By the twelve, that's a lot of lore there from Sir Ferne. Well, sounds like we'll have plenty to learn about the world in 2.0.

About Path Companions:

I liked the idea of an NPC who could travel with me and participate in combat, unfortunately the Path Companions were not up to the job. Combine that with my fierce apathy towards the Path storyline from 1.0, culminating in that Futures Perfect quest, and I'm not really worried whether my Path Companion comes back or not in 2.0. Assuming she survived the Umbral Era, maybe it would be nice to have an off-handed mention of her.

Flotsam thoughts:

You know, for as much as the Umbral Era was hyped, I was expecting it would be a multiple-century thing. Not to suggest that the Fall of Dalamud was anything to stick your nose up at, but... you know. "Era". The 1500 years of the 6th Astral Era was an era. 5 years for the 7th Umbral "Era" just seems flimsy by comparison.