Latest FFXIV plot analysis

[Suburp]

Thanks for an awesome thread. Looks like the ability to replay cutscenes makes that kind of work easier after all. And i feel it was much needed. At least i needed it So thanks again, I'll be following that closely.
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[Soukyuu]

Question... Why do YOU think the Garleans skipped over The Black Shroud for Mor Dhona? Looking for some great ancient power there?

I think they went for the aetherytes. Just like you said, the Shroud is not much than a wood with nothing of immediate value in it. There is also the crystal tower that is buried below the lake somewhere. You can see a lot of glowing crystals when they show an overview of silvertear falls and you can see they're really glowing like aetherytes in the scene where the ship is crashing.

Also, the guildhall and gear worn were unlike any we've ever seen...
Was that from Ishgard? Ishgard definitely doesn't employ adventurers now...
But they did 10 to 15 years ago
Or was that some guild hall in Mor Dhona... It makes sense that there would have been a city in Mor Dhona.... a city that wouldn't be there now....

I thought it was Ul'dah at first but nope, no aetheryte in the Quicksand and there are some greenish glass windows in the background like in Caroline's Canopy. I kinda doubt it's Ishgard and it can't be Ala Mhigo since it was conquered at that time already. So it might be some city that was planned to be implemented but never actually made it into the game

I do think the cutscene took part in present time, it doesn't fit the other way because the event in mor dhona took place 10-15 years ago (as told by Eric, the MNK npc). And Ishgard closed her gates around the same time...

[MikkoAkure]

Well we do know that somewhere in between Ala Mhigo falling and now, Sharlayan in the northwest was attacked by the Garleans as well and is currently a smoldering pit of nothing. Sharlayan's on the opposite side of Alenard from Ala Mhigo. So along with skipping over Gridania, they skipped over Ishgard, Dravania, and the Hellsguard civilization in Ablathia's Spine. I wonder how that falls into their plans. We do know that Dravania is where the dragons come from, so does that have anything to do with the dragons besides Midgardsormr that were at the battle over the lake? Lots of questions and few answers so far.

As far as where the place is supposed to be in that opening cutscene, I think it's just a random CG mock-up of a guild made to show elements of the game and isn't supposed to represent any one place. Or it could be Sharlayan.

[Soukyuu]

Or it could be Sharlayan.

I don't think so, since as you noted, it is a smoldering piece of nothing in the present, which is when the cutscene in the guild hall takes place. CG mock up seems the most likely explanation to me.

[Zezlar]

Lore sounds so much cooler than the story itself. Hopefully they step up how they implement it.

[Rustyhagun]

This^^^

Do you think it would be ok to post a link to someone's youtube video of them doing this quest?

Fine.. I'm doing it.. and if the Reps want me to take it down, I will....

Two Vans are better than one!!!

"The Emperor" I want to know who this is. Commanding those two.

I'm going past the OP topic of the lore, but I can't help myself trying to connect what has happened to what is going to happen for 2.0:

I believe though, Cid is going to find away(with our help) to stop them from fully bringing down that moon to impact Eorzea. Which will cause the reverse gravity effect that will cause the land to be reshaped and deformed. Old things that lie buried that will once again rise to the surface. As we all see from the 2.0 concept art. And from those pic I also come to realize that some years might have gone by from the era we live in now to that of the new era of 2.0 launch.

How much time has really past?
example:
How do these man made caves get dug out so quick, and a little village being formed from the humes hard work.


And this castle structure? How did it get built so quickly after the effects of meteor. If we think the land scape and new story begins soon after 'the fall of Dalamud'.


opinion: I really think a few years or more, are going to have past after meteor does its damage, because most of the concept art depicts a vast change to Eorzea from the destruction meteor is going to bring. 2.0 can't just be "..and then the next day" there are a lot of new man made structures located in the same areas we are playing now, even new foliage is seen in the pdf. files:


Side note: I think the new trailer will bridge the gap of meteor hitting and the changes that follow showing the new landscape. A prequel for 2.0 if you want to call it that.

This Lore is very good when you actually sit down and take it all in.

[Hohenheim]

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