Encyclopædia Eorzea ("Lore Book") Bug Report Thread

[StarDrake]

PAGE: 247
HEADING: Ifrit
SUBHEADING: Origin Myth

While it can be a bit hard to see due to the cursive font used (and the tiny size of it), I'm pretty sure Ul'dah is spelled "Uld'ah" in the third paragraph.

(Also, just in general, yeah, the primal origin entries are all hard to read because the fond used here is tiny, or at least seems so.)

[ExKage]

Page: ???
Heading: Lucia Goe Junius
Section: Ishgardian profile
((sorry again I don't have access to the book right now but it's easy enough to find))


Lucia's profile describes how she infiltrates Ishgard as an acolyte, only for a curious Aymeric to question her. In this situation the book says that he discovers her as a Garlean agent, but instead of turning her over to the authorities he offers to let her live if she would serve him. The book then goes on to describe how terrified she is for her life after she agrees to his coniditions and frequently plotting a way to escape only to eventually see him as a leader.

However, this completely goes against any language version of the game. She willingly came to him of her own accords after being inspired by his leadership and revealed herself as a Garlean, where he then chose to accept her. The book portrayal also makes Aymeric come off as more of a villain than he really is. Though he is fiercely protective of Ishgard the situation seems unusual to his personality. This book situation also makes Lucia seem more helpless than how she actually is ingame

Uh. I don't have the book on me as I am at work but the tone of what you're saying does not match my comprehension of what I read of the section. It is not that she is helpless or that she was constantly plotting a way. It said that her original intentions were to tell him she would do what he wanted in exchange for her life until she could escape. Aymeric does not come off as a villain. He actually comes off as extremely naive for deciding to let her live. There is also another way to interpret the story where Aymeric "discovers" she is Garlean and her mission by her telling him it and leaving herself at his mercy, but hoping to still leave with her life. She only needed to escape if she were to be executed.

[Ametrine]

I agree with ExKage. It comes off more like Lucia was trying to pull the wool over Aymeric's eyes by playing the victim and using his naivety to her advantage while looking for a chance to make a break for it, but instead found herself so impressed by his skills that she felt his was a better cause to follow.

Considering her high rank of power within Ishgard gained by sticking to Aymeric's side verses being a lowly, forgettable spy, it wasn't a bad choice.

[Anonymoose]

PAGE: 221
HEADING: Monk
SUBHEADING: Widargelt Beake

Identifies the King of Ruin as "Theodric". The name generators of both 1.0 and ARR feature this spelling of the name, but the King of Ruin's name was always spelled "Theodoric", barring one example of the former spelling used by Gundobald (in one line of quest dialogue and line of small talk) in Patch 3.4.

[Anonymoose]

PAGE: 219
HEADING: Paladin
SUBHEADING: Jenlyns Aesc

Passage repeatedly refers to him as "Jenlys" instead of "Jenlyns".

[Anonymoose]

PAGE: 024
HEADING: The Birth of an Empire
SUBHEADING: Saint Coinach's Find

Says Coinach was canonized by the followers of "Althyk, the Scholar".

This could either be "Althyk, the Keeper" (patron of historians) or "Thaliak, the Scholar" (god of knowledge).

[Fernehalwes]

Greetings all!

Thank you for taking the time to point out all Lore Book’s many flubs (no sarcasm intended!)

We did our best to clean up the book as best as we could before printing, but many appear to have made it through the editing process...and for that I apologize. DEEPLY apologize. A lot of the things you are bringing up are legit errors (Althyk, the Scholar...ULP!)—the result of a lot of long hours and not a thorough enough check process. Another reason behind some of these is simply inconsistencies within the game itself, especially when it came to 1.x lore and the crossover into 2.x and 3.x lore. A lot of 1.x stuff (especially the pre-Yoshida stuff) got lost in a haze once the baton touch occurred. This thread is actually helping bring to light some of that, and hopefully we can get things in-game fixed.

I’m still recovering from last week’s Fest, so I’m not yet going to touch upon everything in thread, but there is one issue brought up here that I wanted to address: Leveva’s mother.

In the lore book, it states that Leveva’s mother died in childbirth, even though the woman is mentioned specifically in several of the Astrologian job quests.

Here is the story behind this:

Leveva’s birth mother is, in fact, DEAD. She died in childbirth as the lore book states. Leveva’s father never really recovered from this, which can be attributed to his desire to travel the world and focus on his realm of study—he needed something to help him forget his pain. However, he recognized that his daughter would need someone to raise her, so he gave the task to his childless younger sister, who raised Leveva like her own daughter. With her father gone, it was only natural that Leveva saw this woman (the only woman to raise her) as a mother figure, and she naturally took to calling her “mother,” even after she was old enough to realize that she was actually her aunt.

It is my fault that I did not make this clear in the original Astrologian quest, and so I have gone back and tweaked a line in the quest spoken by Jannequinard from:

Well, then might I suggest a rooftop garden directly to the south of here? Your father and I would spend many a night there gazing up at the stars and prattling on about our dreams into the small hours. It is where he first told me of your mother...and the child she was carrying.

to

Well, then might I suggest a rooftop garden directly to the south of here? Your father and I would spend many a night there gazing up at the stars and prattling on about our dreams into the small hours. It is where he first told me of your mother─your birth mother, not the aunt who cared for you after Lady Byrde died in labor─and the child she was carrying.

This comes in the last quest, after Leveva has already mentioned her mother and the fact that she might be kidnapped by Sevestre. Those will stay as-is, as for Leveva, there is no reason to clarify that she isn’t speaking of her birth mother...because for her, her aunt is the only “mother” she has ever known. Having Jannequinard reveal it here, when talking about Leveva’s father, seemed more natural.

Again, I apologize about leaving this important part out of the original quest. The updated text should be implemented into the game for 3.45.

Thank you guys for bringing everything to our attention! This past week has been amazing for me and Oda-san, and we owe it all to you!

[FJerome]

(much love and props to you and Oda and Ishikawa, Koji, this thing is amazing)

PAGE: 090
HEADING: The Au Ra
SUBHEADING: Dress

The text says "While the sleeves appear as if they have been ripped apart, this too is an age-old tradition meant to evoke an air of rugged strength" but Auri clothing is sleeveless and the illustrative pictures themselves show their skirts.

[Anonymoose]

<...> many appear to have made it through the editing process...and for that I apologize. DEEPLY apologize.

hopefully we can get things in-game fixed.

I'm no less impressed with the quality and speed at which it came out, really, given that it's 300 pages of things that—in many cases—had to be consolidated, stitched together, and polished up. Looking at the "front" of the big picture, I'd never guess how much duct tape and Elmer's was on the other side of certain areas.

Besides, trivia for text bugs is a time-honored tradition!
(And I hear errors make first editions more valuable, anyway.)

I’m still recovering from last week’s Fest

The team crushed it, btw. I know a sophomore event aims to objectively improve on the debut, but it's unfairly difficult to not subjectively lose the magic of the original. The team pulled it off, though! (Aside from that one thing, but that seemed out of your hands. #MerchSurvivor)

Thank you guys for bringing everything to our attention! This past week has been amazing for me and Oda-san, and we owe it all to you!

May the JP launch go just as well! We'll keep looking, here.

[Ghastly]

I'm still really really confused about roegadyn hair now :x
Can we have a correction about which gender the "hard hair" is referring to in the roegadyn lore? I find it hard to believe female roegadyn also have "hard hair"

Is it just male roegadyn?