Fun Lore Facts?

[Stingcat]

Does anyone have any interesting lore facts? A common one being ishgardians like to lick salt rock instead of grinding it down like a normal being...

[Caseal]

did you know Cid's goggles were given to him by someone very important in a way that impacts the entire story afterwards

[MikkoAkure]

I would take the canonicity of the Skybuilder material "facts" such as that one with a chunk of communal rock salt, especially since I think they only exist in the English version and smell like a bored translator having fun. There's other instances of the flavor text being a little too flavorful and at least one case of it having been walked back. But don't let that get in the way of your fanfic or headcanon where your WoL and Aymeric share a salty indirect Ishgardian kiss at the banquet scene in Heavensward.


My favorite FFXIV lore are the really small local legends or daily life tidbits.

One fun fact is that the first aetheryte camp in La Noscea most adventurers would bump into in 1.0 was Camp Bearded Rock, which was more or less where Summerford is now. It was destroyed in the Calamity, but it had its own little lore tidbit about how it was named. In the aftermath of a failed attempt at the Trident (Limsa's potentially literal obstacle course election process), the loser was chained by his rival against a rock in La Noscea. But he was so stubborn that he refused to die and his beard kept growing and growing until it wrapped around the rock. I played in 1.0 and don't remember seeing the rock or a pile of hair though.

Another "fun" fact related to Limsa Lominsa is that Carvallain is today mostly a butt of jokes with him and Rhoswen, but despite being a runaway Ishgardian noble, he's one of the more despicable pirates in the city since he controls the "pleasure" trade and an NPC mentions that pretty girls often "end up" on his barges which implies it's under less than willing circumstances. Though it feels like the scale of how "gritty" the pirates of Limsa are at any moment of time, from real life history to Lazy Town, depends on the writer.

[Soge01]

If you do a certain quest in Sharlyan, you can meet Papalymo's dad! And while its brief, I remember that it was pretty touching with what he tells you.

I hope we get a side story later of him visiting Ala Mhigo and talking with Lyse. I would love for them to reminisce over Papalymo and the legacy in what Lyse has become that he left behind.

[Cleretic]

Oh, you want tiny lore fun facts, you know where you should go? Fishing, that's where!

• 'Maiboi' is considered a great insult among the Vanu Vanu, so if you want an obscure in-universe swear word, there you go.
• According to a fish in Coerthas Western Highlands, First Inquisitor Charibert (you know him, 'Sickness Must Be Purged', that guy) either was a cannibal, or was at least rumored to be.
• Ostrakon Hepta, which we never saw, was a society where heirarchy was entirely decided by number of legs. Not surprising that one didn't work out.
• One of Allag's methods of asymmetrical warfare was to specifically screw up the local ecosystems... through methods like 'introduce a shark made of knives into the river'.
• Weirdly, the Azim Steppe's big thing about the sun and moon doesn't just spread to the xaela tribes, because a few of the Azim Steppe fish also have two versions, like the Dawn and Dusk Crayfish.
• There's a surprising amount of white or albino marine life in Norvrandt, much of it having been mistaken for sin eaters. Most of them aren't.

And for a non-fishing one...

The in-universe story of Starlight traces back to an order of Temple Knights that sheltered a group of orphaned children. In the live game that order has never been named, but in 1.0 it was, and we've even met a member of it in the live game, albeit not in a great state: Ser Yuhelmeric, the second boss of Dusk Vigil.

[SannaR]

So Allag took the Omnicron route of screwing over the ecosystem? Makes you wonder if they really cared about the places they took over after the conquering was over. Though maybe not to the same extent considering who was pulling the strings.

[Brightamethyst]

The wings and fins on dragoon equipment are actually flight stabilizers for for powerful and accurate jumping.

[Iscah]

There's a surprising amount of white or albino marine life in Norvrandt, much of it having been mistaken for sin eaters. Most of them aren't.

Not really surprising – sounds like natural selection at work after a hundred years of surviving better if you blend into the glare of eternal Light.

[Enkidoh]

One of the watchtower spires in the Black Shroud run by Gridania (designed for observation for Ixali balloon incursions into the forest, and also Garlean airships), is named 'Dunstan's Spire' (specifically the one watching over the Matron's Lethe in the Central Shroud). This is almost certainly named after a former commander of the Wood Wailers before the Calamity who featured prominantly in 1.0's Gridanian main scenario quests.

Long story short, he was cursed with 'woodsin' and became a 'wildling', a cursed man claimed by the forest's elementals and thus was banished from the city (and from then on was believed to be attacking Gridanian patrols - although an Ascian was probably the more likely culprit), only to be captured by Yda and Papalymo and returned to the city where he ended up cured of his woodsin... and was from then on never mentioned again.

But presumedly he went onto some manner of importance in Gridanian society given that he must have had some prestige to have a watchtower named after him... shennigans involving the elementals not withstanding.

[Vyrerus]

Let's see...

The Ragnarok Z relic line from ARR which is the upgraded version of the Bravura which references both of the original relic weapons Warrior could wield in FFXI. The quest text even references the fact that the Ragnarok is a great sword in FFXI.

Most of the anima relics from HW start out in a form bearing the name of Empyrean weapons from FFXI, such as the Great Axe starting out with its first finished form being, "Ukonvasara."

This trend continues in all relic lines until the Manderville weapons really (though I've been so put off by XIV these past couple of years that I actually haven't finished one to its current highest progression point). Though some of the weapons from FFXI that were referenced were actually just various strong weapons from different endgame eras in FFXI's history.

The Goblin Bounty Hunter/mercenary, Lamebrix Strikebocks from the last raid series in the Alexander raids shows up again in a Eureka Fate in Eureka Pyros. Why and how did he get there? The world may never know!