribunal of Halonic Inquisitory Doctrine.

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(My book is from the second printing, if it matters.)

Page: 191
Heading: The Scions of the Seventh Dawn
Section: Yda Hext

Yda is said to be a Highlander, though her ingame model is that of a Midlander. This may not be an error though and could be deliberate on the part of the devs.

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Page: 191
Heading: The Scions of the Seventh Dawn
Section: Yda Hext

Yda is said to be a Highlander, though her ingame model is that of a Midlander. This may not be an error though and could be deliberate on the part of the devs.

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I think they covered this at the last Fanfest. Yda is a Highlander, but in 1.0 there were no female Highlander player models, and rather than recreate her character model in 2.0 they just stuck with her original Midlander one.

Noticed that the lorebook has a different date for the attack on Ferndale than what's in-game from both the Legacy and Current versions of the game.

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1562 - The mountain village of Ferndale is laid to waste by a recently awakened Nidhogg.

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Before we begin, there is something I must needs confess. You will recall the tale of my battle with Nidhogg fifteen years past, how the power of the dragon left me on account of the injuries I sustained.

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Before we begin, there is something I must needs confess. You will recall the tale of my battle with Nidhogg twenty years past, and how the power of the dragon left me on account of the injuries I sustained.

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Special thanks for Anonymoose for helping me double-check the text. Going by the in-game text, the correct date would be 1557, not 1562.

In the Encyclopaedia, the islands of Old Sharlayan are listed as follows:

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central Sharlayan, the northern Isle of Haam, the eastern Isle of Yorn, and the southern Isle of Val

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However, this image from the map released earlier today labels the southern isle as Yorn, instead of Val.

http://i.imgur.com/vP3h3P3.jpg

If Val isn't on the map then that means Yorn is being seen as to the South because the Isle of Val was leveled by the Ascians with a spell similar to Ultima sometime in A Realm Awoken or Through the Maelstrom.

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If Val isn't on the map then that means Yorn is being seen as to the South because the Isle of Val was leveled by the Ascians with a spell similar to Ultima sometime in A Realm Awoken or Through the Maelstrom.

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The problem isn't the absence of the island, but the positions. If you'll notice, there is an eastern island (which would be Yorn by the Encyclopaedia's description) covered by a cloud. Instead, the southern island is Yorn, when it should be Val (covered by a cloud, represented by a whirlpool, destroyed or not).

Plus, I doubt that this map was drawn so recently that Val's destruction would be represented on it.

I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but I thought I'd point it out so please correct me if I'm wrong:

In the Warring Triad section of the lore book, the timeline suggests that the Warring Triad were captured and THEN Bahamut was summoned. Yet if I remember correctly, Sophia's in-game lore says that she was captured on purpose AFTER Bahamut was summoned in an elaborate plan to release from his prison and wreak havoc. So, which one of these is the canon timeline?

PAGE: 026
HEADING: Eyes Southward
SUBHEADING: Kaliya

Refers to Kaliya as a hyrda rather than a hydra.

PAGE: 032
HEADING: The Discovery of White Magic

The Demon Wall blurb refers to it as a forgekin, while the bestiary refers to it as a soulkin.

Is there any newer publication of the book with the mistakes fixed? Did they fixed any typos since the book released? I'm asking because I want to buy it.