Quote Originally Posted by Morningstar1337 View Post
Because the "Sharlayan" we can access is not actually Sharlayan, but a colony they started when they went to Eorzea. The actual City-state is outside Eorzea in "The Old World"

Of course Given the AST Quest's antagonist's opinion on Eorzea (and how they are in control of the Forum) I suspect that once Garlemald mad its plans known, most of the Colony immediately declared Eorzea inherently worthless because anything of value would had been razed or stolen by the Empire (or the Calamity, but its unlikely that they didn't know of that until it happened) and abandoned everything, probably hoping that the Garleans would destroy their experiments...

At least they didn't offer the colony and their resources to Garlemald, the Empire is troublesome enough with just Ala Mhigo as their only sphere of influence within Eorzea (and before you ask, Selling land to other countries is a thing)
That I know but this Sharlayan colonly in the Hinterlands was known to be one of the leading city-states of Eorzea during its prosperous time.

I meant why didn't the Poroggo took care of the place while the Sharlayans were away, rather. It's kind of sad seeing the place get thrown away like that, but I suppose Goblins, adventurers and other creepy critters now reside there.