Revelations from Encyclopaedia Eorzea III

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A note that Fake Hythlodaeus' internal motivations are unclear; if he's acting according ot what Hyth would want, or what Emet would want.

Wow. My overthinking ego is melting from joy. Thanks for sharing this!

And the weirdest of all: The Elpis hunt monsters are all mentioned to in some way have roots in ancient myths: Ker is a broad boogeyman, Ophioneus seemed to inspire the Allagans to make hydra, Gurangatch was mentioned in Allagan tomestones of mythology as Meracydian, Petalodus is a Nymian myth, Yumcax is from somewhere in 'the New World', and Shockmaw is both mentioned in the South Sea Isles' folklore and presumed to be a proto-Bismarck.

But this information already is in the game. An NPC from the hunting quest studies mythology and tells us about mythic creatures from all over the world. These creatures are Elpis marks and Ker.

For example, the in-game lines about Shockmaw:
Legends of a great whale that roams the skies have been passed down from generation to generation the world over. Bismarck, the white whale worshipped by the Vanu Vanu and said to dwell amongst Abalathia's clouds, is merely the best-known example.

Perchance such tales originated solely in the mind─ancient peoples shuddering at the sight of a vast wavekin, and imagining what horrors would reign should one take to the skies. Or perhaps, in the distant past, a creature akin to the mythic Lord of the Mists truly did inhabit the clouds...

I believe it so—yet I need proof. My research indicates that the ancient creature would most closely resemble the south sea isles' legendary “Shockmaw,” but even if I am wrong...I must know.

If the book repeats this, it isn't a new knowledge. Or did I misread, and you didn't mean its novelty?