CG Midlander

[Catapult]

Gaius has told us when, I just can't remember what he said. It was during that quest where you pilfer the wreckage of a ship he conveniently crashed for you.

I'll have to look up my recording (after live letter is done).


Also, do we know the dragons of Dravania worship Bahamut for sure? Logic suggests their affiliation was closer to Midgardsomr. That being said, Ishgard now has more of a reason to get involved now, dragon-haters that they are.



EDIT:

Here we go. From the quest "Don't hate the messenger."

Gaius:
I will not deny that the primals have proven a great nuisance. They have delayed our advance. It was to break the stalemate between us that Nael van Darnus sought to bring down Dalamud.
The impact of the red moon would destroy the primals in an instant. Little wonder that His Radiance embraced the scheme.
But Dalamud is no mere rock, despite what van Darnus would have us believe.
It is a great red sin, exiled to the skies by ancient Allag. There has it long festered, becoming something far more vile than we ever supposed.
I see proof of this in van Darnus. His manner is...altered. He is anxious. Uneasy. He deceives His Radiance.
Of those in your realm, only the son of Midas nan Garlond sees the red moon for what it is. His Radiance will reach the same conclusion in time.
Yet by then it will be too late. The shadow of Dalamud will already be dark upon these lands.
Oppose van Darnus and Meteor, if you wish. It is the only hope you have of sparing Eorzea from complete obliteration.

Well, that gave more insight to the what but not the when. Let's jump to United we stand:

Nael:
But no more, for I shall halt the turning of this wheel of darkness! He has willed that it be so, and so it must be!

and now on to Kill a Raven:

Nael:
It was I who raised for Thee this stout sanctuary, using the wisdom of ancient Allag and the offering of mine own frail flesh!

A few interesting finds, but alas, no era of note. Although I could have sworn something told me it was the third era... Gah!

[Genz]

I got it in my notebook

-established sometime soon after the dawn of the 3rd astral era, more than fifty centuries past.
-thrived in Eorzea for more than 1000 years
-boundaries extending as far as the great cotninent to the north and east
-more advanced than garlean

[Anonymoose]

Also, do we know the dragons of Dravania worship Bahamut for sure? Logic suggests their affiliation was closer to Midgardsomr. That being said, Ishgard now has more of a reason to get involved now, dragon-haters that they are.

I believe so. The quest in the Aurum Vale says that we're there to look for an Ishgardian theologian who was studying myths of a battle between The Fury (Halone) and dragonkind. Knowing that the Dragons of Dravania have strained the city's resources, they reach out to you to find the theologian, who claims to have found proof that these dragons worship a god.

Now, at time time these tales were written, the being may have been arguable as Midgardsormr - but the Empire, knowing Midgardsormr is dead, still seeks aether. This NPC argues that, because dragons are a far superior species to "lesser" beings like the beast tribes, their God must be superior, as well.

One might argue that these beings can be resummoned over and over as long as there is aether to be had, but for some reason, Midgardsormr seems to be an exception. Unlike Garuda, Ifrit, and Deus Darnus, it did not revert back to aether upon death - it is simply a burned skeleton covered in charred/ashen flesh. So, something's up there.

Seeing as how the World Serpent is dead, and the Empire's still after the theologian and the aether, I'd say that they still fancy this dragon god a possibility. I'd assumed that these were men of the VIIth Legion, which we know to have been slightly rogue (acting with permission explaining half-truths to the Emperor), so it fits that this would be part of the plan of Van Darnus, who we know to be under Bahamut's influence (hence his use of Megaflare, which I really should have seen before now).

As for the Allag - that should be enough keywords to find it in my lorebank...

[places hands over books and whispers]

Grand Company Quest (Limsa Lomina): Alive

Ebrelnaux: What we do know is that the Allagan civilization was established sometime soon after the dawn of the Third Astral Era, more than fifty centuries past. It thrived in Eorzea for more than a thousand years, its boundaries extending as far as the great continent to the north and east.