Glad I saw this. I saw the tidbits of the rapier coming from elezen and assumed that those elezen were also tied to what would become Ishgard but seems that's not quite right.

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Thanks for sharing, Anonymoose. I usually attempt to confirm the sources of second hand information. I do find it interesting that it never became popular in Ishgard though. Figured that the nobles would have jumped on it for dueling or as a status symbol.
While there was some posturing though, there wasn't ever really much actual infighting was there? They had tourneys but given the thousand year war with dragons, I can see why they would focus on weapons more effective against them. Especially with a lot of Ishgard nobility seeming to lead from the front and be knights/fighters themselves rather than sitting on the sidelines. They seem to get much of their posturing and glory from kiling dragons.