Beginner's Guide to Lore in Final Fantasy 14

Organizing and preparing everything for my biggest story telling series in the channels history has been a lot of work, but it all starts with this! I felt like I just had to do something for all the new Xbox players we may be getting and this is my attempt to welcome them in with open arms! When the hype dies down I'll change the title card, so if you don't see the words Xbox anywhere, I'm saying hello from the past!
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Primary Sources:
Video Games-
FinalFantasy XIV Online
Publications-
Encyclopedia Eorzea Volume I
Encyclopedia Eorzea Volume II
Encyclopedia Eorzea Volume III
Alternative Sources:
FinalFantasyXIV, The Lodestone/Sidestory
FFXIV, Letter from the Producer
Published FFXIV Brand Art Books
#ffxiv #lore #xbox

[@shadowsapphire100183]

Welcome to FF14 our XBox sprouts! Never be shy to ask for help, most of our community is happy to do so!

[@NotTheWheel]

Don't worry about getting to the end. Enjoy the story all the content you do will feel relevant for your character so it's fun to just enjoy the story.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Also, you really should do as much as you can: quests are how you make sense of the world as opposed to just being swept up in one campaign against the Ascians by being immune to tempering

[@dazzlemasseur]

Never skip a cutscene or suffer the lack of context for the rest of the story. At your own risks.

[@gardenstateboss]

not really you can always goto your room & watch ever cutscene how many times you like. Unlike other games FFIV had this feature since 2.x

[@JamesRogers1983]

@@gardenstatebosstrue, but you’re missing it in the moment it’s happen, all the excitement etc.

[@ShermTank7272]

@@gardenstatebossRewatching cutscenes in the inn is a nice boon, but I highly recommend _not_ doing so on your first time around. It'd be like telling someone to read only the first paragraph in each chapter of a book, and saying "you can always go back to read the rest of the chapter later".

[@FuryXDMGS]

Listen to this WoL You'll skip some seemingly boring scene about Alphinaud feeling remorse for his actions while a band of Garleans is about to finish us and when the loading screen ends you'll be on a Go-kart and an Urianger will be counting down

[@JamesRogers1983]

@@FuryXDMGS spoilers!

[@Celis.C]

I started FFXIV 7 years ago as I do all my series and stories: completely blank. No expectations, no spoilers, just trying it out and seeing it for myself. I was hooked from the very first _loading screen_ . There's something about the minutiae of the loading screen that captured my attention, like I was about to enter a place of significance. I also went in with the intention of just trying it out and see where my _adventure_ would lead. No desire for rushing to endgame (tip: the game starts at level 1), no knowledge of the length of the MSQ (for the better) and just taking it as I went. I highly encourage such a mentality when first starting the game! Welcome to Eorzea!

[@LightbladeRiulo]

Me with “To be continued” in the corner of his screen: Hmmm yes fascinating. In all seriousness I welcome all the newcomer sprouts to the game! May you walk in the light of the Crystal!

[@djennings802]

Been playing this game since ps4 ipen beta and just wanna say welcome to a wonderful experience Xbox newbies

[@camposforce93]

I have been playing this game for 8 years, and yet when I saw this video, I ended up hyped as if I was a sprout. Till sea swallows all!

[@nspaulding07]

Your videos are always excellent. But this video went above and beyond to provide a solid starting point. Well-worth any new player watching!

[@user-qo5nt6ph9k]

Welcome lore newbies! The scribe here is one of the best in the lore scene of xiv so, listen well and remember, "the story is worth different things to different people."

[@PalhacoCapitalista]

This is exactly what new players need in relation to the lore! HELL YES

[@808MichiOtaku]

Welcome to the world of Eorzea new sprouts~! Great synopsis!

[@Raven-um2wf]

Welcome new friends! A world awaits and most will be happy to help how we can in your adventures

[@amitamaru]

This was a great synopsis, Scribe.

[@MisterVyle]

Welcome to Eorzea.

[@JamesRogers1983]

Welcome everyone :) thanks for joining us, jealous you get to experience all this for the first time. Just started a second non skipping play through and excited to see what I may have missed. Good luck, have fun, take your time and most importantly, enjoy. There is no rush, savour every second of it.

[@SuikodenGR]

Welcome Xbox Warriors Of Light! Don't hesitate to ask for Tips & Tricks!

