Revelations from Gamescom 2019

[Kusanagi7]

these were really good questions im looking foward to learning more especialy about sabik.

[Jonnycbad]

Lahabrea might have ties to Sabik. Sabik is a star in the constellation of Ophiuchus, the 13th constellation in the zodiac.in real life. Ophiuchus and Zodiark are linked since FFT, where Elidibis was a hidden boss in Deep Dungeon, who had the Zodiac sign of Serpentarius/Ophiuchus(depending on translation). He had the unique summon Zodiark, which could be learned by a Summoner if they were hit with it.

Maybe Lahabrea he's original name is Sabik? Or Sabik was the name of the main person in the Convocation to initiate the summoning?

[Insertusernamehere]

Deleting. Wrong thread :3

[Erendis]

20. In XIV we've seen civilizations influenced by Mayans and Aztecs, by Middle Eastern cultures, by East Asian culture, etc. Are there any real-world influences that we haven't seen implemented yet that you're interested on touching upon in the future?[INDENT]Oda: That will be the case in the future, I think, because when we create new areas or countries we often use real countries and cultures as references. But what culture we pick next will be a big spoiler, so I can’t talk about that.

Do you think Meracydia will be based on Egipt? It is a major civilation they have not touched yet and sun was very important there.

[ShadowMeowth]

Do you think Meracydia will be based on Egipt? It is a major civilation they have not touched yet and sun was very important there.

If they do that I am going to scream a lot because my WoL/D is Meracydian by birth (raised in an island south of Old Sharlayan) and by having her being a Seeker of the Sun (cats), her guardian deity being Azeyma and being a native Meracydian, if Meracydia turns out to be Egypt-based I will have just hit the jackpot.

We do know Sephirot draws quite a bit from old Jewish culture, and Judea was not very far from the lands Ancient Egypt ruled over. That, and the fact Egyptians and Hebrews coexisted for a long time before the whole slavery shabang. There is context for that if it were the case.

[Iscah]

Well, Qarn seems to have some Egyptian influence and it resembles the Meracydian "cathedral" in Azys Lla...

[ShadowMeowth]

Well, Qarn seems to have some Egyptian influence and it resembles the Meracydian "cathedral" in Azys Lla...

Qarn (which definitely has Ancient Egyptian influence) was of Belah'dian origin, if I recall correctly? Which incidentally was a nation whose patron deity was Azeyma... And in Qarn HM there is this puzzle-seal-thing with the sun / moon / star gems...

Crud. Now I want to know more about Belah'dia.

[Enkidoh]

Qarn (which definitely has Ancient Egyptian influence) was of Belah'dian origin, if I recall correctly? Which incidentally was a nation whose patron deity was Azeyma... And in Qarn HM there is this puzzle-seal-thing with the sun / moon / star gems...

Crud. Now I want to know more about Belah'dia.

Qarn wasn't built by Belha'dia, it was already old before Belah'dia was even formed (the description for it in the Duty Finder mentions how it predated "this Sixth Astral Era civilization" and that generations of Belah'dian sultans added more and more of their own embelishments and modifications to the place, suggesting it was definetely at least pre-Sixth Astral Era, possibly even older.

My guess is something around Third Astral Era, aka, around the time of the rise of the Allagan Empire, as Allagan structures have always been part of Thanalan since 1.0, with the 'Royal Allagan Starway' and 'Royal Allagan Sunway' roads still in use in the present day, so an Allagan-era origin for Qarn is as good as any).

Also those minaret-like structures found partially buried in the sand in Southern Thanalan like at Byregot's Strike are very similar to the structures found near the Crystal Tower in Mor Dhona at Saint Coinach's Find, and also, Qarn's structure resembles the other ruins found in Eastern Thanalan around Highbridge and the appropriately named 'Invisible City' soooo... I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions.

[ShadowMeowth]

Qarn wasn't built by Belha'dia, it was already old before Belah'dia was even formed (the description for it in the Duty Finder mentions how it predated "this Sixth Astral Era civilization" and that generations of Belah'dian sultans added more and more of their own embelishments and modifications to the place, suggesting it was definetely at least pre-Sixth Astral Era, possibly even older.

My guess is something around Third Astral Era, aka, around the time of the rise of the Allagan Empire, as Allagan structures have always been part of Thanalan since 1.0, with the 'Royal Allagan Starway' and 'Royal Allagan Sunway' roads still in use in the present day, so an Allagan-era origin for Qarn is as good as any).

Also those minaret-like structures found partially buried in the sand in Southern Thanalan like at Byregot's Strike are very similar to the structures found near the Crystal Tower in Mor Dhona at Saint Coinach's Find, and also, Qarn's structure resembles the other ruins found in Eastern Thanalan around Highbridge and the appropriately named 'Invisible City' soooo... I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions.

Aye, that is true. My bad, then. I messed up civilizations.

It is true, though. In Southern Thanalan, did not one of the NPCs there said that they are digging Allagan ruins to the south of the Sagolii? I realized about the "Royal Allagan Sunway" and the "Royal Allagan Starway" the other day and my reaction was pretty much, "... dear Lord, Emet, did you name everything you built / helped to build after us?!"

But whatever the case, Qarn is definitely Ancient Egypt-inspired, from the statues to the monsters to the mummies, but besides that, some Allagan creatures are, too, Egyptian-like: see the Sphinxes in the Flagship in Azys Lla, the Shabti (which are the Anubys monsters from Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII... in fact, Allag is brimming with FFXIII stuff), and the second boss of Aetherochemical Research Facility, Harmachis, has one particular attack called "Ka"... So perhaps proto-Allag was Ancient Egyptian, and then it became what we know, but kept some of their original things.