Quote Originally Posted by linay View Post
Just to clarify, that's FFXIV's own Dalmasca/Ivalice, not that of FFXII/Tactics. Everything that FFXIV uses is their own version, not that of the original source. The only two potential exceptions are Gilgamesh (for reasons I am not sure I fully accept, but have heard about) and Yorha (but only because the author may tie it to Nier Automata, but 2B's appearance may indicate only a loose connection).
The thing is that XIV's version of Ivalice easily does the least to differentiate itself from the source material compared to the myriad other references to past FFs. The various Ivalice races just suddenly existed (They bothered giving the Viera and Nu Mou a background that made them feel natural within the world, while the Bangaa and Seeq are just kind of...there and are liable to never show up again), the Ramza of old and his friends were basically the same people they were in FFT, and the lucavi existed for somewhat ill-explained reasons that may never actually matter going into the future.

Crystal Tower did a better job of taking elements from FF III and working to make them fit within XIV's setting, with the namesake tower being an Allagan creation, Xande being the emperor of ancient Allag, and the Cloud of Darkness simply being one of the strongest voidsent in existence as opposed to a force of nature that appears to restore equilibrium between light/dark.