Shantoto is back!

Stardust Rod (Black Mage) description:

"All in the Order of Nald’thal know well the legend of Shatotto, a mighty thaumaturge from the fifth of Astral Eras. Her creation of destructive and catastrophic spells evoked as much fear as it did respect, prompting ignorant souls to call her unsavory names—Death’s Handmaiden, the Black Witch, and the She-Devil among them. She was also possessed of an otherworldly talent for crafting thaumaturgical staves. Among her creations, the Stardust Rods are by far the most powerful and coveted, believed as they are to be fashioned from the celestial remnants of a star Shatotto herself brought down to Hydaelyn and clove asunder."

This means FF11 is connected to FF14? or Shantoto is now like Cid.

They aren't connected, as this is Shatotto and not Shantoto. But it's a very nice callback.

They've already said that Shantotto and Shatotto are 2 different people.

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Originally Posted by Masamune1004

They've already said that Shantotto and Shatotto are 2 different people.

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Yes, Shantotto is a female tarutaru black mage of considerable power. Shatotto of course is a female lalafell black mage of considerable power. They're completely different! :3

Maybe is a mistake. I mean, come on, read the description! is her, or maybe she warped by accident one day to ff14 world and could never go back to Vanadiel lol.

Besides, she's become basically a symbol from FFXI, like any other FF symbols, expect to see her mimic/referenced from here on out, just like Cloud was in FFIX.

well there making it a fan service game there going to be bringing back a crap load of old FF stuff and turning it into stuff for FFX|V

Shantotto is the FFXI mascot, and is becoming quite a popular character (in addition to being in Dissidia, she's also the tutorial person in Theatrythm). Hell, she even made it into Diablo 3. It's not surprising that she'd be referenced or show up in other FF games.

There's like a million of these threads. The name 'Shatotto' is definitely a wink to FFXI players but it is not a new thing with this update. It's all over the Black Mage quest line.

Godsbow—a name of great honor given only to those most accomplished with that weapon. According to the annals, the first to win that title was Gilbert, a bard celebrated for his honeyed yet thunderous voice. He is credited with having fashioned the likeness of a lyre into a bow, forming an instrument of war he simply called “Artemis.” Upon Gilbert’s death, the weapon which loosed the arrows that killed countless Ixal and played their requiems both, was taken for safekeeping by the Gods’ Quiver of Gridania.

Hollar back to Edward aka Gilbert from ffiv. Nice to see references to previous titles.

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Originally Posted by Powercow

Shantotto is the FFXI mascot, and is becoming quite a popular character (in addition to being in Dissidia, she's also the tutorial person in Theatrythm). Hell, she even made it into Diablo 3. It's not surprising that she'd be referenced or show up in other FF games.

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wait shes made a cameo in diablo 3?
you have a link or something?
would love to see that but im not really interested in the game ^~^

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Originally Posted by Yumi_Hibiki

wait shes made a cameo in diablo 3?
you have a link or something?
would love to see that but im not really interested in the game ^~^

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There's a wizard weapon/offhand set named after her. She personally doesn't show up.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/chan...cred-protector
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/chan...elemental-seal

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Originally Posted by Powercow

There's a wizard weapon/offhand set named after her. She personally doesn't show up.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/chan...cred-protector
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/chan...elemental-seal

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thanks haha that's pretty cool^~^

As others have said, Shatotto is a different person from Shantotto. They are two different people, but the FFXIV version is OBVIOUSLY an illusion to the XI version. Shantotto was very popular/loved and it would make sense that they'd pull a pseudo-version of her in here. Think about it like the iconic Cid that is unmistakably included in EVERY Final Fantasy. They're not the 'same person' but they are obviously connected.

No, they are different people, like Cid Highwind and Sid Meier.

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Originally Posted by Fortuna

Stardust Rod (Black Mage) description:

"All in the Order of Nald’thal know well the legend of Shatotto, a mighty thaumaturge from the fifth of Astral Eras. Her creation of destructive and catastrophic spells evoked as much fear as it did respect, prompting ignorant souls to call her unsavory names—Death’s Handmaiden, the Black Witch, and the She-Devil among them. She was also possessed of an otherworldly talent for crafting thaumaturgical staves. Among her creations, the Stardust Rods are by far the most powerful and coveted, believed as they are to be fashioned from the celestial remnants of a star Shatotto herself brought down to Hydaelyn and clove asunder."

This means FF11 is connected to FF14? or Shantoto is now like Cid.

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Fact: FFXI preceded FFXIV.
Fact: This is Vanadiel 100,000 years in the Future.
Fact: Galka and Roegadyn stem from the same blood line.


Lawyer'd


Now give me my tail.

When the "Traitor" Makes a mention of a paladin he knew long ago in the beginning of the paladin quest line, it was (in my oppinion) an obvious reference to Cecil (im probably wrong though)

there was another thread like this yesterday > http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...7134-Shatotto?


The name is not a typo, but it remains to be seen wether it is a direct link or just a vague cameo