City of Nym [Anonymoose]

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Originally Posted by NoloeTazier

It looks just like leftover remnants of a castle..however if you look at the little images in the boxes you can see that it forms a perfect compass -- a navigational instrument~. North, south, east, west on the orange outer ring and northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest on the green middle ring. Of course this might not be true in game, but picture wise it looks like a compass.

Design wise, it almost looks like the castle was built to withstand a flood sixth umbral era, seeing as the legs prop it up and off the ground. But of course look at all the water, but we don't know if that's from Bahamut or not. But looking at the map, there's a HUGE area in the middle where this place could have existed.

http://ffxivmaps.com/img/region-la_noscea-large.png

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Would you agree that I just fixed that for you?

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Originally Posted by NoloeTazier

It looks just like leftover remnants of a castle..however if you look at the little images in the boxes you can see that it forms a perfect compass -- a navigational instrument~. North, south, east, west on the orange outer ring and northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest on the green middle ring. Of course this might not be true in game, but picture wise it looks like a compass.

Design wise, it almost looks like the castle was built to withstand a flood, seeing as the legs prop it up and off the ground. But of course look at all the water, but we don't know if that's from Bahamut or not. But looking at the map, there's a HUGE area in the middle where this place could have existed.

http://ffxivmaps.com/img/region-la_noscea-large.png

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I vaguely remember being able to mine shells and oysters from mining nodes around camp Bloodshore and Bearded Rock which suggested to me that parts of La Noscea used to be under water or maybe they came with a flood.

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Originally Posted by Catapult

Would you agree that I just fixed that for you?

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Yessir, wasn't going to say it directly ;)

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Originally Posted by Sabi

I vaguely remember being able to mine shells and oysters from mining nodes around camp Bloodshore and Bearded Rock which suggested to me that parts of La Noscea used to be under water or maybe they came with a flood.

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Let's not forget, Mount O'Ghomoro is a volcano. Volcanoes have been known to create islands. I'm not saying the island was completely formed from the volcano, but there's at least 2 explanations of how and why. But I'd definitely say it's from the Sixth Umbral flooding rather than the mass being raised up from the sea floor by Mt O'Ghomoro.

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Originally Posted by NoloeTazier

Yessir, wasn't going to say it directly ;)



Let's not forget, Mount O'Ghomoro is a volcano. Volcanoes have been known to create islands. I'm not saying the island was completely formed from the volcano, but there's at least 2 explanations of how and why. But I'd definitely say it's from the Sixth Umbral flooding rather than the mass being raised up from the sea floor by Mt O'Ghomoro.

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To be more specific, the volcano could have raised the sea floor to a point where coral reefs could form. As the corals and shell-life thrives, they leave behind deposits of their remains which ultimately become limestone. A sea-level fall (end of sixth umbral) can then expose the landmass that has been created.

Call it my geological hunch, but La Noscea looks like it's made by a combination of volcanic extrusions and coral reef exposure.

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Originally Posted by Catapult

To be more specific, the volcano could have raised the sea floor to a point where coral reefs could form. As the corals and shell-life thrives, they leave behind deposits of their remains which ultimately become limestone. A sea-level fall (end of sixth umbral) can then expose the landmass that has been created.

Call it my geological hunch, but La Noscea looks like it's made by a combination of volcanic extrusions and coral reef exposure.

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Spoken like a true whale biologist...I mean geologist. Threads like this make me love you guys, someone has to keep the SE Lore writers on their toes. We demand attention to details.

Scholar

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/static...arapic_001.png

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In an age long past, when mankind flourished under the radiance of arcane mastery, the island of Vylbrand was home to a city-state called Nym. Though the history of that age tells of countless wars waged with earth-shattering incantations, it was the brilliant strategic maneuvering of Nym's scholars that allowed their mundane army of mariners to throw back would-be conquerers time and again. These learned men and women defended the freedom of their tiny nation with their unique command over spell-weaving faeries, utilizing the creatures' magicks to heal the wounded and bolster the strength of their allies.

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Very, very interesting.

Since the nda now allows screenies, here's some of Nym.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2894/9...484cabd6_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3734/9...34903178_o.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/9...ea499236_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3728/9...eea5b0dc_o.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5502/9...075dfc11_o.jpg


Fullsize here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryuuoh/...7634160673859/

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Originally Posted by radhaz

Since the nda now allows screenies, here's some of Nym.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2894/9...484cabd6_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3734/9...34903178_o.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/9...ea499236_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3728/9...eea5b0dc_o.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5502/9...075dfc11_o.jpg


Fullsize here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryuuoh/...7634160673859/

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Is that Nym? I thought Nym was up the hill from Camp Overlook, where all the floating crystals are.

Edit: I forgot I had taken a screenshot.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3750/9...37872a21_o.jpg

There's a larger shot of the map on my flickr set.

That certainly looks more floaty tho.