Anima weapon lore

[liljramos88]

So what is the lore are the anima weapons am not looking for the actual questline lore am looking for lore of each specific weapon.

[WyrahFhurrst]

So what is the lore are the anima weapons am not looking for the actual questline lore am looking for lore of each specific weapon.

Well, the weapons are newly created in the questline, so their lore is the questline's lore. They're not relics like the 2.0 relic, they're weapons freshly created and designed during the quest.

[liljramos88]

Oh OK thanks haven't finish mine so I wasn't sure thought maybe there was a lore behind them. Ty I know that most are inspired things. Any ideas I know daneb is a star or something like that

[WyrahFhurrst]

Yeah, it's a star in the Cygnus constellation.

[Cilia]

Nothung (the DRK weapon) is another name for Gram / Balmung, sword of Seigfried from the Nibelung mythos.

Not sure about the other ones, since I know not their names.

[Morningstar1337]

Here's what I remember of the weapons:

• Rhongomiant: One of King Authur's Weapons, predictably less famous than Excalibur. It is a lance
• Nothung: Yet another name for Gram, Sigured Sword. I think it was the named used in Wagner's Ring Cycle
• Deneb: Brightest star in Cygnus, and one of the 3 points of the Summer Triangle (the other two also lent their names to weapons in Qarn and Aurum Vale)
• Armageddon: Typical end of the world stuff. Speficilay a final battle between God and Satan. Greek Translation of the word Revelation
• Draconomicon: Take Lovecraft's Necronomicon and adapt it to dragons
• Tetrabiblos: forgot aout that, but I do know the name translated into 4 Book essentialy
• Majestas: Some sort of law
• Ukonvasara: A weapon of a Finnish or Hindu god I think (thought that might be Verethragna instead)
• Almace: Like Curtana, it is a sword form the Song of Roland
• Hervelgmyr: I think it has something to do with yggdrasil's roots and a certain Dragoon-bodysnatching dragon
• Verethragna: See Ukonvasara
• Gandiva: Bow of Arjuna, Hindu hero

Side note is that they are also the names of XI's Emperyan weapons (some of them at least)

Also The weapons that become these weapons are esstentialy the Eso weapons, (Which are antiquated) so unless Rowena had these made around the calamity, I think there might be some history to them, but unlike the relics it is preety irrelevant (plus if Rowena is selling them, then chances are they aren't as unique as the Relics anyway)

[Zohar_Lahar]

Anyone notice the manifestation of Anima looked very much like an Elemental?

[Exodus-E]

Anyone notice the manifestation of Anima looked very much like an Elemental?

I noticed that as well.
Makes you wonder if there's some sort of connection/relation between that pseudo-soul and the Elementals as a whole...

[TinyRedLeaf]

• Draconomicon: Take Lovecraft's Necronomicon and adapt it to dragons

I just discovered something about the Draconomicon that may or may not be relevant to those wondering about the real-world inspirations for the latest line of relics.

The Draconomicon was an actual source and rules book about dragons published by TSR (acquired later by Wizards of the Coast). The first version, based on Advanced Dungeon & Dragons 2nd Edition rules was published in 1990, as a supplement to the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. Later editions were published in 2003 and 2008.

Here's my reason for why this is relevant, and not just simple coincidence:

• The mythological Bahamut is an elephant-headed fish of epic, world-spanning proportions. It is said to carry a bull on its back, and on the bull, "a ruby mountain; on the mountain, an angel; the angel holds and supports the seven earths".

• Bahamut as a dragon, or more specifically the Platinum Dragon, was an invention of TSR writers, from as far back as 1975. And, it was in 1990, with the publication of the Draconomicon, that Bahamut was first classified as a deity of the good-aligned "metallic" dragons (gold, silver, bronze, brass, etc).

• As we all know, Final Fantasy drew references from a variety of sources to create its own, now iconic, multiple-title-spanning mythology. The idea of Bahamut as a mighty wyrm most likely came from Dungeon & Dragons.

• And given Bahamut's major influence on the new post-50 summoner storyline, it seems fitting that the new summoner relic would not just make reference to its owner's brush with the Dreadwyrm, but also to the venerable franchise that spawned the original Dragon King.


So, there you have it. I'm not suggesting, of course, that any of this has to be true. But it's fun to think about: an FFXIV relic inspired by a modern myth.

[myahele]

Anyone notice the manifestation of Anima looked very much like an Elemental?

I certainly have. It makes me believe that the elementals were created, if not then they could be using the same assests