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

[Sulnas]

Stormblood brought us the primals Susano and Tsukuyomi, the Shinto gods of storms and the moon, respectively. Before Tsukuyomi's reveal, many players speculated that she would appear, and that Amaterasu, goddess of the sun, would then follow. Given that Yotsuyu and Asahi's names refer to night and day respectively, some believed that Asahi would bring forth Amaterasu the same way Yotsuyu did Tsukuyomi, but 4.3's climax proved us wrong.

With that said, can we anticipate Amaterasu making an appearance somewhere down the line, even after Othard's story has pretty much been wrapped up?

[KoyaMusa]

Throughout crafting and gathering item descriptions there are often inconsistencies. For example, a level 60 botany node in The Fringes contains Bloodhemp,a grass that is native to Othard. This or how equipment worn by people inhabiting the Azim Steppe appears to (and gear obtainable in Bardam's Mettle) are made of Kudzu, a plant native to the Black Shroud. I can excuse some of this but a good degree seems very unfeasible. Are the items/descriptions and where they are in fact implemented handled by different staff?

[KoyaMusa]

In The Fringes for M'naggo's Custom Deliveries there is an item called "Cotter Dynasty Relic", naming an Ala Mhigan dynasty but not providing much information otherwise. A majority of the information that has been provided to us about Gyr Abania's history prior to Garlean Occupation focuses on its founding, the Autumn War, and The Mad King. In the future will we learn about more points of Ala Mhigan history other than these?

[Phafi]

How can Y'shtola see in the Burn?

[Chewy2nd]

Will we ever see Unukalhai in the MSQ?

[Iscah]

Reading through the Ishgardian guildleve descriptions, there are a lot of references to unspecified members of the High Houses - so I'm wondering, how widely are people referred to as being "of the House"? They're definitely not all referring to people we've met in the story.


(Then again, some of them definitely are. Commendations to whoever wrote the description for "The Goggles, They Do Naught" and the very irritated requests for AST weapons. Gave me a good laugh.)

[Rokke]

At one of the previous lore panels you hinted that its probably not a coincidence that Azim is suspiciously similar to Azeyma. Will we ever find out what inspired two very different cultures to share a god?

[Rokke]

The Xeala creation myth says that eventually Raen and Xaela lived in harmony but the Raen of Sui-no-Sato say that their ancestors were driven out their homelands.

When/why did the Raen leave the steppe?

[Phafi]

If Midgardsormr is the father of all dragons and the eggs he brought from his home world to Hydaelyn are the first brood, what is the ancient dragon in Alphascape 2? Midgardsormr even says"come forth, my child!"

[Stormfur]

It's clear we have established some trade with the New World, but where on the map of Eorzea is this place? Is it a small island or its own continent? Why do we not explore it?