Quote Originally Posted by caelumsixsmith View Post
Second is Midgardsdormr and his little chat with Tiamat. During that cutscene he specifically says he brought dragon eggs from another star--or as we know here on Earth, sun. Remembering FFV's introduction to the concept of multiple worlds, could it be that the dragons in FFXIV come from another FF planet? Now, I know many things are just the franchise's common places, but for Mid to say he comes from another star, it made me wonder.
While the others in this thread have pretty much confirmed that it's very likely that the dragons come from another planet, from your text it sounds like you're asking whether they come specifically from another FINAL FANTASY planet? Like the very same world featured in Final Fantasy IV, or VII, or XIII?

In answer to that, I'd have to say that is extremely unlikely. While the various Final Fantasy universes have a tenuous connection by way of legacy characters like Gilgamesh traveling through "the Void", the cosmologies in each game are RADICALLY different, and were very much intended to be so. Fundamental things like the nature and existence of gods, constellations and their influences on the worlds, what souls are and what happen to them when you die - I could go on and on. Trying to work out how creatures from universes with such different laws work on Eorzea can be glossed over when dealing with guest characters (Shantotto, Iroha, Lightning) and gag characters (Gilgamesh) - but working things out with a major cornerstone race living in Eorzea could be a nightmare. Not to mention, most of the Final Fantasy worlds HAVE individuals called Midgardsormr, Bahamut, Nidhogg, and so on - equating those dragons with the dragon king and his eggs would be awkward, to say the least.

It is far more likely that Middy and his brood come from another star in THIS Final Fantasy universe, and is not indicative of any kind of bridge to Final Fantasy V, or whatever.