FFXIV Lore- Understanding Garlemald

[@acgearsandarms1343]

I think a brief biography of some of the Empire’s most famous or infamous figures would be a cool topic to cover. Like Gaius van Baelsar’s early career and current status. Or even Zenos.

[@SynodicScribe]

Yeah I wanted to save those for later. Cause there's a LOT.

[@mhairse307]

@@SynodicScribe Cid's father and the Meteor Project would be a good one as well considering, well, ARR.

[@zeehero7280]

Kid Zenos "Daaad I'm bored, fite me" Varis: "Son, you killed all your friends already" Kid Zenos "But DAAAAAAAAAAAAD I was just having FUN!"

[@loganswalk8621]

As a DnD nerd I like the idea of the Garlean Empire a sub race of people unable to channel magic shunned and viewed as lesser eventually becoming a technological powerhouse I'm definitely going to use them as inspiration for antagonists for a campaign.

[@Gerolanfalan]

Would love to see them as protagonist maybe.

[@yubeluchiha]

Same

[@Apt23-v8u]

Remember that they can't use Magic because the ascians fuck they up to transform them into their new weapons

[@besaidknight]

10:00 - That's really nice of Emet, letting the Garleans believe they 'Discovered' this all on their own... XD Like a father suggesting crayon colors to his kids while supervising a coloring book ^_^

[@bogbody6128]

Excellent video! Something i think worth noting to grasp the situation of the garleans is that when we see, for example, fish swimming around in the air above the beaches of the ruby sea, that's not simply because, well, there's no underwater combat... rather, those fish have developed an inborn ability to respire air as through it were water, through the use of aether, so they can hunt out of the water in lean times. Likewise, the insects that small fish would prey upon have evolved to utilize their innate aether reserves to sap the strength of predators, or stun their own prey with electrical discharges; in other words, in a world steeped in magic at every level of existence, it's not unreasonable to say that in some way, even lowly insects are more powerful than pureblooded garleans. thinking about it that way, the emergence of a leader who made them, for perhaps one of the only times in their history, feel PROUD to be garlean, was a perfect catalyst for the fanaticism and tragedy to follow.

[@Apt23-v8u]

An extremely brutal form of the cult of jim Jones

[@Sil3ntLynx]

Once the origins of the nation were uncovered, it led me to wonder. Look at the Garlean flag and consider the nation's place in the Ascian plan. If I didn't know any better, it almost looks like a depiction of a rejoining.

[@jojo110367]

Awesomely comprehensive lore you've gathered, and well told to boot. Just in time for the expansion, too! Always looking forward to your videos. No in-character response today I'm afraid, haha. Just wanted to toss in my continued appriciation of the channel since, man, you're churning these videos out fast.

[@SynodicScribe]

*catches breath* OK! On to the next video!

[@jacobybarra907]

Endwalker has already got me interested into Garlean Empire, but I would LOVE more history vids of the empire :D

[@pimsutter]

And maybe around the time when the Garleans were attacked by invaders, they found the way to use the power of the voidsent, giving the birth of the first reapers.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

Do you think they named the Magitek Reapers after them?

[@pimsutter]

@@acgearsandarms1343 It's possible. They fought that the reapers were gone and named the Magitek Reapers in honor of the Reapers.

[@TheBestestKitty]

well if anyone has an affinity to dark-aspected aether and the powers of the voidsent, it'll be the Au Ra since, you know, they're literally the descendants of succubi.

[@pimsutter]

@@TheBestestKitty That's not kinda true. The Au Ra aren't even slightly related to the succubi. Heck, in the Au Ra lore there aren't any mention of them been descendants of any voidsent.

[@pimsutter]

@@TheBestestKitty kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5evoqaVnLtondk&ab_channel=SynodicScribe

[@Itachigan22]

This video makes the arrival of Endwalker even more exciting. Imagine if players were able to harvest ceruleum for crafting armor and weapons rather than it being just for story development. Also, great job on this and your other videos. I happened upon this channel through my recommended feed. You have earned my sub :)

[@SynodicScribe]

Happy to bring this to you my friend!

