Thread: Changes to AST storyline made in patch 4.5

Originally Posted by Raldo

Uh, cool, I guess? If you care about this enough to bump it back onto the main page of general, might I suggest the Lore sub-forum?

The whole thing played out on the Lore forum already, but from previous discussions, like when a new patch comes out, there are clearly people here who care about the story but don't venture into the Lore forum. And the changes are big enough to be confusing if someone detail-minded was paying attention to the story as presented, even if they'd never go into deeper lore discussions. ("Why are they saying fifteen years ago when it was twenty? Why is Janne referring to his father as his uncle?")

Originally Posted by Eloah

Wait... wasn't Janne the younger brother of the Limsan pirate, or am I getting my Ishgardian houses mixed up. Besides Haurchefant's family, I can really only remember that the Woman in Cloudtop, Steve from the Machinist quests and Francel are siblings, and there is an older brother... though I forget if the sister is older than him too.

Yes, that's one of the corrections actually. Previously if you'd followed the hints, Janne and Carvallain (the count's missing son) would be brothers, but they're actually cousins. Sources from outside the AST quest indicated that the count didn't have other sons and the line of succession was unclear since Carvallain vanished, which didn't add up with Janne saying he was the count's third son - and with an older brother still slated to take over.

There are five Haillenarte siblings - Stephanivien (MCH) is the eldest, then Aurvael (Diadem), Chlodebaimt (died at the Steel Vigil; can be found in PotD), Laniaitte (Camp Cloudtop) and Francel.