Quote Originally Posted by Seraphor View Post
Sharlayan is a huge island to the northwest of Ishgard.
It's not at all destroyed, it's the homeland of the people who settled in the Dravanian Hinterlands (which you may be confused with) and is where they all returned to when they abandoned the colony.
The landmass is much, much larger than the isle of Val which has had 4 full-sized map zones.
Its almost as big as Thavnair.
It's perhaps comparable to Hingashi, for which we got a city hub, Kugane.

The Sharlayan's have been hinted at having more knowledge about Hydaelyn, and in ShB a lot of parallels were drawn between them and old Amaurot.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if their involvement is instrumental to concluding the Hydaelyn/Zodiark story.
And the Sage reveal. Remix of Gubal theme, Sharlayan architecture, and when you look at the reveal trailers they are in new zones typically and not old. Remember how we thought GNB reveal was in Thanalan, but turned out to be Ahm Ahrang? Also mention that Alphinaud switch to Sage is in the MSQ really makes me think the possibility it is our main hub is possible.