So the first part of the five-part "Tales from the Calamity" series was released on the lodestone. This first one focused on our favourite Admiral: Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn.

Read it here: Link

So, there's a few things I'd like to talk about this one specifically. Firstly - I really like how they're hammering in what forgetting the Warriors of Light was like. It's not that they forgot their existence entirely, but they remembered that they forgot - at least Merlwyb did. This was sliiiightly glossed over in the main game - Alphie mostly talked about this.

Secondly, some lore stuff about Merlwyb is nice - her Chocobo named Victory (Vicky) died at Carteneau - and I like that it showed Merlwyb getting injured. She's so strong generally it's interesting to put her through that experience.

One small question: Who are these Pirate captains who keep getting mentioned? I didn't start in Limsa and don't know the starting storyline (not played it yet), but were these characters and crews we knew about before.

Just in general about this series of short stories: it's pretty obvious that we'll get one about Raubahn and one about Kan-E (an insight into her mind will be interesting). Who do you think the other two will be about? There's a few candidates: Gaius, Louisoix, Cid, Minfilia, even Lahabrea are among those who could have stories told about them. So who do you think will be the focus? One of these? Someone not mentioned?

Really looking forward to more of these story vignettes in the coming weeks ^_^.