Revelations from NA Fan Fest (July 2023)

[Iscah]

I love that Estinien seems to have a fanclub of (what I think is) Mamool Ja kids swarming him. XD

Yes! It was one of the things that stood out to me in the trailer! Cute Mamool Ja kids!

It will be nice to see them as a society and not just the few mercenaries that come over to Eorzea.

Now the big question is if [the Haragin's "island of monoliths"] will come into play

I really dislike that quote. It feels like "making up silly things for tribes to believe in" and if it is indeed meant to describe a modern city then it locks them into some weird worldbuilding later.

If they ever do anything with it, I hope they subvert the description – make it an island dotted with standing stones and populated by a scary-looking race wearing armour.

[Alleluia]

I really dislike that quote. It feels like "making up silly things for tribes to believe in" and if it is indeed meant to describe a modern city then it locks them into some weird worldbuilding later.

Modern city wasn't how I interpreted "grey monoliths", but now you've said that my brain is going "Nier Crossover pt 2". lol

Or, you know, Ancient remnants are also a possibility. We don't know anything about the cities across the sea back in the ancient times other than that they fell to the Final Days before Amaurot did. There could be some ruins left. Assuming the calamities were kind to them or they had protection.

Which reminds me, I wonder if we'll get anything to confirm if/how the umbral calamities actually impacted the new world when they happened? I've always been curious if the effects were localized to Eorzea/the three great continents or if they were actually global.

And if they were global, how did the other peoples, who would have absolutely no idea why things are flooding or icing over or catastrophic droughts are happening, explain them?. Would they have myths about it? Would they tie explanation for the calamities in to their own historical events?And will that be accurate (cus ascians didn't restrict themselves to calamity setup only in Eorzea) or will those attempts to explain the calamities be wrong? Will they also have the idea of a umbral/astral cycle? And how much of their understanding is influenced by their interactions with Eorzea? Especially if the interaction point is Sharlayan, land of scholars and historians.

[Denishia]

I can’t believe the joke only now comes to me- but the citizens of Tuliyollal must be relieved that the giant meteor aiming to wipe out all local life (almost) hit another continent instead.