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

[Iscah]

Are we going to get more information on House Dzemael in future? They seem very under-represented compared to the other high houses (other than being the go-to "scheming nobles"). We haven't even seen the current count.

[Iscah]

We hear about, but never get to see any flashbacks of, Chlodebaimt de Haillenarte. I understand it's possible to find his ghost in the Palace of the Dead, but haven't been able to get any screenshots of him, so I don't know if he appears as a unique character or a generic knight.

Does he have a proper character design, and are you able to show it please?

[Iscah]

I'd also like confirmation on some minor characters who are associated with the High Houses but are not clarified as family members.

Tedalgrinche (MCH questline) - is he a son of the current Count de Dzemael? I assume he is but it's not outright stated.

"Lady Ninne of House Fortemps" at Camp Dragonhead - briefly talked to in a 'gathering information' MSQ quest (Lv37 "The Talk of Coerthas"), never mentioned again after that - and although she has changed dialogue following Haurchefant's death, she seems rather detached and makes no mention of being related to him.
(Edit: Looking through the levequest descriptions, I see she is also mentioned in the Lv54 GSM leve "Watchers within the Walls" - though still not any clearer as to how she's related to the others.)

"Lord Portelaine of House Durendaire" at the Observatorium - as I mentioned in my earlier linked post on the timeline issues, is he supposed to be the alluded 'middle brother' of the family, or some other relative?

Ser Aurelle "of House Haillenarte" at Dragonhead - working for them or part of the family? She has similar hair and eye colour to the known family members, seems to speak/act with some authority for the House, and the lorebook describes Laniaitte as the count's 'eldest' daughter (implying there are others we haven't been introduced to). On the other hand she refers to Francel as "my lord Francel" but this might be formality or an oversight in translation.


And is the Countess de Haillenarte still alive? (I do hope so, seeing as it's confirmed that Edmont's wife has died, and implied that Charlemend's wife is also dead as there's talk of him remarrying.) Also what is her name?

[ashcrill]

Could you tell me more about Ser Aymeric and Lucia? I am really curious! How a faithful spy of an empire betrayed her country.

[Aurata]

We've had some lore on cross-breed children and know about the social taboo that comes with it. However, it's unclear what determines a cross-breed child's appearance, since Hilda looks obviously half Hyur, half Elezen, while NPCs like Arenvald look like a standard Hyur. Is the idea that cross-breed children take after their mother in terms of racial and physical traits true, or is it up to chance how much each parent affects the child's physical appearance?

[Aurata]

With the Azim Steppe, we gained a lot of insight into Xaela culture and lore. As for Raen, Sui-no-Sato was very brief and offered very little information about Raen history and lore in general. Are there any plans on expanding on Raen lore, especially the Raen still living in the mountains, and their culture?

[Balipu]

What job is Sadu using? The final fantasy wiki claims she is a black mage but that seems to be more of a guess as she uses very odd spells. Especially in our last fight in 4.4

[Balipu]

There are several guilds in Eorzea, but not many schools. Sharlayan was one before it was abandoned, there is the Scholasticate in Ishgard, and there is the school in Doma once we rebuild it. That isn't much. Are there any schools of magic like Hogwarts or military academies like Gardens in Final Fantasy VIII?

[Balipu]

In 4.4 Spoiler Ascian assumed an incorporeal form identical to the physical one he posessed before his body was shot down. So why did we occupy a body in the first place, if he had no need for it?

[Balipu]

Varis can see and hear Ascians who do not posess physical forms. Isn't that something only Echo users are capable of?