The Rise and Fall of The White Raven

[Rosekitten]

I'm glad someone posted this ^^ fantastic read. <3

[Ghnan]

Forum moderators, please sticky this.

There is enough information here to answer ALL questions regarding the state of the world before ARR and to some extent, why things are what they are in ARR. Things a newcomer like myself would appreciate because now, I know the reason why I am going after the Darth Vader-esque boss.

One suggestion, would be to expand the title of the post to: The Rise and Fall of the White Raven: (add something to clarify that this is the background story before ARR i.e., 'Eorzea before Reborn' or 'The Story of FFXIV so far..").

Wonderful read, wonderful editing. Fernehalwes and Anonymoose: Please carry on with this incredible work and keep documenting the lore of the game

Please help spread the lore by replying to this thread asking for the forum moderators to sticky this.

[Sabi]

Great work, awesome read. Just makes me want to know more about Naels life. Maybe Ferne should write some books. *wink,wink*

[ReplicaX]

Wanna thank Anonymoose and everyone involved. Even if you are a 1.0 player and beat the story line. This is a great read and you will likely find info you never experienced and can't recall. A great refresher before the official launch as well.

[Catapult]

This was an enjoyable read.

The many many hours over several months of chatting with Moose on the Gamerescape chat, theorycrafting, speculating, postulating, fact-checking and contradiction-identifying has finally paid off. It was not without a roller-coaster of surprising moments where we found ourselves fascinated by the little gems we had uncovered.

And the write-up is really well done. I am highly impressed.

[Artamie]

And I thought I was paying really good attention during this whole era! Thanks a lot for this, loved every sentence and will definitely recommend to new players I meet.

[Celi]

This is incredibly fun to read! Its an excellent review of what happened in 1.0, I played the first version from start to finish, but it has been so long I had forgotten some of the little details that link everything together. Now I am even more excited for ARR!!! >_<

[Alleviator]

Thank you for this! As nerdy as it sounds, I have been studying up on the lore and history of XIV as much as I could... from the storyline itself to the production of it and everything it took to get it where it is now. This is, by far, the most comprehensive collection of events I have come across without having to follow fifty million other links. I would love to see other articles like this one go on to explore the stories and histories of other characters as well, perhaps even expand this one to give more detailed background.

Anyone else see the potential here for a written series of books/novellas for XIV? A collection of short stories and anecdotes of Eorzea, perhaps?

[cbwriter]

Anyone else see the potential here for a written series of books/novellas for XIV?

Blizzard did that and aggravated a good number of players by needing to read the books to understand what was in the new expacs. Better would be tales of XIV 1.0 expanding and telling tales before the Calamity. Possibly explaining things that happened in the 5 yr. span between the two and are in game now.

[Erendis]

Colossal work and interesting to read too. Made me cry, shards!