endwalker story confusion(SPOILERS)

[Nothv13]

ok, so THE FANDANIEL name is just a name? meaning hermes becomes the new fandaniel? we are reaching new levels of final fantasy wizardry

I must have somehow missed the fact that the convocation are only using titles and not their real names...?

This is directly pointed out in SHB when you first talk with Emet-Selch. He mentions that such is not his name but his title like all on the convocation. He then reveals his actual name and the end of 5.0.

[Catwho]

ok, so THE FANDANIEL name is just a name? meaning hermes becomes the new fandaniel? we are reaching new levels of final fantasy wizardry

I must have somehow missed the fact that the convocation are only using titles and not their real names...?

Um, yes? Emet-Selch says it is his title, but his real name was Hades. We learned that much in 5.0.

[Vejjiegirl]

i have definitely been paying attention to the story, in fact i teared up last night watching venat "birthing the sundered worlds",

but i work and i havent played in 5 months... is it strange to ask for a refresher after they pulled some ff13 time travel on us? this is why i dont talk to people in game LOL

I'm not sure why some people here are being so hostile(snide) or claiming that you skipped. You're confused at plot points in the story, which is very understandable and not strange. It's a long story and a lot of things can be missed.
For example time travel being established in the Alexander Raid, and this knowledge was used (with knowledge from the Omega Raids) to allow G'raha Tia to travel to other shards. This technology is found at the bottom of the Crystal Tower The Tycoon which can be fought in Twinning.

Both The Twinning and Alexander are optional content, and it isn't clearly explained how time travel and rift travel work in the MSQ.

[Mirhd]

i have definitely been paying attention to the story, in fact i teared up last night watching venat "birthing the sundered worlds",

but i work and i havent played in 5 months... is it strange to ask for a refresher after they pulled some ff13 time travel on us? this is why i dont talk to people in game LOL

I haven't played through the ShB story in a year, my memory isn't the greatest due in part to insomnia, and it's still obvious enough in Endwalker that it's a title. Look, I'm not going to rag on you if you story skipped (if you did) but I get mildly miffed when people claim something wasn't stated in game when it was, and multiple times at that. :P Gonna bow out now, 'cause despite what it may seem like, I'm not trying to pick a fight (despite one person's "hostile" comment). Again, just tired of people making claims that aren't supported.

[Themarvin]

I HAVE NOT FINISHED YET !! I just looking for clarification on a few subjects..


hermes was was just randomly thrown into the plot as fandaniels friend?? and we found out about him only because hydaelyn gave us the flower to back into the past?

why do the ascians die when they finish their post at the convocation? do they literally just off themselves?

so the enemy that we've been building up for 7 years was just somebodies failed science experiment?

Would recommend you to play the full game all expansions, EW is alot of dependent on alot of previous story... and final endings to alot of things...


So if you went and skipped all the way through or bought at jump potion or whatever and feel confused by the story and good bits of it then it is normal, I would suggest you skip through it all, and make an alt and go through everything... EW for me has been the best expansion of them all, the intro quests and the likes was confusing, but that is minor details as it quick enough opens up.