Silvertear Secrets - Ask Ethys FFXIV Lore Q&A

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[@youngimperialistmkii]

20 minutes is not nearly enough of this. I could listen to this for hours.

[@Huskybythegeek]

This format is great !

[@balazsszucs7055]

Definitely more of this. And bring the cat

[@JonHerzogArtist]

Professor Ethys' class is back in session.

[@keiyangoshin3650]

I’ve learned so much from this video alone. This actually answered questions I was asking myself, just yesterday, when I was attempting to create a new character, and actually read the races ‘bio’ for the first time lol. Will subscribe. Thank you for this video. Stay safe. ❤️

[@XieronDraxin]

I probably have watched his vids dozens of times over bc I watch it once for the lore and the info and then just run it on playlist to fall asleep to bc ahhhh that soothing voice

[@TheSeekingIsOver]

Wow, I’ve never seen 600 likes with 0 dislikes for a video before. Speaks volumes about this format (or that folks have missed hearing you talk 😬) Keep it up Ethys please.

[@TheUnrealjester]

I appreciate the audible purring from our guest star

[@neilmanda]

Everything about this makes me happy. More please!!

[@Arlacent]

Correction Ethys. Yoshi P did clarify (in very subtle words) that some of the scenes that occur with the scions in Shadowbringers were canonical moments that occurred prior to our arrival on the first, with the rest being realitively metaphorical.

[@m.j.gallagher6756]

Fascinating as always. Terrific job. Would love to see more of these.

[@DarkOmegaZero]

I always love these lore discussion videos. The lore of FFXIV is probably my favourite part and would love to see more...So, definitely going to subscribe and give this video a like as well so that scary youtube algorithm can potentially pick this up

[@YYorle]

Definitely keep more of these coming, always super interesting!

[@MrJaymoney013]

I love this!!! Especially with the FFXIV announcement stream around the corner. Thank you soo much.

[@GingerPrimeGaming]

LOVE THIS! Love this so much!

[@Dairkun]

Great stuff! I'm glad to have finally found a channel that gets into the lore of this game! I was really missing this when I 1st started. I like to delve into the lore of a games like this as much as possible before starting. Minor suggestion: Have the question displayed on the screen as you read them, and perhaps afterwards. Not a criticism; I know even editing that little bit into the video can be a bit of extra & potentially unwanted work. It's just a little thing I've come to appreciate in other Q&A style videos that I didn't think I would miss till I didn't have it there. Also, question timestamps! Great for revisiting videos in search of specific points. Either way, I hope you keep doing this sort of thing!

[@SuperSugar]

Loved it. I hope you do more.

[@dragoncurieux]

I love these! Please continue this series in the future ~

[@danielmerino1841]

I love that setting he is on

[@Zahruk]

Love this. Can't wait for more lore and more Ethys ^^

[@wolflordshaitan]

I love this little fireside chat it's great!

[@bharbarawyrstwaemasyn8741]

You make the world building lore outside the msq actually interesting for me

[@FrossTea]

This style of video is so good. More of this. All of this. I love it.

[@wadeleonhart]

Fantastic video. Please do more !

[@LupusArcavius]

I need MOAR of this

[@WaffleMenu]

This is excellent, I’d imagine there are enough Q’s for a podcast-esque setting? Think it’s be a great avenue for you, but I certainly don’t know what your workload is like. Thanks for this!

[@Smoldymort]

I cannot wait to see the post-endwalker revisions! :D

[@MissingNo_]

I need this in my life going forward Mr Ethys

[@perpetualbacklogpodcast]

Look at this chad sitting next to a fire

[@fallenhighwind12]

These videos are fantastic!!

[@ItsTerru]

omg what a cute kitty

[@Shizukanexen]

Love this!!

[@jakobknudsen3296]

You are annoying entertaining to listen to. Now I have to find even more time in the day for FFXIV. Do keep it up.

[@SpellboundTutor]

This is such a hecking cozy start to what I imagine will be a hecking cozy series.

[@indigokitten2205]

Thank you for making this series & sharing your understanding & knowledge. It is very interesting & I will be watching future episodes. I wonder if you'd be interested in making a podcast (even locking it behind patreon) where you do a summary of each major patch/expansion and/or do deep dives into different NPCs or other aspects of the game. It would be a delight to be able listen to something like that on my commute. Cheers!

[@Dewulfi]

We demand more!

[@Trinix_8]

I watched these backwards but they are all great please keep going

[@qamarqammar7629]

Well done! Bravo! More please :).

[@RaysofLight98]

16:02 I play a duskwight, which means that she looks periwinkle in places/cutscenes with decent lighting. It's been a hot minute since I've seen another player with a (conspicuous) duskwight.

[@NisalJ]

More of this please, longer durations if it will go in depth on these points. Really nice.

