Shatotto and Shantotto

[Pentacus]

It's entirely possible, but then, I think if SE wanted it to really be the Shantotto, then they would have written it as such. As it stands, it's just more a tip-of-the-hat to the axe-crazy Windurstian BLM rather than an actual appearance. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't 'Shatotto' stated as being a male? (I haven't done the BLM questline yet though so I'm probably wrong on that - I just remember reading somewhere that Shatotto was meant to have been a male character in FFXIV's lore).

no, she's female

and no, shatotto likely isn't shantotto, she has lore and background revealed in the stardust rod quest

she was a powerful black mage who was apparently prone to fits of boredom, in one particularly bad one, she invented the spell Meteor for shits and giggles and cast it, the shards of the meteor it summoned scattered all over eorzea and merged with whatever they touched, which was how dark matter was introduced to eorzea. she then decided to make a series of staves out of the remains of the meteor and created the Stardust Rods.

it's POSSIBLE that she's Shantotto messing with a spell that causes her to cross into other realities, but unlikely (then again, I wouldn't put it past her, I mean, she can certainly cross into other realities (and there's precedent for it in eorzea in the cases of gilgamesh and lightning, and shantotto herself in a few weeks time )it actually makes me wonder if eorzea is at a bit of an interesting spot in the multiverse with all of these other realities managing to break through all the time)))