Quote Originally Posted by NegativeS View Post
To add on to this, since it's pretty much confirmed that extremely similar Ronka-analogues exist on other shards (see: Tender Valley), you could just handwave some shenanigans that you got transported between accidental waygates.

Then just say you stowawayed on a Mamool boat on its way to Eorzea before the events of ARR and you're golden.
Yeah, both Tender Valley and the Skydeep Cenote's architecture is extremely Ronkan. I would not be surprised if it turns out they had a form of inter-shard travel and their empire was bigger than we had any inclination of knowing.