"Between two fernes" fanfest lore discussion

I guess we can make a lore discussion thread for this.
So excited for the lore reveals ferne!!!

editing as things are discussed

Stormblood is translated as "Crimson Liberators"
Recap On the Lore Book
-I would like to smell the lore off the 304 page lorebook
-Will you become a disciple of the 'Book of Koji'?
-The spine of the book is emaculate
-Vote for the MS.Paint version of the Lorebook
-The letter 'Q'.
-Almost 1000 bugs due to craft beer, tsk tsk ferne :P!

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-There were apparently 6 hells, but now there are 7 due to Koji

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QUESTIONS answered by Oda-san! Not Ferne, thank you Erendis.
Notes on Soul Surrender:
On Equilibirium:
Hidden meanings:

Based on a young meracydian girl whose father dies against the war against the Allagans. Daughter is abused by mother. Daughter prays, and Sophia tells the daughter to kill her mother. Then kills herself to restore the balance.
-Neutral Goddess

On Ga-Bu
"What would Ga-Bu do"

STORMBLOOD TITLE:
Translated to Crimson Liberator
Stormblood title was used because iteasier for non-english speakers to understand and to avoid legal lawsuits

On the questions:
WOD female voice blackmage

They're a different black mage. They're from a different world that grew parallel but separate

On the jobs of WOD

Devouts/Magus/etc are jobs that grew independently because they are separate but parallel worlds. They have way different names too because of this difference, and more is discussed in the lorebook. Because of this, the WOD have way different names that don't follow the Eorzean naming conventions for the races because they are from a different, but parallel world.

On Garuda: answered in the lorebook.

On the three outside literatures that inspired Oda-san ( I thought it was Koji/ferne for some reason)

History, anthropology.
Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth
Ender wiggins saga
Song of Ice and fire series
Tomoko Iniushi - The scribe of Sorcery
various types of magic

on Dragoons

THEY JUMPED AND DIED jkjk

On Hydaelyn exploration

Expanded exploration due to sea-faring ship. There is a very good chance there exists places like Asyz La or Merycadia (sp)

on the Au ra

Lots of info in the lorebook!!! Hard for a tail or horn to be removed. Grow continously until they reach a certain size and stop growing.
Damaged: slow regeneration. Horns are hollow and the vibration aids in hearing. The hearing is normal and not superior to lalafells and they listen to sound in different ways

on the 1.0

he will be in stormblood ;0

on allagan roads

sunway - east to west ; starway - north to south. The allagans didnt listen to the gods as believed by the civilizations after them, but theyre still here because the roads are very useful to trade and etc

on artist unknown furniture/landscape

it's a good idea and will be considered for a 4.x questline

on illuminati and rauhbahns arm

GUN ARM LOLOLOL (jk)

on preference of puppies or kitties

HES A KITTEN GUY, but he also likes doggies. he currently has a dog and cat....and many other animals

MORE answers will be found with the loreforum. I missed one question. What are your thoughts on this guys ( I hope this is appropriate).

The lore segment has concluded, what are your thoughts on it?

Thanks for answering my question about Niellefresne, Koji. I've been wondering for ages if I would ever get any closure and now I am looking forward to Stormblood even more!

Just to note, questions were answered by Oda-san, so any personal info is about him, and not Ferne.

I hope one day we get a list of just exactly how much of Eorzean Cosmology owes its existence to Koji wanting good swears.

Yeah, this panel brought forth more evidence to the fact that Rostnsthal is one of the best underappreciated characters.

I figured from what I saw that it would be translated to "Crimson Liberator." Coincidentally I style myself the "Crimson Knight" owing to my perpetually Dalamud Red Chaos suit...

Oda-san answered my question about the Illuminati's cybernetics and Raubahn's arm! Hahahahaha!!! Well I expected that answer anyway, but I still had to ask for lulz.

Is there a transcript of the lore panel anywhere? I wasn't able to watch it but would looooooove to see the questions and answers.

You might be able to get one once the archive footage is released.

live letter is up and free for viewing

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Originally Posted by AutumnHarvestwind

live letter is up and free for viewing

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Where?! Cannot find...

if only I checked this thread earlier, it was the cleeng link where they hosted the fanfest stream ><

The live letter can be found on FFXIV's official Twitch channel. The lore panel, however, is only accessible to those who purchased Fanfest livestream tickets.

Remember the most important data point of the entire thing, though:

COCK. (The year of) (Koji is so ashamed)

Yay! My question about Oda's outside influences got asked! I think I was practically bouncing when I saw it come up on the screen.

I really wish I had gotten a chance to properly meet Koji. As it happened, I only managed to get his autograph by catching him RIGHT as he went off-stage after the Live Letter (which I felt a *little* bad about, given how busy he was), so there was barely the chance to shake his hand and thank him, never mind take a picture or chat. If you see this, Ferne, know that your panel was one of the highlights of the show, and your passion and love for what you do really shows in every aspect of this game and beyond.

I thought it was cool too, Im def picking up that encyclopedia book