Questions about the Lore

[Caitlyn]

Hello everyone,

I got 2 questions, I hope you can help me out.


Question 1:
How old is Edda Pureheart at the End of Tam Tara HM?

What I already know (kinda):
The Lore-book stated, that Edda become an adventurer in the age of 16. Her companions were at the age of 19-21 at this time. We met them first before Sastasha (2.0) and the last time at the end of Tam Tara HM (2.3).

So, between the releases of 2.0 and 2.3 is about a year. Lore-wise it must be a few months (less than a year) between the events of Sastasha and Tam Tara HM. That means, Edda died at the age of 16 (or 17). On the other hand, its not really known how old she is, when we met her the first time.


Question 2:
Where are the most Raen? What happened to them?

What I already know (kinda):
Most Raen can be found in Kugane, Doma and Sui-No-Sato. But Doma was ruled by the Garlean Empire a few months ago and only a few Raen can be found in Kugane and the little underwater village Sui-No-Sato. Compared with the 51 tribes (!) of the Xaela from the huge Azim Steppe, it seems that Raen are very rare.

I wonder if there are other Raen-only-villages like Sui-No-Sato or if many Raen lost their lifes during the occupation of Doma and their escape to Eorzea. Sidurgu stated something, that the Au Ras were mistaken as dragons and attacked by Ishgardian knights. Yugiri hide her real appearance, because she feared the reactions from other races.


PS: Sorry for my bad english xD

[YianKutku]

Question 2:
Where are the most Raen? What happened to them?

What I already know (kinda):
Most Raen can be found in Kugane, Doma and Sui-No-Sato. But Doma was ruled by the Garlean Empire a few months ago and only a few Raen can be found in Kugane and the little underwater village Sui-No-Sato. Compared with the 51 tribes (!) of the Xaela from the huge Azim Steppe, it seems that Raen are very rare.

I wonder if there are other Raen-only-villages like Sui-No-Sato or if many Raen lost their lifes during the occupation of Doma and their escape to Eorzea. Sidurgu stated something, that the Au Ras were mistaken as dragons and attacked by Ishgardian knights. Yugiri hide her real appearance, because she feared the reactions from other races.

There are actually quite a few Raen in Kugane and the Ruby Sea. They're just there and unremarked upon, like the Roegadyn. So I assume there are also many Raen living in Hingashi and the parts of Othard we don't go to.

There is at least one extant settlement of Raen (or at least Raen-majority) we do not see, but we hear about in the Ninja questline. The Yatsurugi settlement is apparently meaningful enough for Yuki to be referred to as a Princess, and for Oboro to have heard of Yuki before (as "the pride of her clan, puissant princess of the Far East"). All the people we see from the Yatsurugi area (all four of them: Yuki, Akagi, and two unnamed "vassals") are Raen. No indication on exactly how large the settlement is; it's only referred to as "lands" and "country", which can mean anything.

[Anonymoose]

I got 2 questions, I hope you can help me out.

Question 1:
How old is Edda Pureheart at the End of Tam Tara HM?

So, between the releases of 2.0 and 2.3 is about a year. Lore-wise it must be a few months (less than a year) between the events of Sastasha and Tam Tara HM.

This would be the source of any confusion, I would think. The passage of time in the game is meant to be vague, because (for the time being, until such a time that the dev. team says otherwise) the year is frozen. Time passes and piles up, but it doesn't move. Much like the Simpsons, it doesn't matter how many days have passed, the year doesn't change; ages don't change; we never see the anniversary of an event that took place after the game began.

Therefore, if the lorebook never updates us after the age of sixteen, in all likelihood, she died at the age of sixteen.

Two outings as an adventurer doesn't take very long, mind you, and between 2.1 and 2.3 we didn't travel around very much (at least compared to Stormblood, where, even though the year didn't change, it seems physically impossible that we didn't waste entire moons on just the sailing). We met an Ascian, killed two primals, and took a couple of meetings.

She kept a diary between the two Tam-Tara outings, which proves that she went home for a week, to Mor Dhona, to Thanalan, to Coerthas, and finally back to the Black Shroud before his head could become ... beyond her hopes? I guess? ... but she didn't mention a nameday in there.

Question 2:
Where are the most Raen? What happened to them?

The Raen in Sui-no-Sato keep referring to themselves as "We, the Raen" as if they speak for the clan, but that's not strictly true. The point of confusion here is that the remaining Raen lack a cultural coalescense. They're not in one spot, they don't identify a certain way; there are few bonds between them.

Long ago, the Raen consolidated in Yanxia under the command of an Othardian warlord. When other warlords saw their potential, they too sought out Raen retainers. Through these times of strife, the Raen were scattered far and wide and completely integrated into the cultures that they joined. This is why you see them everywhere, but it feels like you've never truly "found" the Raen. Sui-no-Sato is merely a group that stayed together and went underwater to escape the ceaseless fighting above.

[Caitlyn]

Wow, thank you for clarifying Anonymoose : D

[KageTokage]

I can't help but wonder if Au Ra range as far to the west as Ilsabard, because while some Xaela tribes like Sidurgu's were stated to have fled from Garlean oppression, they also state that they've left the Azim Steppe untouched in MSQ due to its lack of resources.

[Belhi]

I understand why they have the time bubble but it is getting a bit more ridiculous every expansion. The WoL has had a ridiculously busy year.

[Anonymoose]

I understand why they have the time bubble but it is getting a bit more ridiculous every expansion. The WoL has had a ridiculously busy year.

Need it be a prison instead of a blank check to project your own desired pace onto the story?

Same to the Warrior of Light's lack of expressiveness: are you locked in a cage whereby you must play as a stoic, nodding, silent type ... or is it a blank check to imagine you reacted exactly how you wanted to have (within the required narrative frame to maintain the intended plot) because the game didn't put you on rails and set you in stone?

I defend hard-canon when someone claims the opposite is "actually" true, and will continue to do so.
But in my head, for just me...? Eh, there's a bit of give.

[blessedwhitney]

The time bubble -- is the entirety of 2.0 onwards one year? Or is the 2.x cycle one year-ish bubble, 3.x was one year-ish bubble, etc?

[Anonymoose]

The time bubble -- is the entirety of 2.0 onwards one year? Or is the 2.x cycle one year-ish bubble, 3.x was one year-ish bubble, etc?

As of Stormblood, the fall of Ala Mhigo was still 20 years ago, so all one bubble.