Quote Originally Posted by Lacan View Post
I think Garlemald was still pretty technologically advanced even before the Ascians took an interest in them. Like, Goug was the doing of their ancestors after all. The Ascians basically just sped up their development, but they were already accomplished in their own right since they were forced to innovate in order to survive from the beginning.
Nah, the Lorebook states that their technologies only really started to get more refined and noteworthy when they discovered the use of Ceruluem. Specifically, Emperor Solus discovered it. Hmmmm...

What they used before was somewhat based on Allag. Which was founded by Ascians as well. Hmmmm²...