[@ChrononumberXIII]

I love this, I would very much like more of this content.

[@CruciusLapin]

I’ve this, I could listen to you talk about final fantasy lore for hours

[@DieSerah]

very Cozy Video i love it

[@Zeet1]

Love this video!!!

[@markup6394]

Defenitely more of this ^.^ I have so many questions, I don't know where to start so I just wait and see - most of those will probably come up next time (hopefully) :)

[@nata.s189]

Mooooore lore! I need more!

[@Edge2177]

YAAAAAAAS.

[@Null_Experis]

I think Silvertear was actually holding the Primals inside it, like Dalamud was holding Bahamut, but far more efficient and powerful. This meant that BEFORE the Battle of Silvertear Skies, beast tribes couldn't summon their primals, as they were ALREADY summoned in Silvertear. I think the explosion of Aether from there that you see in Mor Dhona is from the primals that were held there being destroyed, much like Bahamut in Flames of Truth, we see that Primals are actually made of crystallized Aether. That the Crystal Tower is so close to Silvertear and so closely tied to Dalamud isn't a coincidence. I think the Allagans got the idea of capturing primals FROM Silvertear. That Dalamud and every other Primal Prison they made was an imperfect attempt to replicate that perfect prison in Silvertear. That said, I'd love to see more of the story surrounding that. I'd love a Wings of the Goddess style time-travel plot line in a future expansion that takes us back to ancient Eorzea and unravels some of the mysteries of Silvertear, and lets us re-visit a pre-Dalamud Eorzea (expecially a green Coerthas). Also, as to whether the 1.0 intro cutscene is allegorical or not, I believe it is right up until the Derplander touches the leveplate. From that point on, you're seeing an ECHO vision.

[@EthysAsher]

interesting theory! Some things to consider though: Primals were being summoned in Eorzea before the Battle of Silvertear Skies, just very rarely and only once in recent memory. The Garleans encountered a primal when they made their first incursions into Aldenard which halted their advance, but we don't yet know who this primal was or who summoned it. Secondly, we shouldn't assume that any of the modern Eorzean primals predate Allag. We describe them as "primals" as opposed to "elder primals" that were around during/before Allag for the reason that at least the Sharlayans and Garleans understand them to be much more recently conceived. Yes, we have the implication that Ifrit is likely based on or inspired by legends or derivatives of the Amaurotine fire sprite Ifrita, but on the other hand you have Garuda who was inspired by an Allagan general (and the Ixali didn't even exist before Allag), not to mention Shiva whose inspiration wasn't even born until several millenia after Allag fell... these at least couldn't possibly have been trapped in Silvertear since before Allag. We also have an account of the scientific progression that lead to the Allagans' trapping primals: the neurolinks. They steadily developed this technology to enslave beasts, then eventually dragons and finally primals. Given that we see Omega using a similar kind of technology to ensnare Shinryu, it is likely that Allag developed this tech from reverse engineering Omega (the same method by which we know they achieved most of their scientific advancements). You're right that it's certainly not a coincidence that the Crystal Tower was built at Silvertear; it is after all the aetherial heart of the planet and the subsequently the best possible place to build a giant aetherial power station. All the same, there definitely is/was something more and something nefarious under there and I can tell you're as excited as I am to find out, so thanks for sharing your thoughts ;)

[@Edge2177]

Let us first assume that each element, and there are 6 has a primal expression. Let us next state that there is an umbral, as well as an astral version of primal. What was locked in silvertear, was the mental expression of each elemental that kept people from aspecting these creations. Because summoning a primal is inherently creation magic. Quetzalcoatl was an expression of air magic clearly, before Garuda existed. Where Garuda was shaped from the Ixal's memory. This is especially pertinent as our WoL memories of primals becomes manifest in Eden, with slight changes and merges based on our memory of other 'elemental beings'. But I do think that if we want to consider what primals we have encountered thus far and on the astral or umbral nature of the entity. What's interesting is that Lunar Bahamut, an expression of a primal, did not corrupt people with it's breath attack.

[@MithosOkuu]

Big fan of this!

[@Alizardwithdaftideas]

I love this.

[@macfryling8421]

Time to go back to my favorite class on KZbin, taught by one of the best teachers out there Ethys!

[@Work2Game]

Chris here. Lost. Loving it. Want more.

[@ProfessorOak6]

I just like the sound of your voice ngl.

[@rwilliamisen]

Yay! *Name Drop*

[@RockR277]

The way its presented, it feels like the sundering only affected Hydaelyn to me. I dunno if that would mean the reflections were flung to the far corners of space, or if they exist in an extradimensional space connected to the source, but the ascians (as far as we know) only ever dealt with Hydaelyn and her reflections and only seemed to need to cause calamities on one planet to rejoin it to the source.