[@Dada-ft2to]

I love how simple and detailed this video was! It’s a fantastic refresher before endwalker or any sprouts picking FFXIV lore! I also loved the cozy apartment with lots of books! 😊✨

[@TheRyouChan]

It's my personal belief that the Ascians had designed the Garleans genetically, due to them not existing in Novrandt at all or even mentioned and after the mess that was the Allag Empire that they likely lost control over due to becoming too advanced for their own good. Sealing primals into batteries like the warring triad and bahamut? It didn't benefit them at all in the Rejoining. And they did not want to risk the chance of them progressing beyond their means, thus the inability to use magic so even if the Empire went wild the Ascians can easily wipe them out with their abilities. It would explain why Emet-Selch was in charge of the country as he took the reins of the Empire and likely controlled the majority of the path. They ensured that there would be a race discriminated by Eorzea and, in return, Garleans would want to get revenge on the rest of the realm. The pressure would make the beast tribes summon primals and etc.

[@Hurley708]

Their inability to use magic could also be more of a feature rather than a detriment in the eyes of the Ascians. The Final Days is hinted to be caused by creation magick running out of control and thus creating monsters left and right. If the Garlean Empire were successful in conquering the world and spreading their genetics, then maybe the superstition of diluting the ability to use magic to their offspring may not be as superstitious as we thought. Whenever all Rejoinings succeed, the reborn Ascians would no longer be able to create that which they feared effectively preventing a Final Days (although they already have a mechanism for that by way of Zodiark's tempering). If Black Rose had succeeded, my guess is that the Ascians intended to be only Garleans left behind while facilitating the 8th Rejoining. They would have shortened the time needed for their preventive measures.

[@Apt23-v8u]

Thats canon , the people of goug were mutated and now they are the normies in a puré magical world

[@SniperKing-O]

Maybe what makes pure blooded Garlean so physically resilient and strong is the aether they can't use circulating and strengthening their body. And maybe that might also have to do with their third eye, too as a side effect of their bodies being strengthened by their physiology.

[@strider8662]

Could also be the simple fact of natural selection. There was no other race in existance that lived as harsh condition's as Garleans did. Which means any that wasnt strong enough to survive died pretty quickly, making each generation stronger than the last.

[@DeusGamez]

they also used ideas from those they conquered such as taking the infamous gunblade from the bozjans or siphoning aether from the eorzeans who possessed echo to create Zenos' resonant.

[@Mrwednesday84]

I love the Garlean's and would love to be able to play one. I saw a concept for how to do one, used a magitek device on the forearm to bypass the inability to use magic.

[@SynodicScribe]

Even if that was possible, which is a massive leap. A Garlean WoL would never be accepted on a cultural level. The world hates them to much.

[@Mrwednesday84]

@@SynodicScribe It would be fun though. Plus they accept Cid and to a lesser extent, Nero.

[@kaihedgie1747]

@@SynodicScribe They more hate the empire than the race itself. By the time you've reached Endwalker, you've made plenty allies with publicly known Garlean figures. Aside from Cid and Nero, there's Lucia, the right hand of the Temple Knights' lord commander, Maxima of the Populares, Arenvald, who is half Garlean, the Imperial Majestic Court Theatre, former Legatus Gaius Baelsar and Drusilla of the Lemures

[@th0rne_999]

@@Mrwednesday84 My character is Garlean. I'm playing a face 1 Elezen with min length ears 3 and the Star of the Nezha Lord headpiece. (You can do a lot more with mods as well, but you didn't hear it from me.) As for him fitting in, I agree people accept Cid and tolerate Nero to an extent because he gets results. I wouldn't say that would work for my character since he's not nearly as good-natured as Cid. He probably sits somewhere close to Gaius if you just count atrocities committed. So the only reason he was accepted by the Scions, which definitely didn't happen in ARR, was them not knowing his identity until way later on when they already shared a common goal and fortunately for him, he's also acquainted with Cid. And even now, it's a redemption arc. Similar to what a certain character I already mentioned does in a certain Shadowbringers side story. TDLR; You can play as a Garlean. Midlander, Highlander, Elezen and the Nezha headpiece will do. If you keep a Garlean theme in mind for your name and glamours as well, people will generally recognise you as such if they follow the story enough. Edit: Also, if you do end up going this direction, I would love to see screenshots or hear about any backstory you're coming up with. Always nice to find fellow 'Garlic' enthusiasts. ;)

[@ladyhrist]

