Ask English Localization Lead Kate Cwynar Lore & Localization Questions

[TheGrimace]

Iroha's presumably been running around Eorzea ever since the last Final Fantasy XI event. Will we ever see her in content again, be it a sequel event or otherwise? Maybe sometimes she could be seen chilling around in zones like Alpha and Omega do?

[rainichan]

During Shadowbringers, the large Sin Eater that we see as the first boss in Holminster Switch (as well as the xpac trailer movie) had a lot of people talking, since we had seen a similar construct in Amdapor - there was mention that it's a "higher being" and perhaps the Amdapori got some inspiration... but how would they have seen what is essentially a celestial being when what they were doing was creating constructs and then animating them with the gemstones? Is this something that may be addressed in the future, or can a crumb of Amdapor lore be given while I'm at Fanfest?

[rainichan]

While the game is 10 years old now (happy almost birthday, ARR!), the Ever-Present Time Bubble(TM) is still somewhere between "the Dalamud Calamity was still about 5 years ago" and "well, some time HAS to have passed so maybe about a year? Two?" and some areas are still inaccessible, such as the West Shroud and Eastern Coerthas Highlands (I won't count the Coerthas Lowlands... for now ) - will we be seeing them sometime? I know from some passing dialogue that West Shroud was damaged heavily during the Calamity, same as Eastern Coerthas, but we've got PvP maps (still used for Shatter and now unused from the Feast) that take place in these areas. Are they still heavily damaged, and that's still keeping us out? Why have PvP maps in these areas if we wouldn't normally be visiting there?

[rainichan]

During the Myths of the Realm, after Euphrosyne, we learn a little about the Marks of the Twelve, and that they're to keep the secrets of the Twelve, but they're used for worship purposes now. Most people thought they were dropped near where their points of worship would be largest way back when, and I myself was under the impression that the Amdapori perhaps worshipped Althyk because of where the stone is situated now (it was still in the Shroud in 1.0, in the very northern part of E Shroud)... but then the Lore book mentioned they worshipped Nophica. Well... okay! Sure! ...but then, when in Euphrosyne, upon going to meet Althyk in battle, the background changes into... Amdapori buildings?! So... who did they truly worship? Was it a mix of both with one being more worshipped than the other, or was it really Althyk and the historians of the Encyclopedia Eorzea have been wrong? (not me looking for more Amdapor crumbs, couldn't be me...)

[DarkwingDirk]

How high into the air can Estinien jump? Is there a maximum height to a dragoon's jump, or is it simply "as high as needed"?

[DarkwingDirk]

Were the Elementals of the Twelveswood a creation of the Ancients? Or did they come into being after The Sundering?

[EgoCollective]

Two more Questions
Garlean Royal Family
In the lodestone story A Question of Death, we finally learn the names of the rest of the major players in the Royal family (Lucius (called it!), Hypatia, Carosa(!), and Arrecnina.) What was the name of Solus’ wife? Is there any chance that we will learn more about the royal family, or better yet, get to see pictures of them? Maybe a family tree in the next Encyclopaedia Eorzea? Any chance of seeing the picture in the newspaper clipping Jullus took in the story? I’m still sad we never got to see Nerva properly, even in a flashback or Echo



Ultima the High Seraph
Any chance of learning more about the world or dimension Ultima came from? It was said in the Pandaemonium quests that her influence could be felt through the ages and that Hydaelyn sealed her once. Is that true, or did Venat seal her in the World Unsundered? We know the name of the spell is derrived from her, but is there any connnection between her and Altima of the Convocation?

[Jonnycbad]

Please give explain the origin of certain artifacts such as Tupsimati, Enigma Codex, and the "horns" that Travanchet in 1.0 was after? These are all vastly powerful artifacts in the world of FFXIV that are given very little explanation. Are they of Ancient design from the unsundered world?

[Jonnycbad]

Did the Ancients evolve their capability of Creation Magic over time or was it inherent to their being from the start? In other words was there a point in their long history where they were seemingly ordinary mortals who had to do things manually like Eorzeans?

[Jonnycbad]

If other alien species visited Etheirys, would they notice any spatial or dimensional related to it being a sundered world? It seems like Midgardsormr and Omega didn't notice the inhabitants having fractured souls or 14 reflection worlds around it?