Mysidia: When and How will it show up?

[Ametrine]

Well, Kugane being the new city-state over Ala Mhigo was a genuine surprise. It's not even in Doma.

If Meracydia isn't supposed to be Mysidia directly, then it could instead act as a modern civilization found in the area. Azys Lla lore points that Meracydia was particularly difficult for the Allagans, especially when it's implied most other societies were basically steamrolled away, but that they eventually did take it over.

On another note, I find that for a society that epitomizes the concept of the ivory tower, it's implied that the "Sharlayan" people named their islands "Sharlayan," main homeland city "Sharlayan," and colony turned city-state "Sharlayan." Was this confusing mess of a naming convention meant to further push outsiders out, or was it just a failure of human language?

[Balipu]

Well, Kugane being the new city-state over Ala Mhigo was a genuine surprise. It's not even in Doma.

If Meracydia isn't supposed to be Mysidia directly, then it could instead act as a modern civilization found in the area. Azys Lla lore points that Meracydia was particularly difficult for the Allagans, especially when it's implied most other societies were basically steamrolled away, but that they eventually did take it over.

On another note, I find that for a society that epitomizes the concept of the ivory tower, it's implied that the "Sharlayan" people named their islands "Sharlayan," main homeland city "Sharlayan," and colony turned city-state "Sharlayan." Was this confusing mess of a naming convention meant to further push outsiders out, or was it just a failure of human language?

Well the planet of Azeroth has the contient of Azeroth and on it the kingdom of Azeroth. So yes, humans are lazy when naming places.

[Kazrah]

Well the planet of Azeroth has the contient of Azeroth and on it the kingdom of Azeroth. So yes, humans are lazy when naming places.

Actually WoW only uses that name for the planet. No continent or kingdom shares the name.

Back to FFXIV though, given the Sharlayan tradition of restricting nearly all knowledge from there, it may be possible that Sharlayan is identified as a city, an island and a nation of islands because of how little everyone outside the place knows of it. Actually, given how hellbent they can be about hiding their info away, they might probably hide enough of it from their own citizens.

[Balipu]

Actually WoW only uses that name for the planet. No continent or kingdom shares the name.

Back to FFXIV though, given the Sharlayan tradition of restricting nearly all knowledge from there, it may be possible that Sharlayan is identified as a city, an island and a nation of islands because of how little everyone outside the place knows of it. Actually, given how hellbent they can be about hiding their info away, they might probably hide enough of it from their own citizens.

Actually no. It is not only the planet. Only the other places have alternate names. Like for example Eastern Kingdoms. It was obviously not named as such when nobody knew that Kalimdor existed west from them.

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Azeroth_(disambiguation)


Regarding Sharlayan you are absolutely right. I mean when Leveva wanted to spread sharlayan astrology they dressed up several girls as Leveva and left them bound and gagged on the streets of Limsa Lominsa to cover the escape of the kidnappers of the real Leveva. They do positively insane things to protect their knowledge.