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    The Name of Eorzea

    The Dravanian singing in the Heavensward trailer uses the word Eorzea and yet... in the translation... it's not there!

    Mah morn narr Eorzea
    The saviors must perish
    Assuming the word wasn't simply omitted in the translation for flow (Saviors of Eorzea, perhaps), could it be that Eorzea's name is of draconian origin? And, if so, is it the land of saviors / salvation? Or could it be connected to the word "perish" instead?

    Separating coincidence from foreshadowing this early on is much harder, lol.

    Also, Ma mor na Eorzea. Hm. Are those common syllables in their language? As in Mor Dhona?
    Filing that first edit under the coincidence column as more specifics come out.

    UPDATE
    Quote Originally Posted by Alberel View Post
    Ferne ... emphatically stated that Eorzea means Eorzea and has no special meaning in Dravanian.
    Well that shuts that down! Chalking it up to an unspoken sentence subject or implied reference, I suppose. Then again, "no special meaning" doesn't mean it's not part of the etymolo-no, no, no. Chalking it up to an unspoken sentence subject or implied reference, lol.

    Quote Originally Posted by Alberel View Post
    He went on to say that Eorzea does mean something, as the names of all places typically have some sort of meaning, but he couldn't say what that was because it was important and would be revealed later in the story.
    Pleased to be looking forward to it.
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    Last edited by Anonymoose; 10-25-2014 at 10:41 AM.