Final Fantasy 14 Lore: The Crystal Tower The Complete Story

[@ChroniclerofLore]

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[@proy3]

That bit about turning the Crystal Tower into a beacon of hope for the world is some truly epic foreshadowing. He accomplished that mission.

[@ChroniclerofLore]

It really was some major foreshadowing. And to think this raid wasn't a part of the msq until patch 5.3

[@Squallido]

he literally beat those ancient beings :>

[@vincentbeton]

to be fair, I am pretty sure it was originally a "Maybe we'll do something with it later. No promises" and they simply made good use of it, combining it with Alexander and Omega no less

[@DBJ468]

Spoilers :(

[@jenntastic8788]

I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would "dislike" this. It's been years since I've done this and this was such a wonderful refresher. Perfectly done and narrated in every way. Thank you!

[@ChroniclerofLore]

I certainly appreciate the praise. Glad to hear that you like my work and thanks for the support 😁

[@lillyenovis15]

“Geniuses really have a knack for stating the obvious.” 🤣 So true, and Alphinaud is our worst offender

[@messoffreps]

this was SO helpful. I skipped over alot of the dialog and now that the relic run requires so many runs of the crystal tower series i really wanted to know the story. Thanks!

[@ChroniclerofLore]

You are very welcome. Please don't speak of the relics. I've passed the crystal tower step 10 times now and knowing I'm barely halfway done with that part is driving me nuts.

[@ozcarp92]

I just found your channel yesterday and im really liking your videos. Im new to FF14 so I been enjoying the recaps to the lore that i skimmed through while playing! Its hard for me to keep reading so much so having someone recap or tell me what i missed its incredibly appreciated :)

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Welcome to Final Fantasy XIV and to my channel. It's always good to hear that new people are joining the game and that my content is actually enjoyable. I'm glad I could be of assistance and I hope you enjoy your stay in both Eorzea and on my channel.

[@kayn9651]

So, waaay late on this, but about Voidsent vs Sineaters. There's a part in SHB where we have a lecture on the nature of Aether, how Light is an umbral aether and Void is an astral aether. Where one represents stagnation and the other action. - It may then explain why beings of Light are so drone-like and monotone and lifeless while the Voidsent are overly abundant in emotion and visible thought.

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Very true. The only exceptions seem to be the Lightwardens who are obviously more intelligent than the regular sin eaters, but still fall way short of matching the intelligence of void sent like Diabolos. But they are far younger than the voidsent so it's possible they would have grown more intelligent had they been given more time to learn.

[@cormacbyrne2210]

@@ChroniclerofLore SPOILERS If I may counter, I think that the Lightwardens, in their natural state, probably are as mindless as the rest of the horde. The only ones with characterization beyond ravenous angelic abomination were Titania and Innocence, who were influenced by outside circumstances (Titania by the Fae King's strong will, and Innocence by his nature as a hyur-sin eater hybrid). Any other character is probably similar to the situation with Tesleen: echoes of who they once were, but nothing more.

[@ArdynSol]

Thanks for the content! I really like the way you present everything and interject your own moments of humor in there!

[@ChroniclerofLore]

You're welcome 😊. I'm glad you enjoy it, and i appreciate the support.

[@madambutterfly1997]

Thank you Bahamut. Your Resurrection literally opened Old Wounds in the very landscape of Eorzea's bloody history.

[@harrisonraycroft6531]

Great job this was exactly what I was looking for. Love the personal touch to your commentary as well. Got a few laughs out of me

[@ChroniclerofLore]

If I got a few laughs I did my job 😁😁. Glad you enjoyed it

[@srasja2540]

Just came back to FFXIV and this was a great refresher. It had been forever ago since I played through it, and I loved your humor along with your wonderful explanations. Thank you, and keep it up!

[@ChroniclerofLore]

You're welcome 😊. Glad you liked it and thanks for the support.

[@Studio_Cascade]

Thank you for this! I was so excited to get to shadowbringers that I fast-forwarded my way through this questline. Afterwards I heard that the story was important... Whoops

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Lol, yeah it is just a little important. Glad i could help you catch what you missed.

[@sophiayamagughi]

tfw this one as well as the optional Alexander are important and I too just skipped through

[@owlmangaming2076]

Freaking loved this video! I just finished crystal tower last night but was kind of confused so thank you so much for the explanation!

