Garlemald 14 legions

[Thanapat]

garlemald there are 14 legion but in game at present

Only five appear in game

I st legion - no information

II nd legion - no information

III rd legion - no information

IV th legion - leader legatus Noah van Gabranth
Mission : rule ivalice for empire
Current status study tecnology fallen civilzation city of*Goug to use
Robot technology for empire

V th legion - no information

VI th legion - leader legatus Regula van Hydrus* is death at hand
of primal zurvan entire legion is disband
Mission study Azys Lla ruin of allgam civilzation to find old tecnology to blind and destroy Primal for empire

Vii th legion - leader legatus Nael van Darnus (true name Eula Darnus* ) is death at hand of Warrior of light in Seventh Umbral Era (ffxiv legacy)
Entire legion destroy in seventh calamity
Mission use project meteor Dalamud ( bahamut) to destroy primal problem in eorzea and conquer it

VIII th legion - no information

IX th legion - no information

X th legion - no information

XI th legion - no information

XII th legion - leader legatus Zenos yae Galvus is defect empire and kill
His own father emperor varis to hunt and battle warrior of light
With greatest way possible with his ownway entier legion is disband
Legion mission rule control doma for empire and control ala mhigo instead gaius when Xiv th was disband

XIII th legion - no information

XIV th legion - leader legatus Gaius van Baelsar is deflect empire and
His current goal hunt ascian who trick him as he can
By the way he hate genocide method to conquest eorzea

Entier xivth legion was destroy by the hand warrior if light
In late six umbra era
Legion mission rule ala mhigo and conquer eorzea for empire

That mean there are 9 remain legatus not appear in game and we will
Likely Fight Noah van Gabranth of Iv the legion to free ivalice form empire in next expansion

What do you thing ? About it

[Leaf_Dragoon]

When you say Ivalice I believe you mean Dalmasca. Ivalice a nation has not existed for so long that is basically a myth that no one believes in.

[JeanneOrnitier]

Of course everyone always points this out, but I like the callbacks in the Legions like the VIth dealing with the Warring Triad and the VIIth with Meteor.

The Dalmascan one being the IVth would seem to really stand out from that, but it makes me wonder if somehow they'll be involved in how we get to the moon for Zodiark, since FFIV's climax was also on the moon.

[Enkidoh]

That's a reocurring trope in all FF games, where the series number of that particular game tends to show up repeatedly in it's setting. So the number 14 being an arc number here in FFXIV is nothing new.

The idea that each Garlean legion and particularly their commanding Legatus references the FF game whose number they share... is an old theory with the connections being vague or downright metaphorical, but still a closer fit than the similar idea of "each of Hydaelyn's shards is a past FF world!"

But then if each Legion did reference a past FF game, why wasn't the XIIth then dedicated to Dalmasca, instead spending their time keeping a city with a name for FFVI under the Garlean jackboot (Doma)? It's too vague an idea to really hold much weight any more personally.

[Nalien]

The Dalmascan one being the IVth would seem to really stand out from that, but it makes me wonder if somehow they'll be involved in how we get to the moon for Zodiark, since FFIV's climax was also on the moon.

I don't think we'll actually go to the moon... If they're going to take something from IVs playbook, I imagine it'll be the Tower of Babil plot point, more so given the last we saw the IVth Legion, they were snooping around Ridorana Lighthouse... Watch him fortify it and rename it to Castrum Babel for another "Hey, this 4 man dungeon seems familiar" instance like the Twinning... Bonus points if Lyse follows Papalymo and does a Yang to stop the new Garlean Super Cannon from firing Tartarus at Hiens new wall...

But then if each Legion did reference a past FF game, why wasn't the XIIth then dedicated to Dalmasca, instead spending their time keeping a city with a name for FFVI under the Garlean jackboot (Doma)? It's too vague an idea to really hold much weight any more personally.

I mean... As the leader of the XIIth Legion, Zenos did still have plenty of Vayne in him... Naturally they're not going to hamfist it and just make it purely nostalgia baiting, but I imagine it's certainly an intentional design choice they've decided on with the Legions... VIIth Legion was involved with Meteor, VIth Legion was involved with the Warring Triad, and a lot of the Garlean narrative lately (with our focus largely on Zenos) has been about taking back the reigns of history/fate from the Ascians... Heck, we might as well call him Zenos, the Undying at this point... These connections are pretty obvious and I cannot imagine they're anything but intentional...

The criticism that say, XIIth Legion was involved with Doma, a FFVI property, seems fairly moot to me... The whole mixing of past titles went back even as far as Nael van Darnus and Project Meteor. It's easy too look at that on a surface level and just point to FFVII, but FFVIIs Meteor wasn't a Bahamut-prison, and Dalamud wasn't even a Meteor, it was an artificial moon... At which point the whole thing takes on a FFIV vibe to me... Artificial red moon? A sleeping race onboard? Location where you first encounter Bahamut? Am I talking about Dalamud or the moon in FFIV? Just replace Lunarians with Meracydians and who even knows anymore...

They're smart with their references, but they definitely have a theme going on with the Legions. It's not the single defining point of a given Legion, nor should it be, but it's still there.

[Zohar_Lahar]

Was it ever stated before what legions Solus and Varis commanded in the past?

[YianKutku]

The Dalmascan one being the IVth would seem to really stand out from that, but it makes me wonder if somehow they'll be involved in how we get to the moon for Zodiark, since FFIV's climax was also on the moon.

My speculation is that Rabanastre had been conquered via the power of Garlemald's airships, and in FFIV the Kingdom of Baron was most well-known for being a world power via their airships.

Then again, I think this was back before we learned of the "correction" of the bit in the first Encyclopedia Eorzea, where the "Dalmasca" in Ilsabard was actually supposed to be "Nhalmasque". So my information could be outdated, and maybe Rabanastre had been conquered conventionally, in which case I have no idea why the Legion assigned was the IVth.

[Daralii]

My speculation is that Rabanastre had been conquered via the power of Garlemald's airships, and in FFIV the Kingdom of Baron was most well-known for being a world power via their airships.

Then again, I think this was back before we learned of the "correction" of the bit in the first Encyclopedia Eorzea, where the "Dalmasca" in Ilsabard was actually supposed to be "Nhalmasque". So my information could be outdated, and maybe Rabanastre had been conquered conventionally, in which case I have no idea why the Legion assigned was the IVth.

There's official art of multiple Agrius-class airships completely razing Rabanastre. I don't know if that's a scrapped concept or if the implication is just that what we see has been recently rebuilt.

[RyuDragnier]

Was it ever stated before what legions Solus and Varis commanded in the past?

Due to his similarities with Emperor Mateus, assume Varis commanded the IInd Legion.

[MrThinker]

Due to his similarities with Emperor Mateus, assume Varis commanded the IInd Legion.

While that is an assumption I also made, Varis was the High Legatus before becoming emperor, which IIRC basically made him in charge of the enitrety of the imperial army under Solus. Whether or not he STILL commanded his own legion while holding that title is up for debate, though my bet is on 'no'.

As a side note, as a result of Varis becoming emperor, a new High Legatus was appointed (heavens forbid I remember their name of the top of my head, it's in the forat lore book in the garlean hierarchy section IIRC).