People fall for the Long FFXIV con about the Black shroud being just forest boring instead of wising up that it's your casual, unapologetic, neighborhood eldritch location.

Location ruled by one of the remaining biggest mysteries in the series.

We have glimpses here and there about the Elementals. They communicate through emotions (Dynamis?!). Those bonded/chosen with them become the Voidsent's preferred snacks and are physically changed from their compeers. Those who anger them get perma cursed and perma dead. They can protect the entire forest but Lmao shame to the Haukke's. FFXIV most obvious example of Blue and Orange Morality.

What are they? What is their goal? What is their relation with the Black Shroud? Why hate the Ixal but accept the Moogles and be BFFs with the Sylps? Hate when voidsents are in their territory but lmao we can consume the surroundings of Amdapor who have Diabolos sealed inside as other locations that were void infested after the war of Magi.

They existed way before the sixth umbral calamity. They were respected enough that Amdapor didn't encroach on the forest after they were denied permission to settle there. They have their own world ending measures (that only got out of control due to Calamity).

Why no west shroud yet? What are they hiding?!

Nature is really terrifying, and waving the elementals as just silly tree people things may bite us in the ass. 1.0's elementals were lvl 90, we can engage them now.

Conspiracy theories Welcome.