Astrologian storyline - Ishgard vs Sharlayan

[Anonymoose]

I'm on wait and see mode with the Astrologian (though I'm quite excited to play it). After all, the Warriors come from Abalathia's Spine, and we've never been there. Our connection to the job might be just be a wanderer, or a small group of them, from the Sharlayan island homeland in the north that just happens to be hanging around one of the new zones.

When thinking about the Sharlayan lands, realize that the city-state in Eorzea was just a colony bearing the same name as another established locale. It would be like if people from Portland (Maine) took the Oregon Trail and established Portland (Oregon), but then Britain comes into the Great Lakes and Oregon is like, "Let's just talk about this," but Britain sends in Magitek, which riles up a dragon in Wisconsin, and Oregon takes off back to New England so they're not caught on the wrong side of a border after war breaks out just in case Britain wins and swings west and... and this is slowly turning into a steampunk alternate history of the War of 1812.

Anyyyyroad, I'm thinking the Astrologian will be from the homeland giving insight into the fallen colony's history and relation to Sharlayan proper.

Not to say I'm not interested to hear more about the hidden histories of their chronicling the eras and such, but Sharlayan's major roles in that seem to be revealed in exposition from the Students of Baldesion / Circle of Knowing types, which seems too big to put behind the job quest wall since not everyone will do it.