Hunt Bills

When I got a chance to talk to Fernehalwes back at E3 there was a mention of how we might be able to read some of the text on the bills that are shown for the Hunt.

Well, the content has been released and... it's a bit too small to read. Sadly, increasing their size via the UI doesn't really do anything either as it just scales up the image that was already hard to read.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ernesignal.jpg

So I ask thee mighty eye! Bestow upon us your text dumps of Hunt bills!

But! But! In the movies when you zoom in on a picture, there's always this button that you click that magically un-pixelates the image and shows you a clear view of the bad guy's face! Don't you have one of those?

Ahem!

Let me get you that text...

The text that comes right below the reward amount is:

In these days darke the Realm weepeth befiled by terrors great and smalle withal.
Calamitous events beckon hither sundry beasts
what would sup upon our very lifeblood.
Yet verily blood must be repaid with blood, for where war doth beget blood, blood doth peace.

The text contained in the square seal at the bottom:

Bill issued under
the auspices of the
Eorzean Alliance
who have hereunto
rendered it binding
by the grace of
Her hands tern

The text contained in the round seal with the map of Eorzea:

In One Are Twelve
From Twelve Is One

The 4 lines of text near the bottom of each bill (near the notary's signature):

Let it be knowne that as is writ
withinnne Hunt edict fair pecuniary
requital shall be stowed upon
he who slayeth aforesaid mark.

As I (think I may have) mentioned in a past post, literacy rates in Eorzea are quite low. The only people who can read/write are usually the educated writing for the educated. This causes them to use an overly complex jumble of jargon that sounds little like what is actually spoken in Eorzea. The spelling and lack of punctuation can be blamed on the fact that because there were so few people who could read or write, there was really no standardized set of rules. This left those who were literate to make up their own rules (which was pretty much what every educated man and woman did).

I houpe Thatte hellpes!

That is actually pretty interesting and well done.

Thank you for that insight.

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Originally Posted by Fernehalwes

As I (think I may have) mentioned in a past post, literacy rates in Eorzea are quite low. The only people who can read/write are usually the educated writing for the educated. This causes them to use an overly complex jumble of jargon that sounds little like what is actually spoken in Eorzea. The spelling and lack of punctuation can be blamed on the fact that because there were so few people who could read or write, there was really no standardized set of rules. This left those who were literate to make up their own rules (which was pretty much what every educated man and woman did).

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Huh, didn't know that. So all those "No Entry" signs are pretty useless then.

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Originally Posted by Magis

Huh, didn't know that. So all those "No Entry" signs are pretty useless then.

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Those are for adventurers ;)

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Originally Posted by Fernehalwes

But! But! In the movies when you zoom in on a picture, there's always this button that you click that magically un-pixelates the image and shows you a clear view of the bad guy's face! Don't you have one of those?

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Of course we do! But using add-ons is against TOS :P

Who's the "Her" of "by the grace of Her hands"? Azeyma? Halone? Some as-of-yet unnamed Saint?

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Originally Posted by FJerome

Who's the "Her" of "by the grace of Her hands"? Azeyma? Halone? Some as-of-yet unnamed Saint?

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OMG! SIREN CONFIRMED!

Or not.

It's simply talking about the Eorzean Alliance and 'her' three hands (Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, and Ul'dah). :)

Very cool. Thanks for the information!

Note to self- use Ferne signal image to get results super fast :O


Thanks!

Sounde aduyses from Ferne!

While we're looking at tiny game text, how about the stuff in the novus sphere scroll glyphs or the tiniest scrawls on the world map (I've got the Roddard Ironheart comment one figured, but the little labels next to sailing ships etc)?