[@stoicraziel6272]

What an amazing primer 😊

[@benjaminfinlay829]

If you buy a story skip, I highly recommend watching a story playthrough to get all the context for what's happening. Playframe's series (with Dan, player of Durmin Durami,), is a good one to go for. It's currently on hiatus, but has so far covered everything in the MSQ up to the start of the Shadowbringers (plus some particularly relevant side-content).

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

I keep forgetting Rogue isn't a starting class.

[@VentrexTheXVth]

Damn shame that and we never got a musketeer

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

@@VentrexTheXVth Having arrived in the Endwalker times, I assume musketeer was going to be the pre-Machinist?

[@VentrexTheXVth]

@@gratuitouslurking8610 that what I heard I only came in at the end of Shadowbringers

[@DXDragon38]

Welcome aboard new Friends! The wonderful world of FF14 awaits! May you walk in the light of the Crystal

[@pitta3114]

Commenting so more sprouts can see this great video!

[@BorgWolf359]

Thank you for this our Lore Master Synodic Scribe! I'd like to welcome our fellow Warriors of Light from Xbox! Our FFXIV family & now yours will gladly help you out whenever you need it! May The Light of the Mother Crystal forever keep you in her Grace!

[@jrtime228]

This was a great cumulative intro to the game scribe!

[@Mizra1985]

Welcome all Xbox sprouts!! 🌱

[@ALittleSnowFairySaga]

Conjurer and starting in Gridania FTW!

[@djentleman1597]

Nice! You're going to have a blast. Healing can be scary but you'll get better the more you practice.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Doin' the good work! Don't forget to Lucid Dream every so often!

[@nicoleburns9652]

If you don't know already only debuffs with a little white line can be cured.Also welcome to ff14!

[@JDSleeper]

There was a spicy dragon center in that red moon!

[@maxkid6446]

i actually welcome the new guys from the xbox

[@gregorieschmitt5578]

Love this game! So glad it is finally in on Xbox - just started a gladiator on midgardommar with the tiger looking race - definitely would love to meet some people to play with

[@gregorieschmitt5578]

I am lev 20 glad with lev 6 miner job clas

[@shimasclan]

Phenomenal video, Ser Scribe.

[@lushdontu4015]

I know this is a random question, but it has been on my mind for ages. Where does the wol keep all of their mounts?

[@FuryXDMGS]

I like how we don't talk about Ishgard hahahaha

[@Wanderingsage7]

Gridania: I mean, there's the racism undertow between the wildwood Elezen, the Duskwight Elezen and the keeper's of the moon, but otherwise yeah, it's pretty chill.

[@SynodicScribe]

I mean we could just as easily go over the poverty and wage gaps in Ul'dah as well as the violent underbelly of Limsa. No country in FFXIV is clean. lol

[@astrealbrizbee9815]

@@SynodicScribe Bozja is pretty clean now lol

[@SynodicScribe]

@@astrealbrizbee9815 Tends to happen when you're entire civilization is glassed by a massive explosion. hahaha

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

I mean if we wanted to sit here and sling mud at Eorzia all day, dare we mention the beast tribes the city states have been equal parts warring and/or suppressing all this time? There's also Ishguard and it's 1000-year draconic genocide wars noone remembers truly how they started, and don't get us started at how Gyr Abania got under Garlemald's thumbs to start with...

[@acgearsandarms1343]

@@SynodicScribeThere’s clean, and then there’s sterile.

[@jereboy2005]

I've been wondering, is calling the planet a star a FF trope? It threw me off when they started calling it that in the msq and it still throws me off whenever I see it? I've not played the other FF games so I'm not real sure. This is a great intro into the setting and game. Gives some good background without digging too deep into lore or any spoilers revealed throughout the story. I'd forgotten that limsa only starts with 2 options for classes. I need to check out more of this guys vids, I like his style of presentation!

[@sinom]

@@SynodicScribe Sun = 日 Star = 星 Planet = 惑星 But "星" can also mean planet, just usually you don't call earth or the sun 星. Though in general in JRPGs in general and in final fantasy calling a planet a "star" isn't uncommon.

[@gothfox8196]

Welcome on, new brave little sparks! We're happy to have new players diving in the lore. (Side note: I appreciate the subliminal Dark Knight messaging, Scribe ;) )

[@SynodicScribe]

I may have a bias. lol

[@deskcat6795]

I’ll get to sit around and tell stories of for almost a decade we played the same 2 fights between either fighting the ultimate weapon or some goons everyday for story roulettes

[@pythiusplaysgames]

Welcome new Warriors of Light! FFXIV is quite the journey, so buckle up for a grand adventure. Take things at your own pace as the journey is the destination. And explore as much content as you can!