[@ChroniclerofLore]

You're very welcome. Glad you liked the vid 😁

[@owlmangaming2076]

@@ChroniclerofLore I love this story so much! Keep the content coming please 🙏🏻😎

[@ChroniclerofLore]

I intend to. My goal is to cover all of the stories in the game. Needless to say I have a LOT of work left to do 😆

[@owlmangaming2076]

@@ChroniclerofLore you are amazing and I can't wait for more to come! If I watch your SAM class lore will it spoil story for me? I am about to help Ishgard defend from someone I can't remember lol

[@ChroniclerofLore]

The Samurai story doesn't really mention much in the way of the MSQ if I remember correctly. It's isolated so you shouldn't have anything major spoiled for you. I try to keep the details separate and it works most of the time. I think 🤔

[@aditadits5452]

Played this mission at 2013, it's natural that i forgot the details during my comeback at 2022. Thanks god this video exists, thank you for your hardwork.

[@IndigoVagrant]

I love your elaboration on the story, great narrative.

[@ayanhart]

ShB (5.0) Spoilers below the cut. . . G'raha's story is so sad, especially with everything that happens in the First, though I didn't feel like he hid his identity as the Exarch very well (the first time I saw him I was like 'is this that catboy from ages ago?'). I'd forgotten most of this (had about a year-long break mid-SB) so this was a really nice refresher. Def gonna watch more of your vids - you deserve way more views.

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Thank you for that. I figured out who he was from the music they played during all of the times you did things with him. The good news is he's gets a happy ending. At least for now.

[@chaveyvillegas]

love this video. I really enjoyed the bits of humor you threw in!

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy the rest of the videos on my channel.

[@ironbutterfly6835]

You have couple new fans and subscribers! Love your Humor mixed in the lore👍

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Thank you. I really appreciate the love ❤ 😍

[@guymanjoni]

This was a really good analysis! I look forward to seeing more

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Thank you very much. Welcome to the channel.

[@sleepy-yyy]

THANK YOU!!!

[@chadmcchad9122]

Great vid!

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Thanks 😊.

[@Jadfisk]

Great storytelling!

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Thank you 😊.

[@Blaktimus]

this is hard af and much needed if you know you know

[@Heathensauce]

Such amazing commentary thank you

[@ChroniclerofLore]

You're welcome 😊. Thanks for the compliment.

[@seangraethorne479]

I understand it better, thanks to this video.

[@Chasecheese]

Fire thanks for your work

[@Xnoss]

Thank you so much for your videos!

[@ChroniclerofLore]

You're very welcome. And thank you for your support 😁

[@charlicatori]

Great vid!! Detailed and hilarious. Instant sub from me

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Thank you 😊. I'm glad you enjoyed and welcome to the channel.

[@ShieldJaguar]

Just about to do this quest line (Yep Sprout here), thanks for brilliant vid.

[@ChroniclerofLore]

You're welcome 😊. Thanks for the support

[@dead_protagonist]

another amazing video! :D

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Thank you 😊.

[@joshfisher2531]

Wow! What a story.

[@tsulong]

the voidsent might be more intelligent than the sineaters for the reason that light aether tends towards passive while dark is more active.

[@ChroniclerofLore]

That is very likely. It could also simply be the fact that the voidsent are multiple millenia older than the sin eaters. They were made during the ascians 1st rejoining attempt and we know little about the 13th shard or how time moved there.

[@alejohp8725]

Heck yeah. Thanks for the video. I was forced to do this quest line between ARR and the next expansion. Given how tedious the quests between expansions are, I skipped all of the Crystal Tower dialogs. Appreciate the summary!

[@samcarter565]

Thanks for this. Having just finished this raid last night, I was suffering from dialogue overload and was skipping cutscenes just so I could finish before I passed out for sleep.

[@gamermoment656]

Appreciated I had to skip my cutscenes since I play healer and was getting yelled at for slowing the alliance down

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Glad you found my content, but don't ever hurt your own playing experience because someone else is impatient.

[@joevegaxv]

People who complain about new players watching cutscenes are the worst kind. Please don't listen to them and enjoy the game. Besides, it's not even a really long wait, so to berate people for it is ridiculous.

[@Foxypofflala]

So many things just clicked after watching this. I missed so much when I went thru. Also love the way you tell the story very entertaining.

[@polskastylezz187]

my man out here helping everyone that skipped this😘

[@ChroniclerofLore]

I'm glad I could be of assistance 😌.

[@ndisfoshiz]

I remember the doors closing and saying, OUT LOUD, get back here and kiss me you fool.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

I believe the voidsent are more intelligent than the sin eaters is because of the nature of Darkness’s polarity. It’s not stagnant. So it shouldn’t hinder their higher cognitive functions. Or so I surmise.

