Hatching-tide: Shell-Shocked (04/10/2012)

[Jacien]

This year’s Hatching-tide festival has come to a close in fine fashion, with citizens and adventurers alike having done their part to recover the decorated eggs from the thieving spriggans. Although it would seem that everything unfolded according to script, upon speaking with event organizers, The Raven learned that something came to pass that exceeded the bounds of improvisation.

In preparation for the event, Jihli Aliapoh and her fellow Dreamers had ordered a large shipment of dodo eggs from the Near Eastern city-state of Radz-at-Han. According to the merchant charged with fulfilling the delivery, however, mixed amongst the eggs were ones that resembled those of no cloudkin he knew. In the course of the festivities, word spread of these unusual specimens, and those folk fortunate enough to come into possession of one went to great pains to see it safely stored. Alas, it was to no avail, for when dawn arrived on the final day of Hatching-tide, naught were left of these eggs but broken shells.

Click the link to see what hatched!
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...a1be625c195955

:3

[Antanias]

Baby Adamantoise? o.O

[DoctorMog]

[Jacien]

[RathSkybreaker]

Baby Adamantoise? o.O

I was thinking the SAME thing.

[3Jane]

Was there actually anything to see, or did all of the balloons and such simply vanish. With the delays after the merge, I lost track of the time the event was due to end and consequently missed it.

[Endemerrin]

I was thinking the SAME thing.

Fingers crossed.

[Fayette]

Ooh maybe we all get turtle mounts and that will be a surprise addition during the maintenance later today! O_O jk I doubt it xD

I also notice a little beetle riding the turtle. The beetle looks like ones from Altepa Desert in FFXI. Also above them both is a little pink bird like the Colibri in FFXI.

[Yumi_Hibiki]

OI also notice a little beetle riding the turtle. The beetle looks like ones from Altepa Desert in FFXI.

The beetle is the same we already have in FFXIV, it is missing the giant pincers the XI ones had.

I wonder if we see them again as mobs at one point, it would be a very creative way to introduce a new species ^~^
hoping for baby adamantoise too haha

[Fayette]

The beetle is the same we already have in FFXIV, it is missing the giant pincers the XI ones had.

I wonder if we see them again as mobs at one point, it would be a very creative way to introduce a new species ^~^
hoping for baby adamantoise too haha

That's right! I forgot about the pinchers, been a while since I last played FFXI ^^;