I have to respectfully disagree with this take. Adventurers come from all nations on the star and all walks of life, the game makes this clear from the jump. They occupy a liminal space in Eorzean society as part sellsword, part servant, part gig economy guy, and on the whole they stand outside the social order in Eorzea and always have. That includes being treated with varying levels of disdain, suspicion, and impatience by the smallfolk-- adventurers are tolerated local nuisances who are occasionally useful, in essence. That attitude taken into account, I don't think it would be any more surreal or disturbing for your average villager to meet a Garlean than it would be to meet, say, an Au Ra-- a race that is far more likely in Aldenard as a whole to be taken as a "beastman" and distrusted for that reason alone, and they don't seem to have that issue either (outside of Ishgard, for self-explanatory reasons). The worst thing within their power to do, realistically, is to refuse to give a Garlean adventurer any work. Most people probably hide their third eye for that reason as it's the one thing that would make them recognizable on sight but the likelihood that there are Garlean adventurers, or adjacent professions, is definitely more than zero. The Lemures are proof enough of that. The real issue with making Garleans playable if I had to guess is *probably* just a meta one. Cultural history aside, from all we know about them right now they frankly don't have enough traits to distinguish them as a separate playable race. You'd basically be playing a round-eared Elezen or a Midlander Hyur with a cosmetic quirk.

[@NymphsOrisons]

Fantastic. Learning about the empire like a history lecture really helped me put all of the pieces together!

[@SynodicScribe]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Madocvalanor]

My keeper of the moon’s tribe roamed the mountains and was subjugated by the garlean empire. He was shipped all over islabard when he was younger, forced to learn how to live with other males and inside cities rather then the nomadic life most keeper of the moon males live. He escaped in his late twenties to Ivalice thinking it’d be safe and was forced to run again to Doma and then Hirogashi. I know it’s not the most lore friendly mi’qote but I want to tell the tale of a man struggling to find his place in a world shattered by one empire’s ambition. He eventually made it back to Eorzea where his tribe used to roam the mountain streams and forests, but… his tribe is gone. He is their last survivor, and does not know their traditions.

[@Monsravt]

I think i'll start to help The Garleans after this.

[@snolily]

I’ve been trying to find a lore channel like yours for months. I’m so glad I’ve found it. Thank you for your hard work.

[@SynodicScribe]

Happy to have you too! Lets enjoy Endwalker together!

[@HerzogZosa]

this is indeed a most welcoming lore video :) i realy like your style. but after all of that i would also like to see videos about Bozja and Ivalice. Especialy the last one, bcs it is a little bit confusing for ppl who are never played ff12 or Tacticts.

[@SynodicScribe]

Yeah to be fair you can't compare this Ivalice to those. FFXIV's Ivalice is 100% it's own thing, it just looks and sounds similar.

[@HerzogZosa]

@@SynodicScribe but you have at least heard one or two names from it, so it is easyer to understand things :) so yes... would be a great video topic imo.

[@petrus9067]

Well if you haven't, the bozja and ivalice side story content explains a lot about them, especially the catalogue of field notes with the characters involced and their birthplaces

[@HerzogZosa]

@@petrus9067 indeed. but videos like this one here will also be watched by ppl who never will let a food on bozja. ppl who join ff bcs of endwalker. maybe bozja will be suportet by the community like eureka, but it would be a pain to force them to collect all the fieldnotes just to know what happended there.

[@aster_xx2670]

I stumbled across your channel by accident while searching for FFXIV lore videos - your videos are absolutely wonderful and help to scratch that lore itch I have! Really digestable and accessible, which I appreciate a lot. Can't wait to see the other job lore videos - you've got my sub for sure!

[@SynodicScribe]

happy to have you!

[@imperiumregalis4193]

Thanks alot for this lore!

[@sodden779]

Hoping my boy Regula at least gets a mention in one of these episodes.

[@SynodicScribe]

Ah yes, the unsung hero.

[@BunnyWitchcraft]

Very relevant for the next expansion 👀

[@SynodicScribe]

Indeed!

[@0urob0ros]

I'm loving this channel, keep up the good work !

[@SynodicScribe]

Thanks for watching! I'm always workin on something!

[@Gat720Dua]

Why are the Hyur's, my people, so blood thirsty!? This is like the third race they tried to pick a fight with, they're like FF14 equivalent to orcs!

[@Haos51]

Green Skin is not included.

[@SynodicScribe]

Historically, the Hyur have picked fights with just about every other races because of how spread out they are around the world.

