The quest that you learn of beared rock, made me want to go see it. So i spent some time looking for it. (and since the map text is hard to read for me) It took me a good while. When I found it And looked at it I was oo that is pretty cool. Pretty much yoshi said the side quests were about the people and places of Eorzea. Lore is everywhere in this game. Just a matter of understanding it. Lore doesn't need to make a huge impact, it just needs to help with the setting. Much like the Elder scrolls ihe reason the game is called the Elder scrolls is they talk of a long standing prophacy spaning 1000s of years. Each occurance from areana to oblivion was prophosised and leading to skyrim so far and the return of dragons. And the dragon born Much like the of Zelda isn't really about Zelda but about Link. Even those games had quests that had no real importence but added life to the game. Like the coco lady from village under death moutain you had fetch all her coco because she was allergic.