Quote Originally Posted by mallleable View Post
Apparently 'Winterer' is capitalized in all languages, likely meaning it's the name of their faction. So I don't think they literally have to do with the cold or winter, and instead a more metaphorical winter. To pair it with Gossan's 'thawing' comment, I think it could be fun if 8.0 took place somewhere that survived a "harsh winter," and life is now bouncing back. Meracydia perhaps...
Yeah, 'Winterer' is a funny word like that. Just form looking at the word you reflexively associate it with the season, and therefore 'snow, ice, cold', but it's not actually about that, a winterer is 'someone who goes away during the winter'. And you wouldn't exactly associate a hummingbird with snow and ice--in fact, the fact you don't is kind of the point of wintering.