Encyclopædia Eorzea ("Lore Book") Bug Report Thread

[Anonymoose]

hi guys i have a question - maybe thats not a failure - but i dont understand it:

It's one of those "it makes more sense if you know the whole story" things, because only so much can fit into those little image blurbs.

After the floods of the Sixth Umbral Era, the Elementals warded off the city and hid it from moral eyes. However, the Seventh Umbral Era weakened the Elementals and thus their seal, and the upending of the natural balance of the aether of the Twelveswood (and most of Eorzea) is what allowed the mold and rot to thrive anew the way it did.

The presence of mold and rot itself may very well have been sealed there since the floods, but it was the loss of the healthy, earth-aspected balance inherent to the Shroud in the aftermath of the Seventh that was what technically gave rise to the blight.