Raimdelle Reborn: The Neverending Bestiary

[Anonymoose]

...either they are being very sloppy with nomenclature or... that Voidsent is geographical demarcation...

It's all three of the implied possibilities at once, methinks. For starters, I think by now it's clear that the two year rush to develop ARR caused some lore nuances to fall through the cracks while the LOCs strived to keep English the most immersive and interesting version of the game (which I hear rumour that it is, so good job, team!). There are mistakes. We'll find 'em, they'll fix 'em. That said, "Voidsent" is most definitely an umbrella term. At this point in time, though, I don't think it extends to secondary labels like Hippos being "Voidsent Beastkin" or "Voidsent Cloudkin," for instance. These labels are based on an Eorzean naturalist's notes - denizens of the void need not conform our academic standards. To speak as an Eorzean, there is only one unifying factor among Voidsent: "They are not of Eorzea, do not belong here, and must be destroyed."

Nearing completion - just a few more letters to go. In the meantime: ELEMENTAL SPIRITS AND SPRITES

Any ideas? So far I just have them in "Other" with the Primals. The sylphs seemed to be adamant that there's a big difference between the void beyond the aether and the primals' existence amongst the aether. Considering Spirits and Sprites seem to just be sentient collections of aether, I haven't placed them in anything yet. I also had kind of a derpy epiphany (derpiphany?) while researching them. If you zoom in really close on an elemental, they look like little flying collections of aether in the shape of horned hyuran children - just like the padjal they choose! Right after my, "AHA!" wore off, I felt like this had to have been noticed by you fine lot before.