FFXIV Lore Tours - Copperbell Mines (Hard)

Welcome to another FFXIV Lore Tour! Rather than offering you another mechanical dungeon guide, I'll be running through the various duties of the game whilst giving them the Ethys treatment verbatim. Every inch of the game is full of meaning and opportunity and although not every reference made could be stretched to a several-minute lecture, I think this will prove a great format to cover the smaller constituent details of the XIV universe.
Thanks again to Miso Yamamoto of Hyperion for the new channel art, title cards and thumbs!
This video extensively contains my own commentary and editing and is intended for educational purposes.

[@Trademark989]

Ouch, sounds painful. Feel better!

[@nekoloverforlife1748]

Cool whm Ethys! I like how fluidly you switched cleric stance on & off. I recommend a chiropractor to help ease your back pain & the healing process if you can find one; Your pretty lucky you didn't end up paralyzed from the spinal wounds you took. I can hear the distress in your voice & its pretty heartbreaking listening to you like this.() Get well soon.:[

[@shoulderpyro]

I felt so bad about killing Biggy and the other spriggans :c They're too adorable to hurt

[@sprigganfromffxiv]

Finally someone gets it…

[@shoulderpyro]

@@sprigganfromffxiv must protect the nugfriends!

[@jupiter4602]

I'm a bit late to the party, but the naming of the gogmagolem reminds me of the gogmagog from 13-2, which seems much more like a real allusion

[@Vivinyan_]

I really like this series a lot, very interesting. Also, Gogmagog was a giant in british folklore, I assume that's what Gogmogolem is based off.

[@jrh388]

Pretty sure Gogmagolem is a play off the names the biblical stories of Gog and Magog.

[@EthysAsher]

I can definitely see that, good catch. I don't see much reference to the context of Magog, however. I suppose given that Magog was sometimes conflated with the Lydians, there's a vague connection to Gyges and through his namesake to the Hekatonkheires and that the descriptions of Alexander the Great and various other historical figures constructing walls to keep Gog and/or Magog at bay is similar to Ouranos' banishing of the Hekatonkheires to Tartarus? Like I say, pretty tenuous but I think you must be right - the reference is definitely there.

[@Yggdraseed]

Ethys Asher I think there is another reference of note. I don't know how valid the sources are or whether this has been brought up, but "Gogmagog" - also spelled Goemagot, Gogmagoc, etc. - is the same of a British giant who was thrown from a cliff or mountain in a wrestling match with Corineus, a companion of Brutus of Troy. Gogmagog was believed to be the last giant inhabiting Albion, where this conflict took place. This is coming from Wikipedia, so it may take further research for the idea to hold water, but of note is the fact that "Gogmagog" is believed to possibly be a reference to the same story of Gog and Magog, while at the same time being a corruption of a possible proper name Gawr Madoc, or "Madoc the Great."

[@meakimon]

Yeah you might be right about the Nix, makes more sense. XD I guess it was my norse bias speaking in the last comment, sorry about that. ^^ Thanks for the video.

[@johnmrke2786]

Sounds like heh-cuh-tawn-cuh-rees. Don't know why localization spelled their name that way.

[@KMFDM_Kid2000]

WHM eh? Don't kill the party =P

[@Arfurful]

^^ Im aboriginal dude, i totally think of that story whenever i see them too lol

[@Fakeasswhip]

No one ever talks about the door behind the exit... Or how far down copper bell really goes. Anyway really like the videos Ethys.