Shatotto

Is there any info in/out of game as to who Shatotto was exactly? All I can really gleam is that she was a Plainsfolk of Mhach who created Black Magic and the Stardust Rod, but there's not really any mention of her even throughout the Void Ark questline

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Originally Posted by waifugenerator

Is there any info in/out of game as to who Shatotto was exactly? All I can really gleam is that she was a Plainsfolk of Mhach who created Black Magic and the Stardust Rod, but there's not really any mention of her even throughout the Void Ark questline

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I always so it more as an Easter egg since ShaNtotto was a very important character from FFXI (and the most powerful BLM).

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Originally Posted by Payadopa

I always so it more as an Easter egg since ShaNtotto was a very important character from FFXI (and the most powerful BLM).

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Yeah I know who Shantotto is but the BLM questline makes the FFXIV Shatotto seem like a very important person in the history of black magic so I'm surprised she's not more prevalent in Mhach etc related content

Even on Encyclopedia Eorzea vol1 you don't have much information about her.
Like Payadopa said, it's more like an easter egg. She is the matriarch of our art and that's all.

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Originally Posted by Payadopa

and the most powerful BLM.

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Ajido-Marujido will literally fight you on that.

I think really all there is to her lore-wise is that she's a key person in the development of the discipline of Black Magic and a very powerful mage. IIRC most of the Mhachi stuff that we think of when we think of Mhach (ie voidsent, geiger-esque buildings, etc) happened after her death too so I don't think she has much importance there.

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Originally Posted by Brightamethyst

Ajido-Marujido will literally fight you on that.

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I mean, he's her pupil. Like, sure, he can Chainspell Ancient Magic and also Manafont simultaneously... but she like split herself into three different versions of herself and opened portals to other dimensions and invented spells and such.

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Originally Posted by Brightamethyst

Ajido-Marujido will literally fight you on that.

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Didn't he fall into a coma at some point?
/chuckle

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Originally Posted by waifugenerator

Yeah I know who Shantotto is but the BLM questline makes the FFXIV Shatotto seem like a very important person in the history of black magic so I'm surprised she's not more prevalent in Mhach etc related content

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Shatotto was more famous during an earlier time of Mhach. The remnants of Mhach that *we* deal with come from that civilization's end, when she was but a historical figure. Remember, according to her lingering spirit, the wide hats that BLM are known for wasn't a thing when she was originally alive, because it reduced accuracy in spellcasting, but by the time of Mhach's end, the big hats + eye patch combo had come about due to their association with voidsent.

Don't you also sorta meet her during one of the expansion questline as a BLM? Can't remember which expansion but throughout the storyline you interact with a copy of her consciousness that is possessing your teacher.

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Originally Posted by Shadotterdan

Don't you also sorta meet her during one of the expansion questline as a BLM? Can't remember which expansion but throughout the storyline you interact with a copy of her consciousness that is possessing your teacher.

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Stormblood, yes. The 60-70 questline has Shatotto (or at least a copy of part of her personality) turn up for what I feel like is a plot device excuse to, well, introduce her and what she thinks of Black Magic.

It does have the delightful bit of lore where Shatotto lived and died long before the Mhachi resorted to voidsent summonings, and so Shatotto had no idea why all "modern day" Black Mages use these big hats.

IMO most interesting part of that quest was the meteor stuff, cos if you cross reference with the first volume EE it becomes apparent that all of the Stardust Rods Shatotto made were from the remnants of the meteor in the questline.