Pandæmonium story

[Lepus_Aetherius]

The Elpis side quests dispel the idea that Hermes was the only Ancient to experience emotions. We saw plenty of examples of Ancients caring for each other and/or their creations.

石川夏子, the head writer of 5.0-6.0, calls him "the first to think about sorrow and the first to offer a different opinion in that world. And because he was the first, he failed completely, and Hermes' failure left the people of Etheirys with the earliest 'blemish'"

[Theodric]

石川夏子, the head writer of 5.0-6.0, calls him "the first to think about sorrow and the first to offer a different opinion in that world. And because he was the first, he failed completely, and Hermes' failure left the people of Etheirys with the earliest 'blemish'"

Yeah, that's what she said - though it's directly contradicted by the side quests in both Elpis and Amaurot.

There's a big thread which has had many players give some insight on the contradictions when it comes to Endwalker's story and how a lot of things seem to be ignored or turned into caricatures in order to weirdly try and justify the deliberate genocide of the Ancients at the hands of Hermes and Venat:

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...y-in-Endwalker

[Skyborne]

石川夏子, the head writer of 5.0-6.0, calls him "the first to think about sorrow and the first to offer a different opinion in that world. And because he was the first, he failed completely, and Hermes' failure left the people of Etheirys with the earliest 'blemish'"

This game's writing and lore is just all over the place...

(I mean, I knew this before, but Endwalker was the most in my face about it)