Gridania Law: Poaching

[faris]

In 1.0, it was stated that the Leatherworker's guild hunted animals with the express permission of the Elementals, the Botanist's guild harvested with the express permission of the Elementals, and no-one touched anything more than what they needed / had permission for. Communion with the Elementals was possible through Hearers and the Seedseers, most importantly E-Sumi-Yan, the first Padjal to live in Gridania.

Furthermore, in 1.0, you see what exactly happens when people take from the forest without permission in the Lancer storyline. You're supposed to escort an Ul'dahn NPC through the Twelveswood, but... things happen. Lots of bad things. Logs falling and blocking the road, a herd of stampeding antelope, and finally a furious elemental. You discover that the Ul'dahn merchant kidnapped a moogle.

I imagine the Keepers don't adhere to guidance from the Conjurer's guild regarding Greenwrath / Woodsin. In 1.0, it was stated that someone which disobeyed the Elemental's will were lost in the forest forever (I've forgotten the term for them, unfortunately!) and disallowed to return to Gridania - at the mercy of the forest, and the Elementals. ... Or lack of it. Usually, they'd just end up as fertilizer when the elementals are done with them.

I imagine the Keeper of the Moons proficiency at hunting, and formation of groups such as the Couerlclaws allow them to stay alive. (when they're solitary creatures, usually. Forming such groups is uncharacteristic, but not so when the entire forest is out to get you.)