Fallgourd Float (Ixal Tribe Spoilers)

[Wolfandre]

So I finally got around to doing the Ixal Beastman tribe daily quests. Kind of late to the party, but I've found some information that doesn't quite add up.

The quest "Lathe to the Party" details Tataramu's lineage a little and talks about how his grandfather worked with Colson many years ago to found Highwind Skyways. Tatanora was said to work with Dezul Qualan, an Ixal, in his workshop in Fallgourd Float with Colson to develop the earliest airships based on the dirigibles made by the Ixal.

This evidence is backed up by the NPC Aeluuin, who, in the quest, reports to us that he had worked in the Bobbing Cork for ten years. It's also backed up by Keneweard, who implies that Fallgourd Float was booming until the Ixal moved in and everyone high-tailed it. That lull didn't last long once adventurers started frequenting the area again.

...But this is all contradicted by Thierrand. He is a Hearer of Stillglade Fane assigned to Fallgourd Float. Thierrand makes mention that Fallgourd Float was a newly built settlement founded on the water after the Calamity in order to not hinder the recovery of the massively damaged Black Shroud.

So....which is it?

XIVDB dialogue of "Lathe to the Party": http://xivdb.com/?quest/67026/Lathe-to-the-Party

Screenshot of Thierran's text bubble about Fallgourd's history:

[DasFelix]

Maybe part of the Settlement (Like the Bobbing Cork) existed on the Water before and it was decided after the Calamity to move the rest of it to the Water.
Just my guess.

[Andaeron]

This, too, struck me as odd. I am always on alert when NPCs start talking about the past, looking for these kinds of things. There was nothing on Fallgourd Lake in 1.0; the nearest anything was Camp Emerald Moss, which was roughly where Treespeak is now, and Hyrstmill, which is in approximately the same space. I don't remember there being a Bobbing Cork anywhere in 1.0, either. However, Colson says that it was "nigh on fifty years" ago that he started his apprenticeship with Tatanora, which places that no earlier than 1527 6AE, and he says that it was about 30 years later that Cid brought airship tech, and he left Garlemald in 1562, so that fits. He mentions, too, that the workshop was dismantled for wood when Tataramu's father took over. I can't seem to pinpoint when exactly that was, but if it was before the events of 1.0, that would explain the lack of a workshop near Emerald Moss. As for the Bobbing Cork, I'm at a loss there, but 10 years ago was within the time frame of 1.0.

[Wolfandre]

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Yeah, this is all my 1.0 experience notwithstanding. I can expect a retcon here or there, but this is current, in-game contradicting information.