Hydaelyn at large (is there a compilation of info yet?)

[Kyan]

Thank you for pointing that out - I'll amend that.

[D-Gold]

Questions I have:
Find the source for chocobos - are they native to Coerthas?

unicorns are.

proof
1:01
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPis_Jtl1MQ

[Enkidoh]

I'm not sure if chocobos are native to Coerthas, but it's mentioned repeatedly (both in 1.0 and in ARR), that Ishgard has a reputation for being the elite when it comes to chocobo breeding and raising. Back when 1.0 was first released chocobos were not available to players and the in-game 'reason' given as to why npc handlers wouldn't let players ride them is because there was a disease affecting chocobos at the time called 'chocobo blight', and hence the Ishgardian stables had quarantined their birds to stop it rendering the species extinct.

When chocobos were added in the 1.19 patch though the npcs mentioned that the quarantine seemed to have worked and the blight had diminished, thus the Ishgardian stables released their birds to the handlers and adventurers were finally allowed to ride them.

Again this doesn't prove that chocobos are native to Coerthas, but at the very least the Ishgardians over time developed a tradition of chocobo breeding, which you would think would go 'hand in hand.'

[Nialle]

I recall a NPC saying that Chocobos spread outside of Coerthas because the unnatural snow that started up there after Dalamud fell drove the flocks out of their native habitat. I don't recall who it was that says this, however. That would hint, though, that wild Chocobos were native there as well as specially-bred ones.

[RickiFake02]

I recall a NPC saying that Chocobos spread outside of Coerthas because the unnatural snow that started up there after Dalamud fell drove the flocks out of their native habitat. I don't recall who it was that says this, however. That would hint, though, that wild Chocobos were native there as well as specially-bred ones.

I don't remember the NPC's name, but it's the "leader" of the Chocobo ranch at Bentbranch who says this. She definitely says that Chocobos used to live in Coerthas but fled to the Black Shroud after the Calamity.

[Kyan]

Yes, I recall talking to the NPC at one of the chocobo stables in the Black Shroud and this being mentioned - I just wanted to make sure it wasn't my imagination!

It is easy with items and logs, it's written in black and white, but when I'm trusting my memory, I play a dangerous game!

[Fire_Lotus]

Not sure if this counts but this is some info related to the Void:

"Mormo is truly fascinating, even among the oddities of the voidsent. She is far too powerful to make use of the tiny holes that open between our realities, thus must send across only her spirit to possess a corpse or some other suitable host." -THM Story

Apparently exceptionally powerful Voidsent cannot enter Hydaelyn and must use proxies by possessing them with their spirits.

Also, related to Sil'dah and Mormo:

"The histories unearthed in the ruins of Sil'dih depict the suffering wrought by a singularly powerful voidsent─the cunning and terrible seductress known as Mormo.

With genius born of desperation, the mages of the now-fallen city fashioned an urn that would drain and imprison the aetheric vitality of any creature that laid a hand─or claw─upon it. Mormo, believing she was receiving a gift of appeasement from the beleaguered citizens, found her very essence drawn forth and trapped within the ensorcelled pot.

Over the course of several centuries, the captive aetheric energy was intended to weaken and dissipate, allowing any surviving descendants to safely shatter the urn and thus destroy Mormo's enervated spirit.

The pot's lid was never to be opened again─to do so would release the ravenous voidsent, freeing her soul to enslave the nearest mortal vessel. As possession of this nature is irreversible, the only mercy afforded such a host should be a swift and decisive demise.”

Hm hm hm... This explains Mormo's fixation on thaumaturgicide. Cocobusi's body provided little arcane sustenance for the weakened voidsent, forcing her to prey upon richer sources of aether to restore her hideous power."

-THM Story

[Nialle]

Mormo sounds like an Ascian, although one with more selfish life goals than destroying Eorzea. =P

I wonder if that means there might be ways to trap Ascians in special prisons in a similar manner as was done to her?

[Kyan]

The Void is certainly an interesting place, but perhaps not a place I'd like to visit!

Gysahl Greens are indigenous to the Near East, and as we know, a favourite of chocobos. We see them growing in the farm plots in Coerthas, as well as in the Shroud around the chocobo stables. If this Near East is Thavnair, it would be interesting to see who their trading relationships are with here, in Eorzea.

With so many species of flora (and, indeed, some fauna) being imported into Eorzea from other continents, I am curious to know what our exports are. With the Far East, you could assume our fishing guild would be making a killing with sea pickles and Ash tuna!

Gee, what I wouldn't give to be able to sneak onto one of those trade ships in Limsa Lominsa and sneak off to see the wider world... Or at least one of their nautical maps!

Where would you like to visit?

[Kyan]

When creating a new character, and starting in Ul'dah, there is this line of text from the debt collector Lalafell as he accosts the Hyur in the Quicksand before the player character and Momodi:

"In the East, it is said that even a merciful god might be driven to vengeance if thrice blasphemed."

I am wondering if this sentence subtly implies if the East (Near East? Far East? Othard?) have a different set of gods or faith.