[@hortehighwind8651]

A comment for the algorithm whilst I'll think of something witty.

[@ausator164]

Indeed

[@daeroc]

It's the Bob Ross of FFXIV lore.

[@vladimirtepis]

In oldish Dungeon and Dragon lore exist a thing named Crystal Sphere. And every world of existence are in the material world AND inside they own Crystal Sphere. A sphere can be the entire solar system or only part of it or whatever. I some time feel like the worlds (stars) of FFXIV (FF universe) are like the Crystal Shards of the Dungeon and Dragon. So when The sundering happened our crystal sphere got shattered in 14 different world. And not the universe... INCLUDE! The Forgotten Realms setting, the main world is named Toril, and this happened to have a sundering event too! originally the world was named Abeir-Toril something happened and this sundered! All the adventures (the setting) of Forgotten Realms pass in the Toril. But some times between the editions a event like the Calamity happened and parts of Abeir shift to Toril and parts of Toril shift to Abeir. It include happened between the 3 and the 4 edition.

[@Captnjared]

Support bump

[@RudolvonStroheim]

KITTY 💖 Any how, thanks for the explanations.

[@gaven9763]

Loved it! Btw do you plan to finish the tales from the shadows series? thanks again!

[@GoseiRed417]

More. More! I must have MORE!

[@DarthRagnious]

Very nice

[@maxmax-pi7kw]

more please

[@GanonAutumn777]

Im loving this ^_^

[@Chronoclysm17]

I think Mr Happy and Sly should tune in! They just might get some questions right in Eorzivia!

[@kagamine14]

Wait the silver tear lake crash caused a bunch of aesthetically crystals to spawn? Since we know hydaelyn was born of the sacrifices of the ancients, and we know the ancients can conjure/manipulate aetheric crystals. Does that mean stuff like fire crystals/clusters are fragments of the ancients aether?

[@ColdIronCoyote]

Beautiful video, more and more please! Also the Keening, what's under Silvertear... we still thinking Lavos right? Giant space Tick for a long awaited crossover! Or Maybe a Jenova like alien--- Just joking mostly. Am looking forward to some real answers!

[@Kirisak_Doru]

I'm only sad cus it ended...

[@paulthedragon1]

the kitty stole the show

[@cloud09gaming]

Came for the lore. Stayed for the cat.

[@Chariflame]

Incredibly distracted by the introduction of cute cat, but still thoroughly enjoyed the whole video 10/10

[@vincentclark5853]

Love it, but I feel he should have a copy of (either) Encyclopedia Eorzea instead of a laptop (although I do understand logistically why he doesn't)

[@ajsb1986]

@13:00 Am I going crazy or wasn't there something from Azys Lla or late 2.X that implied that Miqo'te came from Meracydia and went north over temporary ice age land bridges in to Eorzea? And not that they were ever originally from Eorzea?

[@TheLittleMako]

I was having the same thought, I was under the impression that the miqo'te timeline goes like: Originally native to meracydia -> migrate north to aldenard -> persecuted by Allag, migrate further north to ilsabard -> return south to aldenard over the ice bridges. However my amateur google-fu seems to indicate that the in-game descriptions that used to spell that out aren't around anymore? EDIT: I just remembered, the description of the wind-up mithra (possibly jokingly) places hydaelyn's mithra as the ancestors of the miqo'te. So maybe that's the solution. Mithra were native to meracidya, and by the time they migrated to eorzea they were known as miqo'te?

[@XMarKusKnightX]

Oh god Oh my God Is Xenos our Nhaama?

[@tazersmurf4689]

More please. I have some lore confused friends.

[@MisteRRYouTuby]

Dear Ethys, Will we see the return of Methys Masher, bane of Primals and Dragons and Cpt. Of the Immortal Flames?

[@danlindholm7556]

No small amount of this video went to the lore of two of the most popular player races - the two popular races which have tails. (I don't count Hrothgar yet as being quite as popular). I have to wonder however, how the lore of those races will be reconciled as being sundered from the Amurotine race, which was quite obviously lacking a lot of the animalistic features seen in many of the playable races.

[@helian9779]

Oh wow, another one.

[@TsuchiGamer06]

moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@williamheinbuch]

Lmao i mentioned you earlier to my gf and watching a cat video and you were in the recommended. iPads totally aren’t listening.

[@Demandy]

In the words of the great Britney Spears "Gimme, gimme (More) Gimme (More) Gimme, gimme (More)!"

[@TheOneGreat]

Never realised that Ethys has an Elezen neck.

[@CptManboobs]

FF14's cosmology is so incredibly whack. Are the shards like actual planets or it is it just different dimension situation? The Alagans developed spaceships, could they have theoretically traveled to other planets? For all we know there is a Colony ship full of modern day Alagans floating around somewhere.