Encyclopædia Eorzea ("Lore Book") Bug Report Thread

[Anonymoose]

PAGE: 289
HEADING: FORGEKIN
SUBHEADING: Panzer Doll

...such as what has been seen with the recent appearance of “Neo Faust” but mere moons after a party of adventurers reported striking down an older, less sophisticated Faust model.

This is the JP name of the enemy, but in the English book it might be better to use the forgekin's English name—Hummelfaust.

(Also, moons between Faust and Hummelfaust? Man, we're really eating up that year bubble! /s)

[Sounsyy]

PAGE: 012, 177
HEADING: Dalmasca, Othard or Ilsabard?
SECTION: Geography-Othard, Garlean History-Unifying the North

In 1517, he was granted control of Garlemald as dictator by overwhelming popular support. The same year, the republic attacked Dalmasca, a small country nestled in the central mountains, and rained down fire upon it with their new airships. Thus, the Garlean army turned to conquer the south of Ilsabard. In 1522, this campaign ended in victory. Having unified the continent through force for the first time in history, Galvus proclaimed himself Emperor, and thus created the Garlean Empire.

Only in the past two decades have things begun to change - the advent of airship technology thrusting open the once-closed doors of the Far East. However, this new exposure also served to alert the power-hungry Garleans of new territory ripe for the plucking and it was not long before the Empire had set their sights on Doma and Dalmasca - two nations which have since been brought under the imperial standard.

A: Now that you mention it, though, when Gaius first lands in Vylbrand, the voiced guy does say Othard. It stuck in my head because in another language he says he’s from Rabanastre.

KF: Guess where Rabanastre iiis! <laughs> There’s also a line in the Japanese version where they name-drop Dalmasss—<throat clearing> It’s not in English, but that’s where it is and maybe someday we’ll be seeing some of <heavy throat clearing>. But yes, that land bridge connects directly to Ilsabard. You cannot get to Othard from there without going through Ilsabard. So there’s the land bridge and it goes into Islabard <emphatic hand gestures>.

Two of these three quotes makes it sound like Dalmasca is in Othard, one makes it sound like its in the center of Ilsabard. Unless Dalmasca is situated on the mountainous landbridge that connects Ilsabard and Othard, similar to Ala Mhigo? Do you have to go southeast to Dalmasca to circle back into southern Ilsabard? I'm very confused.

[Hinoto-no-Ryuji]

I discussed this a bit back in the Revelations thread, but it should be noted that there's a fourth Dalmasca reference, in the 6th Astral Era timeline, that all but explicitly places it in Ilsabard's mountain range like the section on Garlemald; in addition, Koji only explicitly says Rabanastre is in Othard, saying nothing specific about Dalmasca.

My thoughts: While it would be a reasonable assumption that the Encyclopedia's section on Othard and the Koji quote are placing Dalmasca in Othard when taking each quote in isolation, when taken with the context provided by the other two, I think it's likely that Dalmasca is nestled in the mountains that divide Ilsabard. The Koji and Othard quotes probably conflate Dalmasca with Rabanastre because of reference source material and with Doma beause of the necessity for airships to reach them, rather than as geographic neighbors.

[Louvain]

Uhh, this isn't so much a bug as it is a mild complaint but;

The text for the origin myths of the beastmen primals (pages 246-263) is small and heavily stylized. This combination can make it hard to read correctly as some of the letters become difficult to distinguish from the other; it would be nice if the text for the Origin myth sections could be slightly enlarged in future printings.

[Keever]

[...]

Angel Feathers is the Scholar LB3. You'll see that same spot used for the LB3 for many other jobs in the Lorebook. It is not an error.

[Louvain]

Angel Feathers is the Scholar LB3. You'll see that same spot used for the LB3 for many other jobs in the Lorebook. It is not an error.

Ah, I see. The shot confused me as it appears to be focusing on something the fairy herself is doing and the feathers seemed to be the effect of Whispering dawn to me. I'll remove it then.

[Anonymoose]

PAGE: 285
HEADING: SCALEKIN
SUBHEADING: Tyrannosaur

Known by many as “king of the carnivores,” the tyrannosaur is feared by man and beast alike, its violent nature and insatiable appetite making it one of the deadliest predators in the realm. It’s tiny, almost comical arms are all but ignored by the tyrannosaur while hunting, opting instead to employ the sheer speed granted by its muscular rear legs, and the rows of knifelike teeth that line its massive maw to subdue and slaughter its prey.

Its.

Also, I've gone back and forth on reporting this a few times, so let's just call this a "might-be". There might be a lot of missing commas in these mob blurbs. I run into a lot of double adjectives and interrupters that seem to just run-on straight through.

[ChandraNoctis]

Uhh, this isn't so much a bug as it is a mild complaint but;

The text for the origin myths of the beastmen primals (pages 246-263) is small and heavily stylized. This combination can make it hard to read correctly as some of the letters become difficult to distinguish from the other; it would be nice if the text for the Origin myth sections could be slightly enlarged in future printings.

Mostly I think I need new glasses but I do find the book kind of hard to read. There is a reason that this type of font isn't commonly used, particularly in full paragraph form. It looks cool but it is more difficult to read in low light or for people with vision or reading problems.

[squeakchan]

PAGE: 51
HEADING: Timeline
SECTION: Autumn War stuff

In the 1468 part, it's called the First Battle of Tinoqla. In 1469, it's the Second Battle of Tinolqa.

[Niwashi]

HEADING: The Near East - Ilsabard or Thavnair?

<snip>

My assumption is that the region known as the Near East must include all of these islands and small landmasses in the Bounty / Jade Sea as well as the southern tip of Ilsabard, but the revelation seemed to come out of left field is all?

How is that out of left field? It seems in line with the in-game references you cited.

Particularly the reference to "the Near Eastern island of Thavnair" clearly indicates that Thavnair is just one portion of the Near East. That phrasing wouldn't make sense if they were somehow one and the same. It's like when someone refers to "the Hawaiian island of Oahu" they're not claiming that Oahu is the entirety of Hawaii, but just that it lies within that state, and is the part of it that's under discussion.

It's true that none of those in-game references addressed the question of what else is in the Near East, but the encyclopedia seems to be simply filling in formerly missing information rather than changing anything.

The other in-game references you cited are simply talking about Thavnair or Radz-at-Han. Would you find it weird if someone got to sample Parisian cooking during a trip to France? Or if someone importing American goods into Europe purchased them from a New York based company? Paris isn't a synonym for France, nor is New York a synonym for America, but they're prominent places within their respective countries. The encyclopedia points out that the civilization of Radz-at-Han is very prominent in the region, so it's not surprising that that's where a lot of the trade between the Near East and Eorzea would come from (leading to it being the part we've seen the most references to so far).