Encyclopædia Eorzea ("Lore Book") Bug Report Thread

[DeMarcy]

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

Site: 32
The Ancient city Amdapor : There is following sentence -

" ... blanket of mold and rot caused by an imbalance lingering in the aftermaths of the Seventh Umbral Calamity. ..."

This calamity was the one with bahamut - would it not make more sense to go for the sixth Calamity (Water) - i dont understand how FIRE and Destruction causes mod ...

[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.

[DeMarcy]

the elementals did hid the city ?`where do i find that - in the lore book too ?` - Im just on page 34 xD now than this explanation make sense i hope i will find out more about the elementals - where did they come from etc... I love the story of Eorzea

[Anonymoose]

the elementals did hid the city ?`where do i find that - in the lore book too ?

There's some stuff about it in the lore books and also in the quests that unlock the dungeons. The elementals straight-up used illusions and seals and aetherial wards to make people just not notice it was there for over 1500 years, lol. Gridania was designed to be inspired by a Japanese polis with the Elementals playing the part of the kami. They were supposed to exist everywhere but be strongest and oldest in the Twelveswood. That whole aspect of the lore has been sidelined since ARR with the excuse that the calamity weakened them. And now we've double-booked kami lore with Hingashi, to boot. It's sad, but I do hope they'll come back to it and clean it up one day. The unfortunate reality is that it's just not as new, cool, or interesting as other stuff SE wants to get done, so it never comes up.

[Vyrerus]

Good ole Green Wrath mask wearin' lore. It always intrigued me.

[charmwitch]

Question: Would missing NPCs be considered errors in the Lore Book? I noticed flipping through the books that we still have no information for certain job quests npc due to volume space in the first lorebook. Currently, there are no entries for Foulques (Lancer quest) and Sanson Smyth (Bard quest, although mentioned in a blurb). I'm noting this just so people are aware, but I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this. Thank you!