What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[Cach]

The Pelupelu feel very South America inspired. As is the name of their region "Urqopacha" which sounds Incan. They also ride alpacas, also from South America, and the part of the New World map shown so far is the southern half. The building in the mountainous region also look like they could be inspired from the Andes.

Looks like a mix of both Aztec and Inca stuff from what I have seen. And the Japanese love Peru so I expect some Machu Picchu paralells
I just hope the mainstream press never find out about some Whalaqee being white redheads or they might try to hitpiece the game to death like they tried with XVI

It's hilarious to me that the jokes about watching the Scions eat tacos next ended up ringing true.

We memed that into reality, we're too powerful.

[MikkoAkure]

Looks like a mix of both Aztec and Inca stuff from what I have seen. And the Japanese love Peru so I expect some Machu Picchu paralells
I just hope the mainstream press never find out about some Whalaqee being white redheads or they might try to hitpiece the game to death like they tried with XVI

The Aztec stuff seems to be in Tuliyollal, which is the city in the center of the whole continent, at the border of the thick clouds. Makes sense since that's where Mexico is in our world.

Otherwise, Yok Tural looks like South America, with what is probably Yak Tell looking exactly like the Amazon rainforest and the mountains west of it looking exactly like the Andes. Though it was said there are cenotes in Yak Tell, which are a Meso-American thing instead of a South American thing. The flat-topped mountains in the middle remind me of the tepuis in Venezuela (Mount Roraima/mountains in Up), which might be the neatest looking place in the game if done right.

There's still more of the map to uncover. Northern Tural has thicker clouds than the southern-most bit so maybe it won't come this expansion? I'd guess the northern part is where the Whalaquee are from.

Meracydia has the same cloud style that the southern-most part of Tural has so could it be that both will be uncovered at a later fan fest? Or is this looking too deeply into it?

[Eisi]

Meracydia has the same cloud style that the southern-most part of Tural has so could it be that both will be uncovered at a later fan fest? Or is this looking too deeply into it?

Yeah, no Meracydia this time.

[MikkoAkure]

Yeah, no Meracydia this time.

Well even if it isn't there's still a sneak peak below the clouds:


I just think it's suspicious that the cloud cover is sparse while it's thicker on other parts of the map.

[AwesomeJr44]

Well even if it isn't there's still a sneak peak below the clouds:


I just think it's suspicious that the cloud cover is sparse while it's thicker on other parts of the map.

It might just be an artistic decision or trying to build hype off of people who really wanted Meracydia. It might be revealed later, but I could also see it being saved for a later expansion, especially with how lackluster the worldbuilding was for expansions that split themselves between multiple locations, especially for Endwalker. Oh, who am I kidding? Why would the writers learn any lessons from the past?

It's hilarious to me that the jokes about watching the Scions eat tacos next ended up ringing true.

I am hoping that Graha's consumption of the big fat taco leads to the unleashing of Ultima within his stomach so we can finally be rid of him.