The old civilization of Gelmorra and the goddess Nophica

[Orophin]

I'm a big fan of story and lore, and even though I don't hardly post in the Localization forums, I'd like to thank Ferne and the others from the LOC team for posting.

I put this as one of my suggestions in the newest player poll, but I figured I'd mention it here as well. You specifically mentioned putting a Lore section in the forums, and I think that'd be great for Q&A. But it'd also be nice if there were a section for it on the front page of the Lodestone on the navbar to the left with the rest of the different sections for already established information pertaining to the lore and story of FFXIV.

[Urthdigger]

Something I'm wondering... could the lore page on the lodestone be reflected by what we have done in-game? So completing certain quests adds pages to the lore as our characters themselves discover more of the world's secrets?

[Shyd]

... Nophica “big-boobs”, the Matron

+1 for this!

[Nakiamiie]

+1 for this!

I laughed so hard when I read it too! xD

[Mihana]

Forgive the Necro-bump but I figured since this was talking about Gelmorra I'd post a few pictures of the ruins themselves. Situated north of Camp Emerald Moss is the Gelmorra Ruins. I decided to head out that way myself and made it after a few deaths.


First we got a distant shot. There was a lot of Morbol in the area and other nasties that would quickly make a snack out of me.


A center shot of the ruins itself. Several smaller rocks just like the one found at Amberscale Rock exist in the area. Perhaps they're connected in some way? In the center is a very large hole filled with shrubbery.


Closer shot of the rocks surrounding the huge hole. They're exactly alike to the amberscale rock found near Humblehearth. Interesting, no?


Inside the hole. It's just a bunch of shrubbery.

If you travel farther back towards the north of the ruins there's a small dead end with water. Sadly there was nothing out here besides Qiquirns, nothing of great interest at all. Anyway what do you think? Those stones could be connected to entering Gelmorra perhaps. In fact the screenshots of all the ruins we've seen in 2.0 I'm betting are in fact the lost ruins of Gelmorra likely surfaced.

[Sephrick]

Closer shot of the rocks surrounding the huge hole. They're exactly alike to the amberscale rock found near Humblehearth. Interesting, no?

Is it just me, or do they look like Tonberries?

[Yenrii]

Is it just me, or do they look like Tonberries?

To me, they look like penguins. Tonberry makes much more sense though. :P

[Catapult]

Forgive the Necro-bump but I figured since this was talking about Gelmorra I'd post a few pictures of the ruins themselves. Situated north of Camp Emerald Moss is the Gelmorra Ruins. I decided to head out that way myself and made it after a few deaths.

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If you travel farther back towards the north of the ruins there's a small dead end with water. Sadly there was nothing out here besides Qiquirns, nothing of great interest at all. Anyway what do you think? Those stones could be connected to entering Gelmorra perhaps. In fact the screenshots of all the ruins we've seen in 2.0 I'm betting are in fact the lost ruins of Gelmorra likely surfaced.

As I was reading this, something came to mind.

If I recall correctly, in the Gridanian Storyline you discover that Dunstan and a number of other rebels are operating outside the control of the Wailing Barracks. A moogle makes reference to people staying in ruins to the north. Could these ruins be that place?

[Soukyuu]

Those rocks are sprinkled here and there all over the Shroud, for example this one:



I kinda doubt these leftovers from old lore will make a big comeback in 2.0 though, so we probably won't find out what those ruins were supposed to be.

[Siegtaru]

Man, I'll be super sad if they do away with alot of these cool little story-to-be tidbits that I loved finding when the game first launched, imagining what they'd do with it. If they're going to get rid of any of that stuff (Like the ruins or the rocks everywhere, as well as a few other interesting things around The Black Shroud) I'd at least like to get as much information about what it was supposed to be xD Even though it'd likely be pointless if it was being removed in ARR for whatever reason.