Encyclopædia Eorzea ("Lore Book") Bug Report Thread

[DeMarcy]

the elementals did hid the city ?`where do i find that - in the lore book too ?` - Im just on page 34 xD now than this explanation make sense i hope i will find out more about the elementals - where did they come from etc... I love the story of Eorzea

[Anonymoose]

the elementals did hid the city ?`where do i find that - in the lore book too ?

There's some stuff about it in the lore books and also in the quests that unlock the dungeons. The elementals straight-up used illusions and seals and aetherial wards to make people just not notice it was there for over 1500 years, lol. Gridania was designed to be inspired by a Japanese polis with the Elementals playing the part of the kami. They were supposed to exist everywhere but be strongest and oldest in the Twelveswood. That whole aspect of the lore has been sidelined since ARR with the excuse that the calamity weakened them. And now we've double-booked kami lore with Hingashi, to boot. It's sad, but I do hope they'll come back to it and clean it up one day. The unfortunate reality is that it's just not as new, cool, or interesting as other stuff SE wants to get done, so it never comes up.