[@Gat720Dua]

@@SynodicScribe Maybe that's why I'm a DPS main, we're just violent creatures.

[@notahero8487]

They are only top in evilness by the lalafells

[@binbomsj]

This is such a great video! Please keep up the good work, I need more FFXIV lore!!

[@SynodicScribe]

I'm always working on something! More on the way!

[@th0rne_999]

At 3:08 you said you couldn't find any names or proof of Garleans using magic. I wouldn't exactly call it using 'magic', but in the Chronicles of Light short story 'The Hunt Begins', Zenos uses a crystal shard pressed into a cut in his hand to force his body to release aether, so he can channel it into his attack. I'm talking about this paragraph: *Zenos bared a bloodied hand to his slain foe. There, embedded in the cup of his palm, glinted a crystal fragment. “I have learned two things, however. First the inability to manipulate aether is a vexing disadvantage, and one which must be addressed.” Without so much as a blink, Zenos plucked the crystal free of his flesh, his own blood oozing from the open wound. He had buried it in his palm in a bid to force his body to release aether. And the risks had been great; in the worst case, his body’s aethereal balance could have been altered irreversibly, even fatally. Yet in full knowledge of the dangers, naught else would suffice but to sate his curiosity and put this new fighting style to the proof.* (Unfortunately I don't own the book, so I'm forced to take this reddit post by it's word: www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/iiyeeu/chronicles_of_light_the_hunt_begins_the_offical/ )

[@SynodicScribe]

Yeah I read that a while back too. The problem with that is two fold. 1. Zeno is absolutely nuts and prolly one of the only Garleans that could survive doing that since crystals and bodily functions usually end in someone's death. (I.E. Simply eating a crystal could kill you.) 2. He's not casting spells so much as he's forcing the destructive release of elemental aether. While an amazing story I'd love to cover in the future I'd say this tale is an exception, not the rule.

[@th0rne_999]

@@SynodicScribe I agree, thought it might still be interesting to some! Would love to hear more of your thoughts on this if you do decide to cover it!

[@SynodicScribe]

@@th0rne_999 Definitely will. At the moment I'm trying to follow requests and grow the channel some but I'll eventually get to as much as I can!

[@toodleselnoodos6738]

I wonder if we’ll learn even more about the city of Goug and if Garlean’s predecessors did hail from there. It’s interesting how they reversed-engineer Goug’s Construct and threw it at Bozja.

[@jakelawrence6618]

I hope one day the republic can rebuild its self. After all not every garlean was a monster, FOR GLORY GARLEMALD 🎶

[@mikoto7693]

I regret that there are spoilers beyond my progress in the game. I’m a lvl 65 Smn for solo content and Scholar for group content. Also lvl 70 Whm. My next main scenario quest is to start Stormblood by going beyond Baelsar’s Wall. It’ll be likely close to a week before I actually go though. I have to catch up on levelling my Land and Hand classes, as well as the job quests for each one as well as those for Smn, Sch and Whm to 65 provided they don’t take me to Stormblood locations. It’s really quite nice to be able to do all my prep work before a long journey into the unknown just like in real life. Now I freely admit that I haven’t been completely successful in avoiding all Stormblood and Shadowbringers content. For example I know I’m to face a real Garlean brute named Zenos or Xenos or something like it and that he pounds the WoL a few times. That he is a brute who just cares about finding strong enemies to fight. Presumably we do eventually liberate Ala’Migho and we’ll be visiting our Ninja Au Ra’s home. (I temporarily forgot her name.) Visit Doma. As for Shadowbringers I’m told it’ll be a tearjerker. I’m sure I will given Noraxia’s end made me angry. Moenbryda’s, I felt cheated. If Midgardsormr hadn’t robbed the WoL of her Blessing then Hydaelyn would have helped and Moenbryda wouldn’t have had to sacrifice herself for the weapon against the Ascian. Haurchefant… Yeah I tears in my eyes over that. One of my WoL’s closest friends who worried when she went into danger and was the only one to provide shelter and protection when she needed it the most. Papalymo… surprise and tinges of sadness because he was one of the few Scions that didn’t annoy me. Anyway in Shadowbringers I’ve been spoiled that the WoL and at least some of the Scions wind up in the First- Where the Warriors of Darkness come from. The Crystarium and we end up fighting for the First. And that a character from earlier in the story reappears. That’s all I know so I try to avoid more. So sadly I had to pause this video to write a comment then hit the back button. A shame since the Garleans fascinate me. LOL I do truly suspect that their rise to power enough to create a whole Empire is the work of the Ascians. I mean, this nothing little humanoid race that can’t manipulate aether to use magic, confined basically to a little island suddenly develops powerful magitek that can be used to subjugate magic wielding races? The kind of magitechbology that hasn’t really been seen since the Allags? Yeah I’m pretty sure an Ascian taught the Garleans the secrets of magitek development. The Garlean Empire has certainly caused a lot of pain, chaos, death and suffering-exactly what the Ascians seem to want. *Chuckle* One day I suppose I’ll see how right or wrong my theories are.

