Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXVII Lore Discussion

[Nalien]

So, will the lore book come with a minion like the art books and soundtracks? If so, what?

Another tome minion, similar to Page 63? A classic Final Fantasy sage character, like Ghido? A special ahriman? A moose?

[Rocl]

Do moose even exist in Hydaelyn? Inquiring minds NEED to know

[CyrilLucifer]

Forgive me for taking a joke seriously, but we haven't really encountered a lot of appropriate moose habitat in Eorzea yet, so they might! Coerthas is a bit too cold due to the aether shift and the Shroud is definitely too warm. Alternatively, they could have previously existed somewhere in Coerthas and the Calamity killed them all off. Large mammals have more trouble recovering from mass extinction events.

I mean, I guess the Forelands are moose habitat, but it seems like if they were there, the chocobos outcompeted them with faster breeding (and maybe a little help from the Spoken races and Dragons; a moose is a nice meal after all). So it leaves some hope in the future. Don't give up!

I'll take an Elidibus minion, please.

[Kerwin]

You asked for this.

Really Corvinoobus.....? REALLY?

[Pinkie_Pie]

Be a ninja. Support the company. You asked for this.

We always do

[Grayve]

Very fun to read up on the stuff I didn't understand in the stream. I'm super stocked for more Minfillia and Scions and Dragonsong War stuff in 3.2. And while not a an Au Ra, those tantalizing hints of an older tribe and gods being similar in the past..... Damn it, there is so much about this world I want to know.

And a lore book.... Now I have to seriously see if I can get to Vegas.

[Anonymoose]

So, will the lore book come with a minion like the art books and soundtracks? If so, what?

An ahriman with a reading monacle!? A plush tonberry scholar!? A flying Sentient Tome of the Necrologos!? A gigantic tome that flops out on the floor in front of you like a plush cushion so you can sit and target it and clearly be doing very important things!?(!?!?11?!)

A moose?

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Do moose even exist in Hydaelyn? Inquiring minds NEED to know

Forgive me for taking a joke seriously, but we haven't really encountered a lot of appropriate moose habitat in Eorzea yet, so they might!

I am forced to conclude that moosen do, indeed, exist on Hydaelyn, if not in Eorzea itself, and if not only in legend.

For starters, Anonymous Moose was thrown into the Version 1.0 NPC name generator once upon a time (JP アノニマス・ムース DE Anonymer Elch).
Where did the Roegadyn learn of such majestic creatures? (Ohohoho, foot in the door clause!)

There is also a levequest client named Solitary Elk (elk being the name used for moosen in Europe, while what Americans call an elk is a wapiti. Look, it's complicated.) But Moose, I can hear you saying, what if the elk referred to in the NPC name is an American elk? Well, phooey and pshaw to that, says I, because the Triple Triad Card for Coeurlregina calls her horns elk-like. Look at her. Are those the antlers of the wapiti (NAY), or of the glorious moose?

The case is clearly closed. <smug, dismissive headshake>

[ExKage]

My goal for 2016. Get ticket to NA fanfest again. Weather the merchandise line (again). GET LORE BOOK SIGNED.

[Wolfman88]

Are we going to get a third playable clan for Au Ra? Are other races getting a third clan?

[myahele]

Are we going to get a third playable clan for Au Ra? Are other races getting a third clan?

I'd love for this to be the case. Especially since it's not too much of a stretch to have multiple clans/tribes per race since they all adapt to their environment.

Duskwights and Dunesfolk being the "newest" clan since they can be traced: Duskwights residing solely underground post Gridania; Dunesolk adjusting to the desert once Lalafells (Plainsfolk) settled there.