What do we know about Ishgard? ( Possible Expansion name?)

[ErikMynhier]

My gil is on us getting a stealth assassin class/job from Ishgard, from their Faces of Mercy, assassins loyal to his holiness, as in the same way the Sultansworn (Paladins) work for the Sultan in Ul'dah. There will be no dragon race as all the lore points to it most likely being predominately Midlanders and Wildwoods there.

[SiinZ]

TL;DR.... DRAGOONS PROTECT IT (CAPZ)!!??? yea?

[Shioban]

Not sure if making a Dragon race palayable would be lore friendly, considering they might be partying with Dragoons, or some may want to be Dragoons themselves. They won't even let Dragoons have a wyvern for this reason. But I do think it's a good setting for an expansion.

Personally, i'd hate a dragon race. I'd be okay with some sort of wolf/lion, a canine/feline-esque beastmen race maybe along the lines of the ronso tribe style, that'd be easier to work in I think.

As with all the races in Eorzea, almost all of them 'came to Eorzea' at one point or another, so it's not completley unthinkable to add in a new race that has never set foot in Eorzea before.

But I completely agree, a dragon race wouldn't be lore friendly, unless there was some massive turn of events with the Calamity and even then it'd seem a little odd.

[CosmicKirby]

Doubt it's a church, the sentence is just saying that the leader of the Church (as in - the Pope is the leader of the Church) also serves as the City-State leader. This is not all that surprising since even from 1.0 we know Ishgard has a faith-based society.

They're actually really nice people ready to help those that show respect and wish to help others.

That is to say, when they're not busy accusing everyone else of being a heretic. They are actually usually busy doing that.

[Sove92]

They're actually really nice people ready to help those that show respect and wish to help others.

That is to say, when they're not busy accusing everyone else of being a heretic. They are actually usually busy doing that.

They are also busy fighting the dragons, so busy that they don't have the manpower to help the other city-states.

[SynMaris]

I'm hoping the new zones will be bigger, and I can't wait for the area to finally be opened up.

[Starlord]

They are also busy fighting the dragons, so busy that they don't have the manpower to help the other city-states.

That is correct, They are too busy on fighting the Dragons that currently they can't help anyone, soon the Dragons will overwhelm them ( In large numbers? In Rage mode? XD), and the Arc-Bishop will order the gates to be open ( Gates to Ishgard) for all that wish to help with there cause ( Most likely you will have to choice a House to reside in. I have a feeling they will have a whole system around it, like FFXI's Campaign/Conquest/Besiege Systems. Unicorn: House of Fortemps and Bell: House of Durendaire, Are visible and you can see what's in them. Not sure about, Tower/Rook: House of Dzemael, Rose: House of Haillenarte currently I can only spot soldiers with their shields being Rose. I haven't spotted it yet but I did take screenshots of the areas I did see .

[Alberel]

I'm surprised no one else has pointed out that Bahamut is the primal god of the dragons... It's very likely that Ishgard's opening its gates will be tied to the conclusion of the final turn of Coil (assuming the final Coil update will have us face Bahamut).

[Cluebilly]

They're actually really nice people ready to help those that show respect and wish to help others.

That is to say, when they're not busy accusing everyone else of being a heretic. They are actually usually busy doing that.

Really? The gist I got from my time there is that a many of the Ishgardians dislike outsiders purely for the fact they are outsiders,so they're less inclined to help. Been a while since I did that particular quest chain so I may be wrong

[Starlord]

Updated with a couple more screenshots: 2 Houses confirmed in the game already, 1 ( Monument Tower) being occupied by Rose: House of Haillenarte soldiers. Tower I can't find any leads on atm .