Superman Returns!?

[Anonymoose]

I'd planned to be relatively quiet while I was at E3 (though I'd have loved to get in on these conversations before 3.0 went live and rendered them moot)... but a friend on Twitter pointed something out to me while I was walking around today and I'm too stoked to not at least say something.

HAS THE MAN OF STEEL RETURNED?
STHALMANN ... IS THAT YOU?

[WellFooled]

I'm an ignorant non-legacy player...who is this fellow?

[Viridiana]

I'm an ignorant non-legacy player...who is this fellow?

Don't feel bad, I played 1.0 and only know as much as I do about this guy because Moose will ramble if given half a chance, as he's just shown.

That said, it's cool that he might be coming back.

[Anonymoose]

Moose will ramble if given half a chance, as he's just shown.

Hey, now! I think I did a ... moderately pretty okay ... job of summarizing four long quests worth of Who's that dude?. Machinist is just arriving; I hope you'll forgive me some excitement to (possibly) see the guy who taught me how to hold an Eorzean musket on my first day like five years ago.


(Here's, uh... here's hoping he's not still kind of a jackass...)


Moose's First Day (SPOILER: He didn't get the job.)

[Fenral]

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Awww.... It's Baby Moose!

Er, wait, Lalafell always look like that. /cheapshot



Well, hopefully this won't just be a repeat of the level 50 BSM quest:

"Your mysterious client is.... That guy!"

"Uh, who?"

"You know, that guy!"

"I don't actually."

"Well, he likes the sword anyway, so thanks for that."

"Uh, okay? Thanks for the hammer. I guess?"

/end

[Samcaesar]

Awww.... It's Baby Moose!

Er, wait, Lalafell always look like that. /cheapshot



Well, hopefully this won't just be a repeat of the level 50 BSM quest:

"Your mysterious client is.... That guy!"

"Uh, who?"

"You know, that guy!"

"I don't actually."

"Well, he likes the sword anyway, so thanks for that."

"Uh, okay? Thanks for the hammer. I guess?"

/end

So just curious.. But who's that guy? I'm assuming another important 1.0 NPC right?

[Anonymoose]

That is (potentially) Sthalmann, a main character of the Version 1 Limsa Lominsa introduction; Commodore and right-hand man of the former admiral who, in 1562, led a coup against him (leading to said admiral's death) in an attempt to steal the pieces of a staff not unlike Louisoix's (though he could not make it function) so he could prepare Limsa (as he saw fit) for some great trial to come. Y'shtola caught up with his plot, but an Ascian made off with the broken staff piece (the horn) before she could recover it. After that, he lost his position and wandered the city a drunken pirate (captain of a crew of one), obsessed with his redemption, but loathed by everyone. His points of view weren't exactly right, but he wasn't quite as wrong as others turned out to be, either. As of 1572, he never quite got anywhere with it, but he was a well fleshed out and very interesting character, which made it more likely we'd see him again one day... that and the fact that Fernehalwes was also a fan of his, lol.

[mosaicex]

...., but loathed by everyone. His points of view weren't exactly right, but he wasn't quite as wrong as others turned out to be, either. As of 1572, he never quite got anywhere with it, but he was a well fleshed out and very interesting character, which made it more likely we'd see him again one day... that and the fact that Fernehalwes was also a fan of his, lol.

Isn't he the guy who transport you to the platform that you fight with Leviathan?

[Anonymoose]

Isn't he the guy who transport you to the platform that you fight with Leviathan?

Do you mean the one who pulled the platform out to sea? That was Eynzahr Slafyrsyn.

[WellFooled]

That is (potentially) Sthalmann.

Thanks Moose! I appreciate the info.