Lore Book Revelations

[ExKage]

The Leveva thing may still be ok except for the bit about her mother? Possibly? The quest says her mother and grandfather are used against her yes. At one point Sevestre says "You would not believe how long I have been searching for that document. The last one that connected me to your father's...unfortunate accident. I tracked down and had all the others destroyed. But this one has eluded me for almost two decades."

Almost being the keyword if Sevestre has been trying to find it for say 13-16 years.

[Naria]

I'm not sure if it should go in here or the bug report thread, but Leveva's entire profile is outright contradictory. First off, Encyclopedia Eorzea says 'her mother died in childbirth, and her father a scant few years later.' Except Leveva's father Rufin was murdered in Ishgard either right before or after her birth, twenty years ago, which contradicts her age being given as 16. And for that matter, a rather glaring oversight is that Leveva's mother is still alive! She tried to stop her daughter from going to Eorzea and was used as one of Sevestre's bargaining chips in the level 58 quest.

I don't know how this kind of huge mistake happened, but it's only the first major one I've managed to find, and I'm sure there's more.

You might want to post about it in Moose's errata thread.

[LineageRazor]

It's not so much that they messed up as the Japanese version was deliberately ambiguous. My knowledge of Japanese is nowhere near extensive, but I do know it does not have strict gendered pronouns.

I'm not sure that pronouns have anything to do with it, either. Urianger pretty much straight-up asserted that Nael was a male and not a female in the non-cutscene dialogues following Turn 9, and even went on to speculate that Turn 9's female Nael may have been been constructed from the memory of some woman contained within Nael's memories when Bahamut rebuilt him.

However, all this was speculation on Urianger's part. He knew Nael was a man because the Garleans knew that Nael was a man - and this lore book entry asserts that the Garleans knew Nael was a man because Eula had tricked them! There's no inconsistency; it was entirely reasonable for Urianger to believe what he did. And, because of his speculation, Eula's masquerade will likely remain intact in perpetuity. For us as players, though, it finally solves the mystery of, "Who was that woman that Nael was rebuilt as?" Answer: It was Eula, Nael's sister - and there was no rebuilding. Nael was Eula in disguise all along.

Honestly, this answers things satisfactorily for me. Especially now that I know the whole gender bender was created due to a miscommunication between developers. XD

[Balipu]

Eula's masquerade will likely remain intact in perpetuity. For us as players, though, it finally solves the mystery of, "Who was that woman that Nael was rebuilt as?" Answer: It was Eula, Nael's sister - and there was no rebuilding. Nael was Eula in disguise all along.

Honestly, this answers things satisfactorily for me. Especially now that I know the whole gender bender was created due to a miscommunication between developers. XD

Well technically there was rebuilding cause her body was vaporized by the calamity and Bahamut made her a new one. She even recongnized the body as not her own. But it looked exactly like her original one.

[Powe]

So, the lore book was released but as a pre order that will be shipped 12/27/2017. Did they run out of the first batch or did they intended for the first batch to be released next year?

[Zorzi]

So, the lore book was released but as a pre order that will be shipped 12/27/2017. Did they run out of the first batch or did they intended for the first batch to be released next year?

The store page itself says the release date is today. Maybe that's a dummy date? Even if they needed to do another printing there's no way it'd take over a year!

[Morningstar1337]

Here ya go you guys (no, it's not me):
http://amdapori.tumblr.com/

They ahven't covered all the Jobs yet. But someone else did cover AST

http://silvermoon-ffxiv.tumblr.com/p...-hands-down-my

[SilverArrow20XX]

So, the lore book was released but as a pre order that will be shipped 12/27/2017. Did they run out of the first batch or did they intended for the first batch to be released next year?

I see today as a release date, yet it's listed a pre-order and says the date is subject to change. I pre-ordered it asap, but my order confirmation doesn't list a ship date.

[Mysteltain]

I see today as a release date, yet it's listed a pre-order and says the date is subject to change. I pre-ordered it asap, but my order confirmation doesn't list a ship date.

Says it sold out 30min after it went up. I was on the last confirmation point, too, when it told me...

[MercuryD]

Sold out already!!!! Why must I have to work to fuel my obsession of this World?!