Quote Originally Posted by Nestama View Post
I think I'll trust the lore book and the overall 'history' of FFXIV's world (re-watch the 3.2 cutscene with Minfiliaedalyn) over some silly minion description. As well as the dev team themselves stating that FFXIV and XI are not connected in any way.



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Heck, I'm pretty sure FFXI's own lore can disprove this as well (especially the Summoners/Summons).
To be fair, those are pretty old sources, especially the live letter one. They may have changed their minds since.