Solution 9 - Unfounded Speculation!

[SannaR]

Horses could have made it there depending on how wide spread the Ice Age caused by the 5th Calamity was. We do know that some Miqo'te and Lalafell crossed a few areas due to what we can probably safely assume were ice land bridges.

[Iscah]

I think that script being there pokes holes in a lot of theories and limits the scope of our speculation.

I think the script counts for very little. Given the prominent ruins beneath the city, it simply could have been discovered there.

solution 9 could come from the Eighth Umbral calamity timeline's future.

It seems very unlikely, both logistically and thematically, plus it would mean we have another functioning time machine in play and we really don't need that complication in the plot.

But instead of a Central American land bridge, Tural has a literal narrow bridge.

The massive chasm could be a recent development.

Please please have a glyptodon mob and make a mount version. I don't care which one of the armadillo mobs is used as a base, but I love all of them in game and give me new variations.

I think they already used "glyptodon" for the Island Sanctuary armadillos, with no special model.

I do want an armadillo mount though. They have very sweet faces.

Horses could have made it there depending on how wide spread the Ice Age caused by the 5th Calamity was. We do know that some Miqo'te and Lalafell crossed a few areas due to what we can probably safely assume were oce land bridges.

From memory, the Miqo'te migrated during the Age of Endless Frost when the sea had frozen over.

I don't recall what was said about the Lalafells, but since they originated from an island culture, it's likely they were seafaring and travelled by boat.

[Cleretic]

The massive chasm could be a recent development.

One of those 'not sure what to make of it' signs around Dawntrail for me is that the chasm doesn't have a name on the map. That thing's so big that it's very prominent on a world map, and yet it's not actually labelled.

I don't even know if that's actually a sign of something or just a bit of a quirk, though.

[Alleluia]

The massive chasm could be a recent development.

One of those 'not sure what to make of it' signs around Dawntrail for me is that the chasm doesn't have a name on the map. That thing's so big that it's very prominent on a world map, and yet it's not actually labelled.

I don't even know if that's actually a sign of something or just a bit of a quirk, though.

That reminds me. Do we know the exact location of the Ridorana Lighthouse? Cus if its situated on that chasm that crosses the new world (probably the western tip of it, closest to Hingashi.) that would not make the chasm a recent development, since the Lighthouse was supposed to be pretty old, I think? (though I suppose it depends on what you mean by "recent".) Also, it might mean the origin for the Garleans might be somewhere in the New World.

Also it means DT could tie in to Altima/auricite somehow, if it brushes against the Ivalice stuff; which we know is a bit of a dangling thread after Pandemonium.

Also, I really just want to know how that chasm can exist in the ocean and not be filled. If I had to venture a guess on the secret zone in DT, the bottom of that chasm would be one of my top contenders. Explain it, game. Explain it.

[MikkoAkure]

That reminds me. Do we know the exact location of the Ridorana Lighthouse? Cus if its situated on that chasm that crosses the new world (probably the western tip of it, closer to Hingashi.) then somewhere in the New World might be an origin point for the Garleans. That would definitely not make the chasm recent a development, since the Lighthouse was supposed to be pretty old, I think?

There is a place on the Valnard Sea, far to the south of Rabanastre, where the ocean tumbles into a gaping maw more than a malm across─the Ridorana Cataract. Legend would have us believe that it is the entrance to the Hell of Water. Many a scholar seeking to prove otherwise has descended into the chasm─some even by airship─but not a one has returned.

Ridorana is the name of both a massive gap in the southern Valnard Sea, and the lighthouse once manned by the Royal Dalmascan Navy to prevent ships from succumbing to the cataract's currents.

In the Valnard Sea to the south, a lighthouse perches on the lip of the Ridorana Cataract - a gaping maw in the ocean believed to lead into the seventh hell. This spire illuminates the path to the northern sea routes, and thence to the docks of Valnain.

Far to the south of Rabanastre, in a remote corner of the Valnard Sea

Not exactly descriptive since neither Ridorana nor the Valnard Sea show up labeled on maps, but it's not anywhere near the New World nor Hingashi in any case. All we know is that it's "south of Rabanastre", "far from civilization", yet close enough that Dalmasca was responsible for it and it was abandoned after Garlemald conquered them. It also seems to point trade towards Valnain, which we know the location of. There's also a blink-and-you'll-miss-it sight of coastline in the distance from the lighthouse. It's also close enough that airships can go there. They don't have infinite range after all.

We know that the Ridorana Cataract was created by an explosion at Goug during Ramza's time there and it forced the Gougans/Garleans there to relocate. The ocean hole in Tural seems to originate in the middle of the ocean between Aldenard and Tural and it forks after hitting the continent. It's probably important though and will likely show up in Dawntrail at some point, whether in the the main expansion story or the patches.