Gathering Lore Questions for the Fan Festival in Las Vegas!

[Seiryuukishi]

Would love to have any information(in depth that is) you can share further on Mhach. For example the leadership structure, its most renowned figures, social structure... the list goes on. From what little we know of them they clearly, to me at least, have potentially the most interesting lore to follow. I also have a vested interest in whether or not Black Mages will ever have to revisit Mhachi history or the ruins of Mhach in the future for respective Job quests. So many ways to use this.

[MinhSa]

I wanted to know a little more lore behind the warrior ability Fell Cleave, can you explain what the chainsaws are/how and where they derived from

[Ansemaru]

Elementals are supposedly an intrinsic part of nature, and we see sprites in every place in the game, even barren locations like Azys Lla, Northern Thanalan, and the Churning Mists. But only in the Black Shroud do they express such aggressive behavior towards living things and impose their will and their wrath upon them. What is the reason we don't see things like Woodsin and Greenwrath in places like Raincatcher Gully or the Dravanian Forelands, which are similarly lush in terms of nature?

[Cilia]

Given that we now know the Void is the Thirteenth Shard drowned by Darkness, how do Voidsent originate within said Void? Besides growing more powerful, do they have any particular goals?

Excluding the events leading up to and surrounding him, could Alexander really have intervened in the timeline and stopped the Calamity, since doing so would radically alter the flow of history and plausibly cause his summoning by the Illuminati to not happen? Moreover could Alexander have done anything outside the time loops surrounding him? (Even if he is a primal, it's kind of sad when you think about it and realize Alexander never really had any choice in what he does and ultimately seals himself outside of spacetime, essentially committing an elaborate form of suicide.)

[Yasuhiro]

There are enemies in Azys Lla that look similar to XIII's Pulsework Soldiers and Dreadnoughts where exactly did their designs come from if they're Allagan made the resembelence is 1:1 and there's even some left over pulsian text on the mounts in Fractal Continumm.

[Rocl]

I love Alexander. I love all of his robots. Who made Blaster, Swindler, Vortexer, Brawler, and Cruise Chaser? The tech used in these seems to differ pretty significantly from the Oppressor, Manipulator, Onslaughter, Gobwidows etc. Was one gobbie braincase responsible for these? Was it a team of goblins? Did Alexander himself create these unflinching servitors? Will we ever meet the goblinthinker who bangybuilt these great walkymachines?

[Cilia]

There are enemies in Azys Lla that look similar to XIII's Pulsework Soldiers and Dreadnoughts where exactly did their designs come from if they're Allagan made the resembelence is 1:1 and there's even some left over pulsian text on the mounts in Fractal Continumm.

It's just model reuse to cut down costs. There is nothing more to it.

I have a couple more questions.

How was Quickthinx able to augment himself into a cyborg? His body should have rejected such implants unless the Illuminati have a drug that prevents the immune system from acting against them. (Wouldn't surprise me if this is the case.)

More humorously, now that we know cybernetics are totally a thing, is it likely the goblins will make a cybernetic arm for Raubahn, or is that kind of tech an Illuminati only thing?

[Fusionx]

What sort of magics or trickery were in place that allowed a seemingly average bear to fly in the Coerthas Western Highlands?

[Llyr]

Could you tell us anything about how Nophica and Halone came to be rivals? Or how Oschon and Halone became companions?

[ExKage]

Spoilers for 3.4

The Warrior of Darkness BLM elezen is named Naillebert, a male. Previously in 2012, it was stated that the End of an Era BLM Elezen is female. Can we use this to infer that the First was more like an alternate universe or split timeline type of thing? The WoD party is not the CG Midlander party no matter how similar they all look?