[@Wordsman]

Incredible transitions, and a great foundation of lore starting out! Will 100% send this to someone, though you forgot to mention the Rogue class in Limsa. Not a hard addition but nonetheless omitted, I assume by mistake. Love your work man! Keep it up! EDIT: apparently Rogue comes later and I totally forgot! Thanks for the reminder.

[@shadowsapphire100183]

I think he omitted it since you can't start as a Rogue off character creation. That would be my guess.

[@Wordsman]

@shadowsapphire100183 really? You can't start as a rogue? But it starts at lvl 1? Holy crap I never noticed that if it's the case.

[@shadowsapphire100183]

@@Wordsman yup, you have to level one class to 10.

[@HikingFeral]

Good job for not mentioning how Urianger dies. That would have spoilt much.

[@Kakurady]

As expected, this will now be my go-to lore primer for new adventurers. Before watching, I was concerned that it would spend overmuch time on the 1st-4th Astral Eras, as another lore creator has done. I was surprised that details of each era were omitted altogether, mayhaps for the best as the lecture to keep the seminar from becoming overlong. I appreciate pointing out the progressions from classes to jobs. But maybe a reference to the race video series would also be helpful: personally, I wish I had known more about each people and their typical names before I started playing. As it stood, my main character has a half-joke name containing real-world references (that nevertheless is appropriate for gender and clan). 2:16 I always thought that your induction into the Scions implied that the Echo marked you as a chosen of Hydaelyn, and not Her making you Her champion because you possess the Echo. Perhaps I was influenced by the official forums in thinking so. But now I've went back and looked at the dialogue, it seems to lend neither theory credence.

[@wrathshorts2894]

Welcome new sprouts. Good luck getting a house.

[@xodox1271]

Its okay to skip cut scenes, especially if they are bad filler scenes.

[@adjwindu70]

Welcome xbox players. Try not to rush the game. Take your time, sample the diffrent offerings. This place is like an amusement park so many different ways to have fun.

[@dullahandan4067]

Yeahh ARR needs some rewrites to make sense now huh?

[@SynodicScribe]

I try not to think about it. lol

[@mlemlemmlemmlem]

I haven't thought about it lol what parts?

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Personally if they wanted to worry bout consistency I'd rather the energy be put into a way to look at some of that 1.0 content, even if it's extended clipnotes via the Echo. Maybe a day of hanging with the Scions and the gang and you witness many of the Before Meteor events with thematic duties like Castrum Fulmin or a reimagined Nael fight.

[@dullahandan4067]

@@mlemlemmlemmlem echo vs blessing changes. Motivations of Hydaelyn. In particular her supposed attempts at preventing calamities. I mean it is all accurate to a degree if it is assumed the player character is being lied to. Or is tempered...

[@Kekira]

​@@dullahandan4067But the actual function of it hasn't changed, just the context.

[@Dastreus]

Aaahhh tears on my face. I finally have the perfect video to show people when trying to talk them into FF instead of my pathetic autistic rambles.

[@vtheman1850]

Welcome Xbox players The ERP is on Balmung US , you can't miss it.

[@TRONgirl_EXE]

Specifically, the Quicksand tavern in Balmung’s Ul’dah. Everywhere else on the server is more casual

[@simonshura9144]

This is hilarious because idgaf bout any story in my games i play 🙃🤭

[@silverancient7840]

Calladuty clown

[@silverancient7840]

Go play calladuty

[@ultimateqmazing2537]

Aww sad for you.

[@FarelForever]

Oh thank Goodness, I was worried about the influx of casuals in the game ruining my time "Wow, we're fighting Ifrit! A real summon" Me: 😒 PFFFF, the proper term is PRIMAL! Get it together N00B! " 😦 ........" Me: Oh, and could you kindly turn tank stance on? I can explain the concept better to you if you want 🙂

[@deskcat6795]

1 tip to all new players DONT PICK LANCER!!! RUN don’t listen to anyone listen to my warning you and your friends will enjoy like 1000x more

[@Lulink013]

Why not though ? What's wrong with it?

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

@@Lulink013 As someone who leveled it, I think it's a jab at how kinda basic it feels at the Lancer state. Lancer is heavily focused on single-target until way after 60, and the Dragoon's jump capabilities often has you rapidly moving your character (and thus hitbox) so it's easy to mistime and land into hurtzone or fall off an arena side if you're not careful. Dragoon is a bit of a meme as a 'floor tank' for the jump skills especially.