Quote Originally Posted by jesseleewelch View Post
*Gosh I hope this hasn't been asked before*

While waiting for this game I got really absorbed into the lore and now want to know more about the first Umbral eras. We all know that our favorite bad guy ushered in the 7th Umbral Era with Dalamud and we will be in the 7th Umbral Era when we start ARR. However, how did the first 6 Umbral Eras start? Is there any information out there that would give specifics about these earlier Umbral Eras? I know the first six were all related to specific elements but that much is still pretty vague.
Tooting my own horn.

But basically we know the wandering tribes war in Eorzea made the Twelve "leave" and ushered in the First Umbral era (element of Wind). The fall of the Allagan Empire either caused or was a direct cause of the Fourth Umbral. Destruction wise that's about all we have..and recently coming to light we now know that White Mages caused the Sixth Umbral era by abusing their power (Conjurer learns Water now) and the element of the Sixth Umbral era being Water.