Quote Originally Posted by RyuDragnier View Post
By the devs own admission, they're stuck in a "time bubble" in a sense. They're all exactly where they were we finished the zones. Meaning the Castrum in Mor Dhona is still occupied by Garlean troops ready to attack us, in terms of a zone sense. But in actual lore sense, as told by the RPR story, they've been engaging in trade (in a sense) with Ul'dah. They sell Ceruleum to Ul'dah for profit, and then buy things from elsewhere (likely Mor Dhona or the Garland Ironworks). Because while Ul'dah has rules to not sell to Garleans...there's nothing about BUYING from Garleans.
So... going off of headcanon and theory:
- Terncliff Garleans are still around because we kicked Valens's butt but haven't fully cleaned them out of the premiss.
- The 4th Legion remnants still roam around Bozja's wastelands and ruins, having also infiltrated Dalmascan society waiting to pounce back to action and claim the regions again
- The guys on Azys Lla's Castrum Solus are still there because "Ooh, we can use this information to make stuff of our own!"
- I got nothing for Castrum Occidens nor Cape Westwind.
- Fluminis should be deserted by now, but I think there still are some Garleans in the vicinity.
- And I assume the guys at Castrum Centri joined the guys in Castrum Meridianum in the trade with Ul'dah.
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