[@KibblesDoesStuff]

Just found you, instantly subscribed. Keep up the good lore work

[@SynodicScribe]

I'll do my best!

[@gradientforce761]

great work as always professor, hope to see a video on the viera soon

[@dolomitilino9015]

Understandable, see you back in a few months

[@jirooflamia6719]

Yooo, thank you for doing this!

[@RhadaGhast100]

THis video was super informative, I've been roleplaying as a Garlean in both in-game and in tabletop for awhile now. I didn't even know there was numbered years, What year is it as of FFXIV Realm Reborn? or Endwalker for that matter?

[@SynodicScribe]

uhhhhhhhhh, dunno. We're currently in a time bubble sooooo all I can accurately say is that we're at the beginning of the Seventh Astral era.

[@jonathangarrett8394]

@@SynodicScribe I know a race in another game universe who's pros and cons are equivalent to the garleans pros and cons of final fantasy xiv

[@SirPreyas]

Thank you for the vid!

[@Leonzf]

Thank you for the lore. I'm looking forward to other topics.

[@SynodicScribe]

You're very welcome!

[@kfk4441]

The end and good bye of this story almost remembered me of night vale style goodbye

[@baronvonboomboom4349]

Hi, recently found your channel and am loving the content. Any plans to analyze the grand companies and how their outfits represent their cities and guilds?

[@SynodicScribe]

Well I did cover the origins and history of the Maelstrom in my Limsa Lominsa series! I'll cover the other grand companies when I do the other City-States

[@huntress420]

I must say- you need more subscribers. Anyway- your videos got me thinking about an old question i brought up with my FC. Emotions and how they interact/react/cause reactions- with Aether. Bard/Dancer/Paladin/Dark-knight these 4 classes seem to involve alot of emotion, either of the caster or those around the caster to manipulate magic. Bards and their magic raise the Moral of those around them. Dancers do the same as bard but with their movements. - We learn from both questlines that Moral isnt just Moral, but it can directly Effect ones Aether- sometimes even cause people to literally dance themselves to death. Paladin and Dark-knight both ignite their Aether with their emotions. Be it a strong sense of justice, or unwavering willpower. I hope you make a video on this someday. Even if its just a theory video.

[@SynodicScribe]

You're right. Aether is woven into everything on some level. So it makes sense that emotions can interact with and stimulate aether. A bard projects their aether outward in song, a Dancer uses their body as a medium for the same thing. Thanks to aether, all sorts of things are possible. Which is why it's so dangerous when the land or people run out of it.

[@huntress420]

*Nod nod* Though what does this mean for warrior. Even among the emotional side of Aether, warrior is quite strange. The Inner beast seems more like an affliction turned boon, but as we see its an affliction that can take root inside anyone. I look forward to your future videos.

[@SynodicScribe]

@@huntress420 You wont have to wait to long since it looks like people want me to cover Warrior next.

[@gigamear]

No magic explains why they aren't playable. I wonder if a future event will change that and open them up as player choices someday.

[@granmastersword]

Well, we have seen that the only way a pure blooded Garlean could employ magick is by forming a blood pact and becoming a Reaper, or if very lucky get a resonant: an imitation of the Echo by imprinting the aetheric structure of one who possesses it onto them

[@Hejapanable]

You should make a playlist with ALL your lore videos. I like to listen to you when I go to sleep but the shorter playlists are too short and I basically know all the job videos by heart now lol

[@SynodicScribe]

I'll try putting that together. Nice to know I help someone get to sleep. haha

[@Hejapanable]

@@SynodicScribe don't worry I like to watch your videos when I'm not trying to sleep too 😉

[@VeronwDS]

Hmm, question - during the Ivalice raids, its implied that the Garlean people originated from the Clockwork City of Gogh. Is there any indication as to -why- they abandoned their giant spire city, or really anything at all about it and the associated civilization? I'm curious if this place existed as a compatriot of the Allagan Empire or if it came after.

