Land, Continent and World... what?

Ok I've been wondering this for a long time now and cannot figure it out so I thought I'd take it to the forums!

The Continent is called Aldemard.
The Land is called Eorzea.
The World is called Hydaelen.

What the heck is the difference between the Land and the Continent. Surely they are the same thing?

Is anyone else confused by this?
Is anyone able to shed some light on this epic riddle!?

Kind Regards,

Mossero

Eorzea is the region (my mistake).

Think of "land" as a country instead. Hopefully that clears up your confusion.

Eorzea < Aldemard < Hydaelen


Sarutabaruta < Mindartia < Vana'diel

Kinda like that.

Eorzea, the region, is consisted of Aldenard (the Africa-like landmass ) + its surrounding island, including Vylbrand. Hydaelyn is the planet.

The world of Hydaelyn contains a Region known as Eorzea, which is made up of the island of Vylbrand where Limsa Lominsa and O'Ghomoro are located, and the landmass of Aldenard where Ul'dah, Gridania, Ishgard, Sharlayan, and Ala Mhigo are located.

The other known land within Hydaelyn is all the land that stretches eastward, which as far as we know is all under the rule of the Garlean Empire which is based in a city called Garlemaid, whose current location is unknown.

ok now this is bit off topic but what is the world of 11 called ?

Vana'diel, which is primarily made up of the Quon and Mindartia continents, both with two southern islands, Zepwell and Elshimo respectively, and the continent of Ardijah to the far east.

Apparently there are several more landmasses in Vana'diel, but outside of game lore, we've never seen them since its launch 9 years ago.

ok i thought vana'diel was a continent for a sec, thank you.

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ok i thought vana'diel was a continent for a sec, thank you.

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Makes the names "thedas" all the more clever now that I think about it...

(For those at home, "thedas" is the world in Dragon Age, and is also short for "The Dragon Age Setting")

I am wondering if we'll get to see a more accessible world to visit in FFXIV compared to the portion we had in FFXI. While we may get lore of the other areas on occasion, I would actually like to see them for myself too.

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Originally Posted by Malakhim

The other known land within Hydaelyn is all the land that stretches eastward, which as far as we know is all under the rule of the Garlean Empire which is based in a city called Garlemaid, whose current location is unknown.

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Actually, there are two other regions that are known, both of which are only mentioned in the lore through NPC dialogue or item descriptions. There is Meracydia to the south, across the Sea of Ash, which is apparently a very tribal region, with heavy voodoo influences, as well as Thavnair to the east, across the Sea of Jade, which is ruled by a collection of "ruling houses" of nobility in its capital of Radz-at-Han.

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I am wondering if we'll get to see a more accessible world to visit in FFXIV compared to the portion we had in FFXI. While we may get lore of the other areas on occasion, I would actually like to see them for myself too.

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The only portion of XI we've yet to explore was the Northern Orcish/Gigas empire, the Southern Mithran Homeland, the Western Land and the Far East where Phoenix originally resided, otherwise we have a pretty huge world in XI that spans time and space storywise -- So everything from 2002 - 2010 in XI was eventually opened up that was once lore, e.g the only account of the Crystal War was in the opening cg video and a book released only in Japan, then we get to experience it for ourselves and even events not told in the lore.

So if they didn't completely distract from storytelling of XI as well, we'll no doubt see more areas that's in the lore over time.

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Actually, there are two other regions that are known, both of which are only mentioned in the lore through NPC dialogue or item descriptions. There is Meracydia to the south, across the Sea of Ash, which is apparently a very tribal region, with heavy voodoo influences, as well as Thavnair to the east, across the Sea of Jade, which is ruled by a collection of "ruling houses" of nobility in its capital of Radz-at-Han.

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...Goddammit. They'd better not pull another FFXI on us. I actually want to see these places one day.

You hear me Yoshi-P!? This is my one wish. Just ONE.

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...Goddammit. They'd better not pull another FFXI on us. I actually want to see these places one day.

You hear me Yoshi-P!? This is my one wish. Just ONE.

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I agree! Haha.

And I swear that Tanaka mentioned another nameless region to the northwest (maybe?) in an interview from a long time ago, but take that with a grain of salt...I could very well be making things up. I'll try and find the source for it when I have the time. :p

Hydaelyn is such a bad name. Sometimes JP's try too hard.

Eorzea is better, Aldenard/mard is actually great, as well as the other continents.

Roegadyn is also cringe-worthy. The rest is all good.

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Hydaelyn is such a bad name. Sometimes JP's try too hard.

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How do we try hard? It's not that easy finding a good non generic name that's pronounceable between multiple languages lol.

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Hydaelyn is such a bad name. Sometimes JP's try too hard.

Eorzea is better, Aldenard/mard is actually great, as well as the other continents.

Roegadyn is also cringe-worthy. The rest is all good.

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They're Celtic-influenced. Celtic likes to liberally use the "sometimes Y" clause of the Law of Vowels.

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They're Celtic-influenced. Celtic likes to liberally use the "sometimes Y" clause of the Law of Vowels.

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Ah. I've always found Celtic odd, probably why I don't like it. It doesn't sound good on my tongue. "I" would be more natural.

Reminds me of that one hound-type mob with celtic name.. Cwn Annwn. That's Welsh though.

I do hope it is influenced by something, JP's are notorious of just putting together syllables that sound cool and "English" (same thing).

and no, I'm not an apologist for them Jennestia, sorry about that.

Thanks for the replies guys, you've cleared some things up for me, it was the islands that confused me really because on Earth islands are still part of continents so I don't see the need to give an extra name for that. But this is not Earth so I guess I can accept that lol.

Thanks again, you've made my first experience in the community a very positive one. Kudos to all!


Mossero

I honestly don't know where this came from, or if the shapes of the continents are accurate, but I know its not official. It'll at the very least give you an idea of how much of Vana'diel we've never seen, and supposedly all of these landmasses are mentioned in the lore at some point.

I blame the limitations of the PS2 as always for we never getting to see this stuff...just think how much more amazing XI would've been if all this was available to play in and explore!

Vana'diel World Map?

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I blame the limitations of the PS2 as always for we never getting to see this stuff...just think how much more amazing XI would've been if all this was available to play in and explore!

Vana'diel World Map?

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It's a fanmade map.

PS2 has nothing to do with it. New area assets cost a ton of money. If it doesn't give any benefit, it's not worth doing.

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Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah

Ah. I've always found Celtic odd, probably why I don't like it. It doesn't sound good on my tongue. "I" would be more natural.

Reminds me of that one hound-type mob with celtic name.. Cwn Annwn. That's Welsh though.

I do hope it is influenced by something, JP's are notorious of just putting together syllables that sound cool and "English" (same thing).

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Ah yes Welsh, fans of the little-used "sometimes W too" clause of the Law of Vowels.

I fear your last sentence may be accurate. At least in XI the word "Mithra" has a real-world meaning (Mithra is a Zoroastrian god I think). As far as I can tell "Roegadyn" doesn't mean squat. Maybe its Celtic for "Galka with no tail".

It would be nice if SE released a map that included the geographical layout of the Garlean Empire (just for giggles mind you) since we can only see a small portion of that area on the Eorzea map (don't want to say "World map" because it's not the world lol) that was released prior to the game's release.