http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/#/stor...e_of_adventure
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/#/story/a_realm_divided

This gives a good Idea of what's going on. Fully accesable from the SE website. Other than that I guess we dont' really know what's going on, as the story is not yet written. Final Fantasy Stories never really start until there is a threat to the world. We are just living as Civilians of Eorza, trying to protect what we have left from the war....