[@SynodicScribe]

Unfortunately we known next to nothing about that civilization so I can't confirm or deny anything for certain.

[@VeronwDS]

@@SynodicScribe Super unfortunate D; I keep hoping they'll do more with the ancient history in this game. There's just so much lore that we don't know!

[@Nick-gq7uy]

Great video man

[@SynodicScribe]

Thanks for watching!

[@americandemon7626]

I need more for my character story. Thannnkkksss lovubye

[@SynodicScribe]

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[@petrus9067]

I thought dalmasca was considered part of othard :o i mean, that appendage on ilsabard looks rather strange

[@SynodicScribe]

I'm just going based on what I've been reading from the text buddy. Unfortunately they've NEVER clearly marked the boarders of the three great continents. Othard is only ever brought up when places like Doma are mentioned. Either they seriously dropped the ball when describing the geography or are intentionally leaving it vague.

[@pforgottonsoul]

the sad part is that the garleans may not have became so tyrannical and militaristic if Emet-Selch hadn't taken over.

[@SynodicScribe]

Truth

[@historian252]

Nah if they got the opportunity to take control with Solus they would.

[@pforgottonsoul]

@@historian252 not necessarily at the very least not to the extent that he took it.

[@historian252]

@@pforgottonsoul Given the hatred they show non-Garleans. That feeling was around long before Solus came to power. If he didn't lead them into power then someone else would have.

[@pforgottonsoul]

@@historian252 to be fair that hatred is pretty justified given the shit they went through.

[@jedikitteh]

Your channel is soooo good

[@SynodicScribe]

D'awwww stop it you. x3

[@scelex]

Every video that sounds like really good [ love all vids btw. ] are w spoilers 😭😭

[@bluesrike]

As cliche as it is, my WoL's parents were killed because of the Calamity and if he had his way, he would have no problem Inflicting Bahamut-tier destruction on Garlemald. But then he met Cid, then Lucia and then Maxima. That's when he realized that the real problem was the Garlean Empire, not the Garlean people as a whole.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

As far as the reports of a Gaerlean using magic, would not Nael be considered among their number? Admittedly to say that it was their magic would perhaps be hyperbole, but Bahamut or not I would assume that they made use of some arcane arts during the events of Dalamund's fall.

[@SynodicScribe]

No. Nael was never among that number, like most Garleans she relied heavily on magitek. Any perceived magical powers she had during the campaign was actually Bahamut's influence coming through.

[@Tom-Pendragon]

always amazing.

[@SniperKing-O]

Glory be to Garlemad!

[@TheBestestKitty]

Keep up the good work.

[@anyroad5455]

Not sure if the lore was n this has been explained at all, but k owing what we know about the star and the ancients… how does the Garleans inability to use Aether fit into that?

[@XxSoraMifunexX]

3:50 Okay, it's a superstition. ... How accurate is the superstition, though? Just because it's a superstition, does not automatically mean it's wrong.

[@pforgottonsoul]

do you have any proof that it was right?

[@ghostpcab]

What i find funny about Garlemmald when playing ffx14 is they got gunship big big air ships tanks guns and yet keep losing to people with bows shield swords riding animal's

[@TheEmperorHyperion]

So pretty much Vietnam.

[@dianauwu1312]

Without Mages they'll only get so far. Magitek evens the odds, clearly. But still, everyone else is slinging spells, not shells.

[@LunaPPK]

well you know magic and all that shit

[@bogbody6128]

hardly need a gun when you can enchant one of those arrows with an omnipathogenic poison that eats through flesh and steel with equal voracity. like that's pretty damn good, the gun is actually trying to play catch-up here, i think

[@JamesW609]

@@bogbody6128 if you infuse that gun with magic it’s in all ways vastly superior to normal guns

[@shaneh6707]

Me, any time garleans go on about what happened to their ancestors "cool motive, still genocide." Like, what happened was absolutely awful (and lets be real, likely orchestrated by Emet anyway) but they've gone way too far. Can't wait to rid this star of the blight that is the Empire soon.

