GM Lore?

Hello! I don't know if this has been discussed anywhere, but is there any lore or information about Game Masters in Eorzea?

I thought this might be interesting, given their voidsent glow and ability to help with item restores lol, maybe they have an interesting part in Eorzean history too.

Hope to hear an official response, thanks!

I'm not sure if there's ever been any lore-based explanation for GMs in FFXIV, but given the fact they're clearly based on FFXI's version which did have an (out of universe) explanation, I'm liable to regard the Eorzean GMs have similar origins. In FFXI from what I remember the GMs lore-wise were a mysterious order of knights who acted independently of any nation, as a kind of ad hoc police force/militia overseeing adventurers. Given the strength of adventurers and that they can take down gods, it's little wonder such a powerful organization existed outside of national allegiances to keep these often unruly and free-spirited, yet heavily armed youths in line. ;)

That smoky effect the GMs have surrounding them especially I believe is a kind of special buff only available to GMs that renders them effectively un-agroable by monsters (hence allowing them to appear pretty much anywhere without risk of being KOd), as well as making them invincible.

Also, given also the fact that the GM run player jail in FFXIV, Mordion Gaol, shares it's name with the same corrective facility in FFXI, the lore surrounding the Vana'dielian GMs is probably also correct for their Eorzean counterparts. :)

Oh nice, I didn't know FFXI had an explanation. That does sound like the same lore could definitely apply again. The GMs appear to be wearing "Judge's" gear that is similar to Templar gear, so maybe they're an order of knights originating from Ishgard perhaps.

Another thing I noticed before is that the area used for Mordian Gaol is the same area used in one of the cutscenes where Ascians are conversing with each other in a 2.0 main storyline cutscene. I'm guessing that's just because SE needed a spare area for the cutscene to take place in, but who knows, maybe GMs are in league with them lol. That could explain where they get their power to alter the fabric of reality to assist adventurer from.

If this post is swallowed by the void, you'll have your explanation and a proof of Ascians and GM working together!

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Originally Posted by AlphaWeapon

Oh nice, I didn't know FFXI had an explanation. That does sound like the same lore could definitely apply again. The GMs appear to be wearing "Judge's" gear that is similar to Templar gear, so maybe they're an order of knights originating from Ishgard perhaps.

Another thing I noticed before is that the area used for Mordian Gaol is the same area used in one of the cutscenes where Ascians are conversing with each other in a 2.0 main storyline cutscene. I'm guessing that's just because SE needed a spare area for the cutscene to take place in, but who knows, maybe GMs are in league with them lol. That could explain where they get their power to alter the fabric of reality to assist adventurer from.

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lol, maybe the GMs jailed the ascions for hacking?

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Originally Posted by AlphaWeapon

Hello! I don't know if this has been discussed anywhere, but is there any lore or information about Game Masters in Eorzea?

I thought this might be interesting, given their voidsent glow and ability to help with item restores lol, maybe they have an interesting part in Eorzean history too.

Hope to hear an official response, thanks!

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Having talked to around 5-6 different GMs due to various reasons, i would say almost of them have a "UNIQUE NAMING LORE CONVENTIONS" - something like Ascian naming convention but sounds more robot-ish- except for 1 GM who have different Moogle-ish first (singular) name.

GMs are elder primals! :P

O.O does that mean that the last director was bahamut and destroyed Eorzia as revenge while the devs tryed to save it only for Louioux to send them 5 years into the future?

Wait...there's a player jail?

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Originally Posted by Komoritane

Wait...there's a player jail?

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This is p retty much where you're sent when a GM wants to talk to you. You get teleported here, you cannot do a lot of things (like open menus, do emotes, etc) and have no means to exit until the GM teleports you again :)