Sasamo's 80 Sins

[Fangul]

As the nameless individual continued down the path, he found another gil lying on each step and landing, all the way down the path, totaling seventy-nine gil; not eighty, as one of the steps, the bottom-most of the first set, descending from the gate, had been broken into rubble in the night, a pickaxe carelessly discarded near by. Sasamo Samo has not been seen in Ul'dah since, and the place thought to be her residence was found completely bare shortly after this supposed incident.

[Fangul]

The name for the area, The Eighty Sins of Sasamo, remains to this day. Once the traders found a fondness for the moniker, it spread much farther than the story behind it. Among the locals in the area, however, it goes by two additional names. Precisely which an individual prefers depends on their view of the namesake. Some call it The One Hundred and Fifty-Nine Sins (of Sasamo), while others prefer The Seventy-Nine Sins of Sasamo. Though these two groups disagree on the character of Sasamo, they both share a belief in an old Ul'dahn adage: it is a sin to waste even a gil.

[Eloah]

The article is [as far as I can tell] clearly mistaken. The first sultan of Ul'dah was Sasagan Ul Sisigan.

Where does it say he was the first. The only mention of him I know of is from the Monk quest line and those story exerts only mention him as the Sultan at the time of the fight with Sil'dih. Couldn't he of been her son of grandson?

Also does anyone know or have any ideas when the Ul's lost their power in Ul'dah and then regained it, since Ul'dah was ruled by Hyurs at one point ( Little Ladies Day).

[Anonymoose]

Where does it say he was the first.

When the sultan Sasagan Ul Sisigan, first of his line, founded the nation on Ul'dah, he decreed that the Royal House of Ul would ever be attended by a sworn brotherhood of elite warriors. Under Captain Jenlyns' leadership, we carry on that sacred tradition.

Three blades forged from the same steel, one each bestowed to the three great warriors who would attend the Royal House by the hand of Sasagan Ul Sisigan, first of his name and founder of our nation.

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[Belhi]

Sasamo in installing the stairs failed to provide wheelchair access thus breaching the building code. Thus the stairs in question became known as Sasamo's 80 sin.

Ok, not really.

[StouterTaru]

I thought two of his sins were using illegal performance enhancing drugs, and lying about it in front of Congress.

[Fernehalwes]

Hey guys!

I remember touching on this subject briefly in past post. I love that there's interest in the lore behind the name!

Way back in 2012, when the lore team was fleshing out the new ARR maps by naming previously unnamed landmarks, I came up with a story about a sultana and her scheming sister, and named the stone staircase leading down to Scorpion Crossing after the tragedy that took place on those steps. My hope was to write a quest about the whole affair and get it into the game sooner or later. Well, sooner has grown into later, and later into even later, but my plan still stands (the quest is pretty much written, now it's a matter of convincing the quest team to get the mechanics working). So, for now, I'm going to keep the secret of Sasamo under wraps, with hopes that you'll be able to experience the story in-game. If, it turns out, this won't happen, I'll ask the team for permission to post the back-story up here (and in all other languages, as well).

Thanks again for the interest!

(Oh, and Fangul's multi-part story was a great read! How close it is to the actual story...well, time will tell. )

[Alistaire]

Has anyone else wondered who Sasamo was, and what his 80 sins might be?

Didn't trim his nose hair! Didn't brush after meals! Skimped on his taxes!

Probably was a ninja and used Doton on single targets or trash mobs that die in 10 seconds. That's worth 80 sins right there.

[LystAP]

Hey guys!

I remember touching on this subject briefly in past post. I love that there's interest in the lore behind the name!

(Oh, and Fangul's multi-part story was a great read! How close it is to the actual story...well, time will tell. )

Hurray! Lore!

[synesthetic]

I came up with a story about a sultana and her scheming sister, and named the stone staircase leading down to Scorpion Crossing after the tragedy that took place on those steps.

Oh... I was hoping the 80 sins / stairs involved losing weight.