Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXVII Lore Discussion

[Anonymoose]

Just prepping the thread to archive and discuss revelations made by Koji Fox (aka Fernehalwes) in today's LIVE Letter.

Let's do this!

Pre-Q&A

• The Antitower exhibits clearly Sharlayan architecture within, but has a very Ipsen / Memoria (FFIX) feel to the outside. It seems as though it was made for the purpose of studying the Mothercrystal... And a "familiar" boss will be inside, from an age when translations were not uniform...

• The Lost City of Amdapor (Hard) will allow you to go deeper into the city before; it looks we'll actually be descending through the Tower of White. ALL HAIL THE GLORIOUS RETURN OF THE FFXI BEETLE (complete with intended feet placement).

• Alexander - Midas features a lot of architecture similar to Gordias, given that you're just traveling up the other arm. Oh, until you get to the giant freaking city inside.

• Containment Bay S1T7 will be the battle arena against Sephirot, the Fiend, featuring a new remix of The Fierce Battle. Could the 7 be a reference to FF7 and Sephiroth?

• Allagan Tomestones of Lore have been discovered. In unrelated news, I will be directly challenging the House of Splendors on the rights to collect and distribute such tomestones launching a joint venture with Rowena (who I was in no way just served by).

• Gears of Change is the new patch name. The character featured in the art for Patch 3.2 is Minifilia. As the name of the patch, The Gears of Change, implies, there will be various changes in Patch 3.2 which are related to what happened to her, where she came from, how she is related to the mother crystal, and the path the scions will follow.

LORE-RELATED Q&A
The video is now over, but a lot of the information slipped through the cracks, translation-wise. I'm keeping an eye on the official thread as well as poking around the internets. Fernehalwes should also have some information up tomorrow night-ish if things are missed, knowing his usual tendency to keep us in the loop. We can still discuss a little bit now, though, while we're still foaming at the mouths.

• What purpose does the Garlean third eye serve?
• The allows them to recognize the surroundings more than other races. For this reason, it is said that they specialize in handling airships and advanced arms.
• So, basically, enhanced spatial awareness of some kind that may or may not be possible to expand on.
  

• I’ve heard that the tempered of Leviathan are called “Drowned.” Are there any other names given to those tempered by other primals?
• Yes. In Japanese they are all called “tempered,” but in English there are differences. There is a reason for this. Internally we had used the word “believer,” but this is lacking in impact, so we used the coined term “tempered.”
  However, when it comes to the English, “tempered” is a word related to fire, so having something like that relate to Leviathan felt off. The English names used for other primals are all different.
• I also feel like an excuse could be made either way, considering that the first time wide-spread tempering openly became an issue (that we know of) was with Ifrit. You start calling it one thing, it starts to carry over - like the "bees" in Amdapor Keep.

• We’d love to hear more about the Au Ra. Were they born with their horns? What do other races think of them?
  Xaela
  Their settlements are located in the steppes near Doma. These grassy plains are named after Azim, the tribe's goddess of the sun. The Twelve are only present in Eorzea. Azim worship is not directly related to the Twelve; however, they might have been related a long time ago.
  
  Raen
  While the Xaela are a nomadic group, the Raen stay in one area, but there are many refugees due to Garlean invasion. This is how they came to Eorzea.
  
  What do other races think of them?
  There are a ton of adventurers, so there is not any discrimination; however, there are some who are wary of them.
  
  By the way, there may just be other clans besides the Xaela and Raen...

BY THE WAY - OFFICIAL LORE BOOK - IN ENGLISH - TO BE READY ROUGHLY IN TIME FOR FAN FEST.
WE DID IT, ERRYBODEH: LORE AS A FRONT-LINE FOCUS OF RELEVANCE IN XIV.
LET'S KEEP THIS GOING!

[Cilia]

I will... get back to youse guys on this...

[Rocl]

Allagan Tomestones of Lore FINALLY THE DAY HAS COME FOR US LORESENT TO BE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF XIV PROGRESSION

[Mieck]

• Allagan Tomestones of Lore have been discovered. In unrelated news, I will be directly challenging the House of Splendors on the rights to collect and distribute such tomestones launching a joint venture with Rowena (who I was in no way just served by).

I guess she told you straight that you wouldn't be able to source the gear like she can get from her Garlean paymasters, eh?

[Nalien]

So... I'm guessing Antitower has something to do with the Isle of Val?

Floating about in a void (albeit a light void), clearly Sharlayan in origin...

Gears of Change is the new patch name. Minfilia is in the patch art, and many things will change...

I do this just about every patch, but... Time for Primal summoning to be an OK thing?!

[Rocl]

So... I'm guessing Antitower has something to do with the Isle of Val?

Floating about in a void (albeit a light void), clearly Sharlayan in origin...

If Antitower is MSQ-related (I can't remember); I'd say it's likely.

[Sekundessounet]

Antitower is MSQ-related indeed.

Sephirot is not sadly :/

[Frederick22]

Minfia wow...the possible vessel of Hydaelyn?

[myahele]

I wonder if the antitower is where Minfilia is?

Based on the scraps of info we've gotten
1.Antitower was built to observer the mother crystal
2. The artwork for 3.2 Title is that of Minfilia and what appears to be crystal(s)
3. Krile can sense aetheric signatures of people and that power is boosted with the Eye

Anyways I don't like the crystal (Hydaelyn?) is wrapping itself around Minfilia. In fact, she looks like she's being forcibly held


If anything, her 2 long pig tails and outfit remind me of the illustration of Hydaelyn

Also, Dissidia's Comos

[CyrilLucifer]

Antitower is MSQ-related indeed.

Sephirot is not sadly :/

Interesting, so we've been upgraded to side story from side-quest with totally-not-Elidibus-or-Elidibus'-servant. Quite possibly the most important side story going on at the moment.

However, if it's that relevant, I'd say it might end up like Ifrit/Garuda/Titan HM and you might be required to do them at the end of the patch cycle to progress in the main quest. So even if it's not a part of the MSQ yet, it might be later. That would fit with the earlier comment about how SE wanted to make multiple shorter stories in 3.X.

If it's not that relevant, we can expect a Lahabrea's servants in the Extreme Primals-type story where it seems important, but really doesn't influence anything at all in the big picture. I guess we can only wait and see.