[@ChroniclerofLore]

That's very likely. It could also be something that would have happened over time. We know that the 13th was the 1st world the Ascians altered, and with the time difference that we saw on the 1st we have no idea how many thousands of years the voidsent have been alive and evolving. Hopefully we learn more in Endwalker since there are some people from the 13th on the 1st now who are working to restore their world.

[@Comi_Muffins]

great vid!!! but could u separate vid based on quest thtd be awesome =)

[@ChroniclerofLore]

I do have the individual videos on the channel as well where it's separated into sections for each of the individual raids.

[@aisnota5192]

Should have named the WOL Ramirez.

[@vc4961]

How does the tower and graha teleport to the first?

[@ChroniclerofLore]

G'raha merged himself with the Crystal Tower so he could live longer then using the vast amount of aether stored in the tower as well as some tech made by the Garlond Ironworks he teleported the tower to the past of the First.

[@chrismunshaw4855]

Awesome video, great summary of things I rushed through

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the support 😀

[@aries4378]

For some reason, I find myself needing a refresher on the Crystal Tower lore. I wonder why? Oh well. Back to Endwalker MSQ I go.

[@ChroniclerofLore]

Glad I could help you with that quick refresher

[@EugeneUntamed]

Thank you! I started skipping this quest line because I didn't know it held any sort of significance later. -_- big mistake. I also was lost why Nero was there. Doh! Thank you~

[@ChroniclerofLore]

No problem. Glad I could be of assistance 😌

[@Queen_Zora]

I for real love your sass and snark xD

[@ChroniclerofLore]

I'm glad you find it entertaining.

[@Queen_Zora]

@@ChroniclerofLore haha, you’ve got good comedic sense. Every one of your videos I’ve seen so far have me laughing

[@ChroniclerofLore]

That's good to hear. I try not to be too corny with my jokes lol. I'm glad I haven't dropped the ball too much.

[@molovesmusic567]

i literally skimmed thru the cutscenes when playing this as a sprout thinking “dude just let me finish arr dang” and i regret doing so lol. great video!!!

[@madambutterfly1997]

If it were me I'd open Rifts to the void on the 1st and have all the Senators and voidsent Duke it out. Maybe they would fix to each other

[@ChroniclerofLore]

You know what's funny, I am 100% positive that is going to happen in the Void questline since they are working on fixing the 13th shard

[@madambutterfly1997]

@@ChroniclerofLore they should look at all their situations like that have their enemies destroy each other

[@ChroniclerofLore]

But they're dumb lol

[@madambutterfly1997]

@@ChroniclerofLore then send a light Warden

[@lillyenovis15]

I very much look forward to seeing how the efforts to restore the 13th go, I was so happy to see it mentioned in the follow ups to the role quests. I expect/hope we’ll be involved somehow, but given that we don’t even get to the discussion about it unless we complete all 4 ShB role quests, maybe not… at least not yet

[@LilololXD]

W vid

[@AmySay]

God I love G'raha but I forgot how Cringe his intro was 😅 I love my cringe and fail catboy

[@ChroniclerofLore]

He was super cringe and kinda annoying at first. Then he really turned into a great character. And as powerful as he is he's still a super fanboy at heart.

[@TheDawnlegend]

Hey man, new FF14 player. I appreciate the video because like many others I completely skipped the crystal tower series in a rush to get Into Heavensward. While it is informative, I really wish you didn’t put that spoiler for Shadowbringers at around 24 minutes. I don’t yet know how big a plot point that is, but nonetheless it spoiled something for me.

[@ChroniclerofLore]

I'd like to say welcome to FFXIV, always love seeing new players join the game. I had to check that spot to make sure it wasn't an actual spoiler there. Trust me the comparison between the creatures isn't a spoiler as far as story content goes. It's more of just something I noticed that I was curious about because I actually didn't find any actual comparisons in game.

[@Xion-Rotti]

I skipped this and now seriously regret it now that I’m at the end if ShB

[@madambutterfly1997]

And people wonder why I hate the hunters Guild so much in Monster Hunter. You're literally killings elder dragons for science.

[@ProfessorSmoothBrain]

Dude you sound like 3 dog from Fallout 3 lol that's pretty cool.

[@ChroniclerofLore]

That's the first time I've heard that comparison lol. Now you're making me want to go play Fallout 3 again 😆😆

[@ProfessorSmoothBrain]

@@ChroniclerofLore I was just playing the fallout games so it was fresh on my mind. you could nail a impression lol

[@ChroniclerofLore]

I'm gonna have to play it again to refresh my memory of how he sounds before I try that lol.

[@prettyponymonster]

Tldr the uchihas summon susanoo