The Raimdelle Codex Alces

[Zarpd]

*Waves hand from back of class* Ooo, oo oh! Teacher, teacher!

Hi~ Question!

I'm not a monsterologist, but I noticed a few little oddities and wondered how they came about.

1. Wouldn't artificially created life be classified as a bloodborn forgekin? I notice here ( http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Category:Bestiary ) the mirrorknight is listed as a forgekin, but on your list they are unclassified. What are your thoughts here?

2. Similarly, cyclops' are in your "unknown" category, where as they are voidsent on that list. Is this the same situation?


You've clearly put a lot of thought into this, so I have no idea which source is more reliable at this point! But either way I would love to hear your thoughts!

Thanks!

[Anonymoose]

1. Wouldn't artificially created life be classified as a bloodborn forgekin? I notice here ( http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Category:Bestiary ) the mirrorknight is listed as a forgekin, but on your list they are unclassified. What are your thoughts here?

The main purpose of the master chart is actually to better inform the update of Gamer Escape's bestiary (a neverending project in and of itself). It's easier to track the generation and correction of errors this way.

As for the Mirrorknight (aka Owlbear), they, like most (all?) Chimeras, are technically dumped as a whole into the wastebasket taxon Unclassifiable by modern Eorzean naturalists (because of the inability to reach anything resembling consensus). Codex Alces needs a few such updates, but the lore book is coming soon and I'm looking forward to editing any revelations in at once. In the meantime, I'm focused on just keeping 100% of the entities in the game represented somewhere.

Similarly, cyclops' are in your "unknown" category, where as they are voidsent on that list. Is this the same situation?

Quite right. There was no knowledge of the Allagan creations when that page was created, whereas Turn 7 seems to reveal their true origin. I believe them, like the minotaurs, to be Allagan bioweapons of Generation II or perhaps III, after they had sorted out the sterility factor but before progressing beyond brutish, uncontrollable abominations and prioritizing intelligence and obedience.