Ask English Localization Lead Kate Cwynar Lore & Localization Questions

[glitteringcosmos]

With the aetherial currents returning to normal after Zodiark's death and no more Ascians to cause Calamities, will the climates of zones thrown into extremes, like parts of Central Shroud and all of Coerthas, ever revert to what it once was? Will we ever see a green Ishgard again? Also, will we ever see the First's climate and landmasses restored, or will that occur over so long a period it's not feasible to expect it within the lifetime of our current WoL?

[Iscah]

In the great ARR culling of 5.3, the quest "The Warden Works in Mysterious Ways" got removed, along with dozens of others. From a technical standpoint, I get why they removed it, but it provided a nice hit of lore. Are there any removed quests you would consider bringing back for lore reasons rather than their gameplay?

Echoing this. I feel like "The Warden Works in Mysterious Ways" could have easily been reformatted into a sidequest rather than removed altogether – the first part rewritten, and the whole quest potentially passed over to Swaenhylt, the priest of Azeyma in Camp Drybone.

[FullbringXrailgun]

Are there any plans to add latinamerican servers or more languages like Spanish?

[lvl39nerd]

Hello Kate and the entire Lore and Localization Team!

First of all, thank you for all your great and wonderful work throughout the years. Having seen just HOW MUCH you are translating every patch, I hope you get *some* rest in between So thank you all

To my question:

Now that we've gotten a look at the whole planet and even got some glimpses of the other continents we haven't visited yet, there is still something that feels missing:

Nearly every time the continent to the west is mentioned, it's called "New World" and we only have a few mentions of the name "Mamook". Is that the official name for the whole continent, just a region or only used by some people?

What is the "real" name of the New World?

[radelgirl]

In Pandaemonium, we see Lahabrea and Athena merge souls. The act was very similar to how an Ascian prime was formed. I assume this practice wasn't common, since Themis seemed horrified by it, but was it something unheard of to the ancients?

[radelgirl]

Did Lahabrea have a special relationship with Igeyorhm before the sundering?

[lvl39nerd]

On a completely different but still the same note:

Now that the threat of the Garlean Empire has largely passed (and we've started to help rebuild Garlemald and help its citizenry), will we ever go back to the original three city states and deal with their government?

Will Ul'dah finally be freed of the Monetarists? (Unlikely, but we also thought Tempering couldn't be cured)

But more importantly: What about the Galadion Accord? Will we see Merlwyb retire as the Admiral and what will happen with the pirate factions in Limsa now that their "common enemy" has been defeated? Will Limsa turn itself into a true Merchant Republic?

Thanks again for your amazing work and don't forget to Pray Destroy the Walking Sands

[radelgirl]

The the 13th got flooded by darkness, did anyone besides Elidibus go to help save people?

[glitteringcosmos]

Because of level cap progression and increases to ilevel, a lot of times story trials (especially the x.0 finale bosses) are just absolutely destroyed before they get to complete all their dialogue. Any chance in the future of ilevel-syncing these trials so that future players going through the story for the first time get the same experience as those who played them when they were newly released?

[glitteringcosmos]

Knowing that New Game+ is a relatively new addition to the game and still receiving improvements, do you think we could eventually see NG+ chapters that would allow us to go back and replay the questlines that unlock the optional dungeons and exploratory content, such as Eureka and Bozja or the Pharos Sirius and Fractal Continuum questlines? Those quests have such interesting lore and it's a shame you have to make a new character to relive those stories!