6.0 Predictions: Will it be Garlemald, Sharlayan, or Meracydia?

[tarifu]

I also think Sharlayan is going to play a big role in 6.0. Their nation seems to have many similarities to Amaurot and the Ancients, like the Greek terms mentioned. They also share many themes, both being isolationist nations made up of academics, debates being a pillar of their society, etc. Louisoix's departure to Eorzea is mirrored by Azem's departure from the Convcation (hell, maybe he was inspired by some remnants of Azem's writings). And when you're in Amaurot, I'm pretty sure the WoD could potentially quote Louisox when talking to the people arguing about whether Amaourot should help the other places fighting the Sound or stay isolationist. Maybe their nation was founded on some Ancient ruins but then you have to wonder why the Ascians would allow them to stay. Or maybe they've been collecting and hoarding Ancient info and lore; I think there's something like there's some knowledge that only people born on Old Sharlayan has access to, and they don't allow it to be shared with outsider academics.

And then there's the things like the Ancient dungeons having jazz music and Gubal Library being distorted jazz... The nautilus being on the Sharlayan flag and a big nautilus statue at the top of Akademia Anyder... I don't think we're done with the Ancient story, and Sharlayan just has too many connections, thematic and otherwise, to just be world flavor. IMO anway.

[Vyrerus]

I also think Sharlayan is going to play a big role in 6.0.

That is true. You may either quote Urianger quoting Louisoix, or you may quote the DRK job quest line. "To not act when it is in your power to save someone is not wisdom... it is indolence." or "Sometimes it's all you can do to save yourself." Probably didn't get those exactly right.

Some other connections between Sharlayan and Shadowbringers at the very least. In the Great Gubal Library there's the, "School of Phantasmagoria." Compare to our, "Tomestones of Phantasmagoria" which are obtained first in Amaurot, but then also in the Twinning and Akademia Anyder. Not much of one to promote tomestone lore, but Phantasmagoria is a noun that means, "a sequence of real or imaginary images, similar to dreaming."

Beyond that, the similarities between Akademia Anyder and Saint Mocianne's Arborteum are pretty rad. Every area is defined by what studies go on inside of it. Saint Mocianne's has a few more specific ones, but in general the dungeons start out very similarly. Saint Mocianne's transitions from Limnology to telmatology which are both the study of wetlands, marshlands, swamplands etc. In both version of the dungeon the first bosses are plantoid type enemies that were originally considered river/water type monsters, the Malboro(first appearance FF2) and the Ochu(First appearance FF1).

In Akademia Anyder the first area is all lumped under Ichthyology which is the study of fish, and by extension the waters they inhabit. First boss = fish.

Then the dungeons transition to Eremology and Phytobiology which is the study of the desert/desert plants and then study of plant life. Not exactly the same, but it's the same structure.

Gubal sort of compares to Amanesis only instead of concept crystals it's monsters sealed in books.