The Rise and Fall of The White Raven

[Sparky74]

that was a great read and it puts the End of an era/new beginning video in better context. I cant wait to explore and adventure my way thru this story.

[Mysteltain]

As someone who was never able to play 1.0, and has only really watched the important 1.0 cutscenes on youtube, this was an amazing read. I definitely feel like I understand the main scenario a lot better now. So a huge "thank you" and "amazing job" to those who worked on this!

[Chocobro88]

This is just testament to how much goes into making the story for games like Final Fantasy. This is a great read!

[Orophin]

I have to say, I totally missed the connection between the two names. I've never been good at cryptograms though.

*goes off to waste some time at work reading the article*

[Rjain]

You guys did a really good job!

[Vellero]

This is amazing! I am definitely a fan of this compiled lore! Count me in as a new fan of the Lore forum!

[Ramesses]

*(Applaudes)*

Brilliant work, Ferne... and brilliant work to Moose and every single one of you that contributed to this masterpiece.

Absolutely brilliant and it will find a home on my blog

[Haeze]

Very well done, to all parties involved!!

[Anonymoose]

Thank you very much for the kind words! /deepbow

To those who mentioned the connection between the names Bahamut and Dalamud, even I had to ask to be sure. When a member of my FC asked about the similarity, I thought it might have been a clever ruse because H and T and M and D in Al Bhed... but it turns out that was part linguistic similarity and part coincidence. The English localization team, especially, puts a lot of style and linguistic quality into the game, some of which you'd never see unless you were looking for it, and that's one of the things that I think makes XIV stand out.

Unfortunately, 20 years down the road, you don't be able to just pop in XIV and re-live the nostalgia, and this is why we're so into cataloging the lore while the servers are live. A record of text, images, and videos we'll always be able to go back for - and so much of this story is worth going back for!

[Nialle]

The English localization team, especially, puts a lot of style and linguistic quality into the game, some of which you'd never see unless you were looking for it, and that's one of the things that I think makes XIV stand out.

Seriously, the writing in this game is a work of art.