Quote Originally Posted by AnimaAnimus View Post
How come the flora is unique to the area? Is an area that large and apparently that open to the outside world really that contained..
Like I said on the third page, it's most likely all taking place inside the mountain/underground. It's called the Copied Factory, which means that everything (sky included) beyond the door leading to the factory is a copy of a specific part of planet Earth. Interestingly enough, the sun itself also kinda supports my theory, as its position doesn't make sense. In the Factory, it's to the north west, yet Norvrandt/Eorzea is a little to the north of the Shards/Hydaelyn's equator (meaning it should be to the south/behind us in the raid). If we were really facing east (the direction we're facing when entering the excavation sight), then it makes even less sense for the suns position, as it cannot be to our west. Any other direction just makes me wonder how far/deep the excavation sight really is.