There's a "!" mark out of bounds west of the Botanists' Guild in Gridania.

[Teal_Thanatos]

hehe, I was just hunting through the forums trying to see if anyone else had noticed this before I posted it.

Could someone confirm Zavier's comment about it being for players "born in Gridania"? And if it is only for those who started in Gridania are there equivalent quests in Limsa and Ul'Dah?

Edit: Just realised it's the NPC beside the gate that says that area is only for "forestborn Gridanians" to enter which basically means we are all screwed because we didn't come from Gridania but rather journeyed there on foot... he does say that access is restricted "under normal circumstances" though. It may be that a sidequest will unlock it and we can only see the icon now because we are already of a high enough level to have unlocked the quest