An aether-what?

[Anonymoose]

HOLY NECROBUMP.

A deserved one, however. I've been going through a lot of my notes from the ancient year of 2010 out of fear that this whole "archiving of the old Lodestone" business might push all the art and lore in the old topics beyond my reach, and I came across something...

We know that many of the post-Calamity aetheryte camps were re-built using Sharlayan technology...

Aetherytes are colossal structures comprised of crystallized aether. So that they may serve as waypoints for aetherial travel, these crystals have been amplified through the use of advanced Sharlayan technology.

However, these crystals are quite different than the ones from Version 1.0, and I just came across this:

Aetheryte is the name given to massive shards of crystallized aetheric mist, precisely cut and fused to arcane machinery. While it is not known when or by whom these devices were originally constructed, their teleportational qualities have become the backbone of everyday transportation throughout the realm, with most managed and operated by individual city-states. Their existence in Eorzea seems to be what drew scores of people to settle in the hostile land in the first place.

Lore released around the same time also talks about the original arrival of settlers in Eorzea:

Countless moons have waxed and waned since wandering tribes from across Hydaelyn first arrived in Eorzea and settled its untamed lands. The benevolent deities who ruled the empty continent and its surrounding islands were impressed with the resilience of these primitive men and women, and in an act of mercy each saw fit to ensure their welfare.

A wrench in the Ancient Allag theory?

Then again, I don't know about Gods that need to build aetheryte camps to get around...

Hmmm...