Ask English Localization Lead Kate Cwynar Lore & Localization Questions

[thedivinetreasury]

Hi! Thank you for doing this! I wanted to ask, Elidibus’ aether was scattered on the First, so I was wondering how did his memories make it back to the Source’s lifestream enough that the memory of Themis was able to grasp onto the memories of us before we went to Pandaemonium?

[Karanaia]

Hi Kate!

The name "Gerun" has first appeared in a 3.1 cutscene where Elidibus in an attempt to furnish Urianger with the the truth of all things, presents him with the Gerun Oracles. No information about Gerun would appear in game until Urinager mentions the Gerun Oracles again in 5.5. A miqo'te in the Studium talkes about wishing to read the Gerun Oracle in order to gain the same understanding as Louisoix did about the world given he quotes the Gerun Oracles at the last page of his diary.

Curiously, when unlocking the 6.2 extreme trail by talking to the Wondering Minstrel, the red text at the end of the cutscene writes: "Even Realms Long Lost to Dark May Find in Mem'ry Rebirths's Spark". The word memory being spelled as "Mem'ry" is a direct connection to Gerun who pronouces memory in the same way in a cutscene in FF12. Gerun alongside Venat are the only two named Occuria in FF12.

Does this mean that like Venat, Gerun too is an Ancient? Given Gerun writes about the Sundering I believe that would mean that they are the only Ancient save for the Paragons who remain unsundered by Hydaelyn given that they told the sundered members of convocations about the events that took place, assuming the Paragons did not tell Gerun of this.

[darios]

Are we getting the G weapon mount?

[Pip_Chick]

Have the team noticed how badly some Hrothgar animations behave with the Hunch? The MCH auto-attack for example after shooting, it snaps back to hunched in less than a second and looks very jarring, some other animations are also prompt to snapping. Has the animation team been made aware and looking to fix this?

[FraidyCat]

The Hellsguard are named such due to their fierce protection of a volcano they consider a gate to hell, and tend to dabble in dark arts with great mastery. Are the Hellsguard guarding a voidgate in Alabathia's Spine?

[MrAdog34]

Hi! Thanks for reading this, first of all!
This is a very general lore question that has been bugging me since 6.0 as an opportunity to be a potential plothole if left unaddressed.
We have basically canonized interstellar travel in Endwalker. This is a great thing, and is very “Final Fantasy” in nature. However, I got to thinking what I must be looking at when I am on another reflection, such as the First? It can’t be an entirely different universe, right? It has to be the same universe, or else, Venat would have sundered the entire universe - which would create so many issues, for example: are there other sundered Meteion’s in each of the reflections of the Source? And surely Venat was not powerful enough for that, right?
Thus, I would think the First sees the same stars in the sky as the Source. So, does that mean they exist within the same physical space? Could we theoretically fly the Ragnarok to the First? This would make all of the rift-traveling unnecessary, though! So, if we cannot traverse space to access a reflection, then I would like to know what separates the reflections from the Source, physically. What would happen if someone from the first were to try and fly a spaceship out into the universe? Would they hit an intangible reality barrier, blocking them beyond say, the point of their own moon, given that reflections’ moons have been canonized as of Patch 6.4?

I realize this is a HUGE question that probably has no simple explanation, and may even be impossible to address at FanFest. But, I wanted to voice it regardless as it has been burning in my mind ever more as of 6.4 with the Red Moon of the thirteenth.

Thank you!

[Ekoko]

As far as I am aware, the old Lalafellin traditional rhyming language has not had a dedicated name indicated for it, and we've lacked consistent examples and meanings of words for it to really use as a basis for more lore-friendly, traditional names, or word usage overall.

If a name for this could be shared, that would be lovely.

If not now, then in the future then that too would also be fantastic.

I would be happy to just hear more about this particular language, or even other examples of words that are generally believed to be Lalafellin in origin but haven't been confirmed as such.

[Firalia]

Something I've been wondering for quite a while has to do with the Ancient civilisations outside of Amaurot.
We know they existed, but did everyone living outside the capital follow the same customs and beliefs with the robes and masks? Were there any outliers, or different standards of dress?

[Bassets]

Was Azys Lla built in the same area as Elpis was? Both were floating research facilities of similar size.

[LinaGiggles]

Simple what the next cross over or future cross overs you would like to see with FFXIV?

-Lina Giggles <3