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

[Kidria]

Will there be more Raen-centric lore opportunities? Is Sui-no-Sato the only underwater Raen village or are there other villages that fall under the rule of the Ruby Princess? What of the tribes of Raen said to live in the mountains?

[DamianFatale]

Why are there other Raen, and Xaela beyond Sui-No-Safo, and the steppe? For example, there are Xaela enemies in Kugane Castle, and Raen in Areas like Doma, and Hingashi. How did they get there? Why are they still there?

[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.

[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?

[SerLuke]

Was Gaius correct about the 12 actually being eikons?

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

Did midgardsormr and omega come to hydaelyn before or after the sundering of hydaelyn?

If before, does that mean there are 13 copies of midgardsormr and his brood, as well as 13 omegas ?

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

Can you elaborate on the nature of the sundering of hydaelyn into the 13 "shards" ?

What are the shards exactly, are they entire alternate universes or are they just small pocket dimensions contained within the larger universe ?

Are there 13 versions of other planets such as the dragon-star ?

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

When a shard rejoins the source, would there be any physically noticeable signs on the source that a shard has been absorbed? For example, an island disappearing from one location and reappearing in another location ...

[LineageRazor]

In the final cutscene for 4.4, a pair of guards stood by the throne and witnessed the conversation between Varis and his two companions, during which some rather astounding secrets were spoken of freely. Who are these guards, and why are they trusted with such crucial information?

[Balipu]

Is the name of 4.4 spoiler character a pseudonym like Travanchet? If yes, will we ever learn his true name?