DUTY COMMENCED - Episode 10 Lore Lowdown (Gerolt & Rowena)

[Morningstar1337]

Preserving this in case Moose decides to remove it later. (I knew it!)

Excellent write-up, as usual.

He removed it? Aww I was gonna make an Undertale reference with that

[Rocl]

Rowena collects allagan tomestones to sell to the Garlean Empire. There is no other explanation.

[Frederick22]

Rowena collects allagan tomestones to sell to the Garlean Empire. There is no other explanation.

be sure its not.

[Rocl]

I bet you also believe the moon landing was real. OPEN YOUR EYES, SHEEPLE.

[Frederick22]

I bet you also believe the moon landing was real. OPEN YOUR EYES, SHEEPLE.

okay.....>_>

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

Selling tomestones to garleans? hell no.

She is gonna use them herself. Basically all events in game about player progression turn arround the idea of gathering several diferent kinds of knowledge about allagans in the tomestones (which are basically USB drives). Information is not wealth, is power. She pretty much built a fortress for herself, under the nice cover of it being part of rewarding the efforts of the free adventurers in exchange for all we have got. How she has shown interest in the weapon progression and creation of the game, and techological advances...

I call it now, last scenario dungeon of this game in 12 more years is gonna be called: Ravenant's Toll.

[Anonymoose]

OPEN YOUR EYES, SHEEPLE.

CERULEUM CAN'T MELT DARKSTEEL BEAMS

[Grayve]

Awesome, thanks for writing this up for us, Moose! So nice to finally learn more about Rowana and Gerolt... I'm surprised she hasn't learned the truth yet, about that borrowed money. But maybe someday.... at the end of the Anima questline? I can hope!

(Hey, I'm a sucker for romantic happy endings, what can I say.... still holding out hope for Carvallain and Rhoswen! After all, Lisette and Hortefense are finally engaged!)

[Nalien]

The Zodiac Weapon was at last complete. Or so they thought. Curious to know more about the Trials of the Braves, Gerolt struck a deal with Rowena to acquire a full set, including the final tome of the series, the "Book of Netherdark." It was there that he discovered the original Zodiac Weapons possessed a sentience shaped by the bearer's soul—a sentience the recreation appeared to be lacking.

Utilizing Gerolt's criminal connections, the adventurer contacted a black market trader named Remon, who supplied them with the means to awaken the Zodiac Weapon—mahatma. A new potent catalyst in hand, the adventurer set off once more. Their soul resonance with the weapon grew stronger with every encounter. Then, with a final potion from Jalzahn and Gerolt's fiery forge, it was done. The Zodiac Weapon Zeta had awoken.

And then we melted it down, because FATE grinding sucks and we needed to make a new weapon to awaken, despite having just done that... Gerolt apparently drunk so heavily after the Zodiac Weapon Zeta quest, that he forgot the entire affair when we run into him again in Idylshire...

Yes, I'm mad about the Anima weapon quest...

CERULEUM CAN'T MELT DARKSTEEL BEAMS

THE SULTANATE IS SECRETLY AN AU RA!

Hope no one gets on Rowena's case about branding her "slaves", last I checked we do the exact same thing with our Retainers. We even force them to act in certain ways, if the tsundere Au Ra dialog is anything to go off...

[AnaviAnael]

Rowena as a syndicate member makes sense too. She is probably the most dominant merchant in northern Eorzea at this point and pretty much holds dominance over the antiquities market. I still think there is more going on with her and her motives than we have been shown. I wonder why she wants to get into politics though. That is more a play for power than wealth, even in Ul'dah.

Great, now all I'm imagining is Rowena vs Godbert at a Syndicate meeting.