Latest FFXIV plot analysis

[Wincy]

... I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY want to go to Bozja ruins one day!!!!!

Sort of reminds me of Tavnazia.

Thank you for posting this, Rydin. The world/lore/plot is the most important part of my gaming experience, so <3 this thread.

[Jinko]

As far as the dragon and the ship... yea.. it was an explosion... I was being funny... Because you have to admit, he was moving slow as crap.....

If you weighed a couple hundred tons I would like to see how fast you moved ...

[Zantetsuken]

Perhaps the Garleans had captured those Primals but they were released when Midgarsormr destroyed the ship?

Apparently there exist Greater and Lesser Primals, and the Lesser ones can be Summoned by the Beastman Tribes (and eventually by us via Free Companies), so perhaps the Empire's original plan was to capture all the Lesser Primals because only they stood between the Empire and total domination.

What the Empire didn't count on though was that their actions awakened the Greater Primals (as well as us, "The Woken Ones) which stopped the Empire in their tracks. SO now they have decided to use Meteor to destroy even the Greater Primals or at least unlock the power of the Crystals in order to destroy the Greater Primals.

That is my guess anyway.

Your explanation seems to be the most logical one for the explosion of Primals at the end of the opening movie. --but why was the empire bringing them to Mor Dhona?


Side Topic 1: The Wandering Minstrel's (that is,YoshiP's) cryptic hint: "Yester with thine eyes, morrow by thine hands" has me wondering if he is referring to the loss of the echo post-2.0 or perhaps that the entire 7th Umbral is being experienced via the Echo -a dream within a dream.

Side Topic 2: The references of Dalmud's swelling from 10 years ago in the Dalamud Nigh article seemed to indicate nothing happened:

I finally came upon that which I sought: a reference to a blood-red Dalamud from ten summers past. On the night in question, an archer on duty at a guard station in the East Shroud noted that the lesser moon was giving off a reddish glow and promptly reported the development to Stillglade Fane. This anomaly, however, proved to be fleeting; by the time dawn broke, Dalamud had reverted to its normal hue, with scarce more than a handful of souls having borne witness to the baffling occurrence.

But perhaps that was just from the perspective of the Eorzeans. Apparently it was the catastrophic misfire of Meteor that hit the Bozja Citadel instead of Eorzea/Mor Dhona. Were those falling lights in the sky our echo-experience of the first Meteor attempt?

This is a great thread though. One of the forum's best.

[Rydin]

Thanks for this, I find the whole storyline to be very wordy, full of poems and quite hard to follow.

Sort of reminds me of Tavnazia.

Thank you for posting this, Rydin. The world/lore/plot is the most important part of my gaming experience, so <3 this thread.

You guys are welcome.... thank you for appreciating it....

If you weighed a couple hundred tons I would like to see how fast you moved ...

Hahaha... like the wind.... lol

Side Topic 1: The Wandering Minstrel's (that is,YoshiP's) cryptic hint: "Yester with thine eyes, morrow by thine hands" has me wondering if he is referring to the loss of the echo post-2.0 or perhaps that the entire 7th Umbral is being experienced via the Echo -a dream within a dream.

Echo-ception!!!!

Side Topic 2: The references of Dalmud's swelling from 10 years ago in the Dalamud Nigh article seemed to indicate nothing happened:


But perhaps that was just from the perspective of the Eorzeans. Apparently it was the catastrophic misfire of Meteor that hit the Bozja Citadel instead of Eorzea/Mor Dhona. Were those falling lights in the sky our echo-experience of the first Meteor attempt?

This thought actually crossed my mind... Dalamud hasn't gone anywhere...
But somehow they learned they couldn't control where it landed... and Bozja Citadel suffered as a result...
I'm thinking it was a smaller scale test... Dalamud could destroy Eorzea...
The test could have been with some smaller heavenly body, which is why it only took out the citadel
So they though "WOW... if we can't control this little thing... we definitely wont be able to control Dalamud"

This is a great thread though. One of the forum's best.

Thanks Z

[Rydin]

Bump because... well... Why not?

[Mihana]

Now I'm curious but, what is Bozja Citadel? Up until now I never heard of it. I'm with the Twin Adder so I'm guessing it's listed in another storyline somewhere else. Anyone got a link somewhere with info on it or what quest contains it?

[Deltara]

I'm in the twin adder and it is mentioned in the twin adder storylines. lol

[Rydin]

I'm in the twin adder and it is mentioned in the twin adder storylines. lol

This^^^

Do you think it would be ok to post a link to someone's youtube video of them doing this quest?

Fine.. I'm doing it.. and if the Reps want me to take it down, I will....

Two Vans are better than one!!!

[Nabiri]

Awesome thread, and thanks for the laughs!

As for the echo happening when touching the guildleve in the opening cut-scene.. The only way it made sense to me was that someone else's memory had imprinted onto the leve when they touched it, (I'm sure those things get passed around a lot). Or (less likely, in my opinion), the memory was from someone random in the room.

[Ahzda]

I can finally say I feel comfortable playing this game now that I have a basic grip on the actual plot after all this time.

Amazing thread, lots of laughs. ^^ Good job.