Gamerescape's Lorecast interview with Koji Fox!

[swiss_Momo]

Rabanastre and Dalmasca apparently exist somewhere in Eorzea, oh, Koji Fox, why you taunt me so?

...That's where Viera are from and no one tell me otherwise >_>

Actually, I remember Dalmasca being namedropped twice already.
First in the mentioned early cutscene by the technician/spy who gets killed by Nero (they actually kept that in the German version)
Second time was by what’s-his-name who lives at the severed string in eastern La Noscea. He tells you he wants to go home to Dalmasca one day at the end of his Moogle postman quest

[Theodric]

I do hope for more references to Ivalice. Perhaps they'll even make Garlemald like Archades and have plenty of characters like Gabranth/Drace.

...and an entire zone based around a 'Lea Monde' type city would be wonderful too.

[Rocl]

So what I'm seeing here is that Ramuh himself is not the Primal but the beard is instead an Eikon? Most interesting. . .

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Only if we have a scientist with women fawning over him.

[WhiteArchmage]

Well, Midas nan Garlond must have gotten laid at least once and you can't tell me Cid isn't hot.

Also, if it were really true to FFXII, Viera wouldn't be from Dalmasca since they come from the Wood and rarely venture out, I'm just saying it would be a lore-appropriate reason for the race to come from IN EORZEA. Think of it as the hopeful wishes of an Ivalicean fanatic.

[ArkNova]

My long suffering of yearning of the origins of the phoenix are over thanks moose <3

[myahele]

There are 14 small flags on the Ironheart map released with 1.0. Are they all just filler?

KF: Basically, when Mr. Ironheart went out on his journey to map the realm, he didn’t do it alone. He went alone, but he needed funding; it was a great undertaking. In addition to the large city-states, which he got approval from, he contacted guilds and lesser houses and asked for money. Those little markers are from certain houses and banks and other places that funded him, so they got a little spot on his map.

Well, that finally answers that mystery of those smaller flags in the Eorzean map.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

KF: As you know, he’s basically trying to—not directly 100% summon the Twelve, but summon their power. Summoning the Twelve would cause true chaos, but he wants enough power to harness it and send Bahamut back. So he’s gathering the energy from the prayer stones with the help of Eorzeans, and the prayer feeds that summoning process while he’s trying to keep it down without bringing out the Twelve. He hits Bahamut with that, and he shrugs it off, but the power is still there. He’s consciously bringing those [aetherial spires] back for one last push, which is what you’re seeing.

This was the most intriguing part of the interview for me. Koji Fox seems to suggest that the twelve arriving in eorzea would somehow cause major havoc. That says to me that the twelve are probably not what we think they are.

Also it seems that Louisoix had to have his summoning ritual suppressed in order to prevent the twelve from actually appearing. So that means louisoix had the ability to summon them if he wanted to ? Or was he just trying to prevent false versions of them from being summoned ?

[myahele]

In the Tales of the Calamity


Louisoix summoning ritual would have actually summoned the 12, but as Primals (since prayers + aether = primals). Which is why he was planning on killing himself before they could be brought into existence.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

This was the most intriguing part of the interview for me. Koji Fox seems to suggest that the twelve arriving in eorzea would somehow cause major havoc. That says to me that the twelve are probably not what we think they are.

Also it seems that Louisoix had to have his summoning ritual suppressed in order to prevent the twelve from actually appearing. So that means louisoix had the ability to summon them if he wanted to ? Or was he just trying to prevent false versions of them from being summoned ?

Sounds like he didn't want the Twelve to actually appear themselves, for their power would probably do more damage to everything than any primal could or even Bahamut himself.