CG Midlander

[Warlock]

Yoshi-P said this in a recent interview: (taken from Reinhart's thread)
story of ARR
something similar to 4 heroes of light of FFI
end of era trailer has a continuation -> opening of ARR
ARR is set 5 years after end of 1.0, why world has recovered so fast is related to what happened in the last moments between Louisiox and Bahamut. Will be the main of the 3 storylines in ARR until the first expansion and will explain about the Allag Empire, Dalamud, why Bahamut was sealed and what became of Louisiox.
2 other storylines:
conflict with Garlemard
first goal of the empire is to stop the beast tribes
conquest is only secondary
fight against the primals
aether energy is same as FFVII lifestream: use (summoning) damages planet, needs to be stopped
story will be episodic
first ep: conclusion of the 7th umbral era catastrophe (cap still lv50)
"Ishgard", "Recovery of Ala Mhigo", and "The Garlean Empire" used as examples for new story episodes/expansions
old 1.0 story got scrapped, however the essence is still there.

EDIT Bold for very interesting bits