Ask Lore Questions for the "Between Two Fernes" Panel at Fan Fest 2018 in Las Vegas!

[Rahela]

Will we ever get a definitive conclusion to this rather open storyline regarding Odin, Urth, Wiyu, and Zantetsuken? Oda-san gave us quite a few interesting nuggets of lore about Odin's true role, and Urth's civilization, and Allag's part in it, but it leaves me wanting to know the whole story.

[Theodric]

What did Regula van Hydrus look like? We never see his face and barring some sort of Echo vision it seems unlikely that we ever will at this point.

[Rahela]

I have a few questions regarding the cutscene where the Warrior of Light gives Cid his goggles.

-The natural assumption was that this cutscene took place the very first time that Cid crossed into Eorzea, 15 years ago in 1562?
-The Enterprise already has the Garlond Ironworks logo on it. Did Cid have the plan to establish the Ironworks and design the logo before he got to Eorzea?
-Biggs and Wedge are on the Enterprise with him, appearing to be the same age that they are in the present day. But if the ages given in their lore book entries are accurate, then that means that they were 10 and 8 respectively. Were they conscripted at so young an age?

[ScootPatoot]

Why is "Flame General" Raubahn's name still on hunt bills after players complete 4.1, when Nanamo effectively fired him from the Flame General position? Does this mean there's a chance Raubahn will return to Ul'dah?

[ScootPatoot]

In Ala Mhigo, we saw that there were tensions while forming a new government. We see a similar thing occur in Ishgard during Heavensward, where establishing a parliamentary republic caused some conflict. What about in Doma? Is there any resistance there among its denizens?

[ScootPatoot]

Now that Nanamo is down two Syndicate members (including the only one loyal to her), how does she plan on influencing Syndicate affairs so long as it exists?

[ScootPatoot]

What exactly do leaders like Aymeric, Hien, etc. think of all those adventurers running around wearing their outfits?

(And does this mean we might see the other Alliance leader outfits in the future?)

[ScootPatoot]

How quickly do Lalafell and Roegadyn reach their full height?

[ExKage]

We regularly see Lalafell working in what can be considered hard labor or physical jobs, such as working in the army or in the mines. Is their stature deceptive and they have a similar physicality as Hyur or Miqo'te or are they working but with less strength? If a Lalafellin Brass Blade went toe to toe with a Roegadyn Brass Blade, who would win?

[Iscah]

Hello, I've posted about this a couple of times previously but I don't know if it has been getting through to official channels as I haven't had any response, and I feel like it really needs to be resolved (before more of the game gets written and confuses it further).

There seems to be a major timeline/information inconsistency regarding House Durendaire, with the MSQ, AST quests and lorebook all giving different versions of the facts. I wrote it all out here and tried to condense it down here.

Can you please clarify the correct version of events, particularly:

1. whether the lorebook description of the AST plotline (in Leveva and Jannequinard's profiles) is simply incorrect, or actually intended to overwrite the timeline established in the game

2. Jannequinard's correct age, given that the game script implies he must be older than his lorebook-given age of 32, possibly by ten or twenty years

3. confirmation of the Durendaire family tree, given that all versions seem to give different accounts of the future succession - in briefest form:
- Jannequinard's alternating references to being second or third in line (and Forlemort's indication there are three brothers)
- AST Lv50: Janne's apparently-not-missing older brother had all the responsibility of being the next count
- Lorebook: succession is unclear and the count will have to remarry to produce another heir

Is Jannequinard supposed to be Carvallain's brother, or Charlemend's?


4. Not directly related to the timeline snarl, but at what point in the AST backstory is Carvallain supposed to have run away? Dialogue in the Limsa episode of the AST quest indicates he finds Leveva 'familiar', which suggests he might have met Rufin when he accompanied Janne back to Ishgard. But the timing would have to be fairly tight on that fitting together (he vanished twenty years ago and the AST backstory was "almost twenty" years ago... unless the fifteen-years-ago lorebook account is now supposed to be canon).



Thankyou, I would greatly appreciate this being cleared up. I love the idea of these different plot threads being pieced together into one story, but it's very hard when they don't actually match up at all where they come together. Especially since I don't know whether to think of Jannequinard as being 32 or 50.



I'm going to miss middle-aged eccentric uncle Jannequinard if it turns out he's not the canon version... ;_;