Lore Book Revelations

[StarDrake]

Taken together, this implies that Garlemald didn't make a play for Othard until after all of Ilsabard's nations were conquered, and since Dalmasca was taken before that, it's not a stretch to assume it was among them. There's kind of room for ambiguity in there - after all, taking Dalmasca apparently required airships, and could have always been an early foray into Othard before committing to a full campaign - so I cheated and skipped ahead to the proper Garlemald section, and lo and behold:

Yeah, I saw that part in the Garlean section too, and now I'm confused, because in my initial skimming I know I saw "Doma and Dalmasca" mentioned together as being states in Othard in another part of the book, but now I can't find it. Vexing.

What bits do you mean? I know the Au Ra creation myth has the Dawn Father and Dusk Mother "return[ing] to the heavens" after settling the strife between the Raen and Xaela, but I can't find anything in the Allagan section on Meracydia that even kind of hints them to be offspring of dragons.

Look on page 26 again.

I am also curious about Yda's actual age. She arrived as a refugee in Shalayan 20 years prior after having travelled their from Ala Mhigo. Since it seems to imply she was old enough to forage, she would have to be around 30 at least.

Yda's seems to be the only age being deliberately obscured. Most curious, isn't it?

(Near as I can tell, her age is not given in any part of the book.)