Allagans in Tural?

[MikkoAkure]

I was under the impression that the Mamool Ja-looking mobs in the Crystal Tower were more of an analogue to the "Thor" and "Haokah" palette-swapped monsters that were present in and around the Crystal Tower in FFIII rather than a representation of actual Mamool Ja.

But I guess anything is possible.

[Cleretic]

I was under the impression that the Mamool Ja-looking mobs in the Crystal Tower were more of an analogue to the "Thor" and "Haokah" palette-swapped monsters that were present in and around the Crystal Tower in FFIII rather than a representation of actual Mamool Ja.

But I guess anything is possible.

Yeah, a very quiet joke in Syrcus Tower that's almost completely lost on the international audience is that every single trash spawn is directly pulled from an FFIII random encounter formation. I believe specifically the NES and Pixel Remaster version of III, too, the 3D version had smaller encounters.

Personally I kinda hope we don't see Allagans in Tural, because I think Dawntrail works well with a certain clarity of history; that because the only external presences in Tural are very specific and very quantifiable--basically Ketenramm, Koana's imports, and Alexandria--it's a very contained setting where there's not really extra factors muddying things; it's as clean a break from the existing stories of FFXIV as you can reasonably get without going too weird. And in this particular case, Allag not being around mostly helps Alexandria's story; not only does the distance help make it clear that Alexandria's entirely their own thing (which they need the help with, because some of their tech looks fairly Allagan), but them being the only source of supertech in the continent helps them stand as a presence; they wouldn't feel as unique and scary if there was Allagan stuff lying around.