[@petrus9067]

I don't think we will get rid of them, but their nation is already collapsing. Gabranth's legion basically deserted to do their own thing, Valens was also crazy wanting the throne, gaius', nael's, regula's and zenos' legions are also in shatters. And their capital in ruins, and their colonies in revolution. The garleans will just have to own up to the wrongs they did, stop viewing the other races as savages, and considering how forgiving ff14 is with the villains there will probably be like an amistice and compromise, maybe limiting their uses of magitek and in turn letting the garleans live in better places. The main villain was always the ascians, and the final days would destroy anyone garlean or not. So it will be everyone against fandaniel, zenos and the telophoroi. That's just my thoughts tho

[@kingkage3423]

I’m very confused. Are Solus and Emet selch the same person or are they different? I was under the impression Emet selch was always alive even before the foundation of Garlemald. Considering his endless time doing the things he has. It just leaves me a bit confused..maybe he possessed the boy’s body from his birth. If someone could elaborate I’d appreciate it.

[@SynodicScribe]

They're the same person. The Garlean known as Solus was just ultimately just an identity for the Ascian Emet-Selch.

[@kingkage3423]

Hmm..so “with a birth of a child” that being Solus/Emet does that mean Emet was literally a child at the time? Or was that just his Ascian magic turning himself into a boy?

[@SynodicScribe]

@@kingkage3423 It's unclear. Did Emet-Selch posses Solus much like how Thancred was possessed? Did Solus fabricate his birth and place in Garlean society? We don't know for certain yet, and we may never know.

[@son0fgrim]

naw im never forgiving "in from the cold"

[@th0rne_999]

Does anyone know what that mask is called and how to obtain it? I don't think I've ever seen it.

[@SynodicScribe]

I assume you're inquiring about my mask/robes. It's the Qarn Cowl from the Sunken Temple of Qarn dungeon. Mages only unfortunately.

[@th0rne_999]

@@SynodicScribe Ah, it's tied to the robe. Thank you!

[@Samsonsamurai]

Soooo when can we play as Garleans? Garlean WoL let’s go

[@SynodicScribe]

Never, cause ya know, no magic and all. lol

[@Velisus]

Interesting thought, but one that may result in being incredibly underwhelmed.

[@maximalsilverlioness5633]

Is this gonna be on the test?

[@SynodicScribe]

You better believe it!

[@azeria1]

Literally has mald in its name imagine if they were garlecope or garleseeth

[@ovum]

It would've been more than enough to recapture Corvos back, but Emet-Selch had ideas. Bad ideas.

[@stevenwilson7255]

[@Axel247_]

No one told me this had spoilers

[@zeehero7280]

I thought Congenital refers to NON genetic conditions. literally what my doctor told me.

[@sneaky7615]

Finally I found the channel about FFXIV's lore but my man you need to work on video thumbnail.

[@SynodicScribe]

What would you suggest?

[@sneaky7615]

@@SynodicScribe I would suggest to do something with the white text box (Idk the giant white box just feel out of place) and I guess you could add more details to the background maybe make it look like an old paper to make it feel like an old history book. Apart from thumbnail I feel like you doing a great job please keep it up!!

[@Fantasygod930]

There's a Theory that the Guardians are a incomplete race and that's why they can't use Magic and they might have been created by the death of zodiac is this a theory I don't know it's true

[@SynodicScribe]

Never heard even a whisper of that. We'll prolly find out more in Endwalker!

[@doubleclick4132]

i love XIVs lore... unfortunately the writing style is so drawn out and droning that i always lose interest in the msq. every expansion i say to myself "THIS TIME for real. im not gonna skip cutscenes and fast forward through dialog" but....everything takes 10 damn minutes to explain. this isnt real life. good writing is brief. every single person i interact with for whatever reason has to tell me the story of their life. nothing is snappy in this game. i remember NPCs in snes,ps1 era rpgs would say a few lines, give you the gist and you move on. it makes you appreciate the dialog and the information rather than dreading it. but these guys do 20 minutes over a damn ham burger. everything is TMI. if they would just shorten all dialog by like 35% it would be perfect. you still get your point across in detail but you dont cross into excessive babbling territory i wish the writers would be just a little more succinct. cause i feel like im ALMOST able of sticking with it up until the last 30% (at which point im like "alright, enough is enough....SKIP!"