CG Midlander

[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.