Anden the Wasted Opportunity

[aveyond-dreams]

Aren't we supposed to not see them though?

And given what the writers have shown of them so far, perhaps it would have been better for them to remain as such.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Just when I thought you couldnt be even more lame with the nitpicks now were nitpicking Anden?

First off, I'm pretty sure that the kingdom of Voeburt werent all just Drahn and Galdjent. Just like with every culture, theres bound to be other races living in a kingdom there so the prospect of Viis, Humes, Mystels etc also being Voeburtites with Voeburtite names isnt an impossibility.

2nd Who cares?

[Bunnycake]

And given what the writers have shown of them so far, perhaps it would have been better for them to remain as such.

To be honest I do follow the lore as I always stay hidden at the fc house or my plot. I only venture out for GC seals or MSQ.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Although if Im allowed to nitpick on the lore here. I think it was pretty lame they mingled the Drahn and the Galdjent together, considering that the Au Ra are lizard people and doesnt make much sense to me for them to reside in a land were the climate would get cold. Shouldve been the Drahn being the people who ruled in Ahm Araeng since its a desert area and the Galdjent and Highlander Humes to just be the people who ruled the mountains of Norvrandt.

But this is just me

[Hurlstone]

May have been best to warn in the title that there may be spoilers for the delivery quest, just saying.

Anyway, I cannot comment much as I have not finished his quest, but stereotypes are there to be bent and broke. It would be boring of we could predict ever aspect of a characters trait just by their race and culture alone. Must ever Laffa be a pervert obsessed with money? Every Ro a axe-wielding warrior with one and a half braincells? Besides, can’t a farming Viis still provide for their clan via gathering resources or making Gil? Must they always be edgy nomadic warriors? The very fact that our WoL can be a male Viera (Who seemingly has no forced obligations to be apart of a clan) and be anything from Eorza’s best chef, healer or fisherman shows that not everything is so black and white, nor should it be.

[Saraide]

This just in, if you're a shepard you are worthless (to aveyond). We will report on this more right after we find out who asked.

[Seraphor]

Although if Im allowed to nitpick on the lore here. I think it was pretty lame they mingled the Drahn and the Galdjent together, considering that the Au Ra are lizard people and doesnt make much sense to me for them to reside in a land were the climate would get cold. Shouldve been the Drahn being the people who ruled in Ahm Araeng since its a desert area and the Galdjent and Highlander Humes to just be the people who ruled the mountains of Norvrandt.

But this is just me

They aren't cold-blooded...

[ronibosch]

Man who brings wool, meat and cheese is hot.
Aveyond clearly doesn’t know what women like, muscles only get you that far, we need cheese.

You can get some pretty good gains from being a sheep farmer.

...I mean, you can, right? Do we have any sheep farmers in the room with us to confirm that?

[Atelier-Bagur]

They aren't cold-blooded...

I mean I suppose thats true, but given the areas they usually reside like the Azim Steppe and Thavnair, it just seems odd that they would want to reside in northern lands.

And the fact that they still have scales, mean that theyre reptilian of sorts.

[Avoidy]

The more sheep you have, the more important you are. It's that simple. All those guys on the Azim Steppe with like 20 sheep are basically the lore equivalent of the pimp my ride guys or the modern day tiktok influencers who flaunt their wealth. The hottest Xaela I've ever seen used to "make it rain" sheep fur everywhere. When island sanctuary came out, I didn't even bother with the other animals. I created an enclosed area full of just sheep. Sometimes I go there, look around, and marvel at how amazing and important I am thanks to these sheep. It's an empowering feeling.

I feel genuinely sorry for people who care about the lore in this game and search for meaning in sidequests that not even the devs care about. This isn't meant as an insult, like I genuinely just feel bad for people who care about this sort of thing. The last time they did a lore Q&A and Yoshi started getting really in depth questions, you could tell even he was surprised that people seriously cared that much to nitpick that hard. I'm pretty sure at one point he even said in Japanese something to the effect of "I didn't think people cared this much about it" when someone brought up some ultra nitpicky msq point. I'm lucky in that my enjoyment of this game doesn't hinge on the anime tier storytelling it's fallen into, but I feel genuinely unironically bad for people who were told by players who've never read books irl that this story was a life changing mindbending experience that left them changed emotionally, only to get in and find like... baby's first morally grey villain, and nowadays just anime tropes out the ass with a set of lore stretching back so far that the writers themselves have probably just forgotten it by now and are openly shocked when players remember.