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FFXIV Lore Resources

Hey dudes! Lately I’ve been reaching out a bit to some FFXIV players who expressed interest in getting a hold of lore resources. I mentioned to them I’d  try to set up a post making the most helpful ones I’ve encountered readily available, and this?

It’s that post.

MIRKEMENAGERIE: Easily one of (if not the) most complete and comprehensive collections of lore I’ve encountered online. Includes quotes from NPCs in-game, Encyclopedia Eorzea I and II, item references, and more. The Twelve posts and location lore are some of my favorites but really all of this is fantastic. Very accessible.

HARMONEA: Has assembled a HUGE collection of lets plays on youtube that are organized and well-paced, showing everything from MSQ to Ascian-lore specifically to Job quests and beyond. This has been truly helpful whenever I want to check a reference but don’t necessarily have time to New Game + or check the Unending Journey in-game. It’s easy to jump around to find exactly the scenes you’re looking for, and compare moments from different points during the game.

GARLAND TOOLS DATABASE: Sometimes I need lore details from specific quests, that aren’t in cutscenes or easily found in a video. Garland Tools helps with tracking down quotes, character information, and much more. Also contains data around NPC designs. Doesn’t have cutscene quotes, but does have enough info to find what cutscenes you’ll likely need to watch. Whether on youtube or in the Unending Journey, it gets much easier spotting references.

TALES FROM THE CALAMITY, TALES FROM THE DRAGONSONG WAR, TALES FROM THE STORM, CHRONICLES OF LIGHT: THE HUNT BEGINS, TALES FROM THE SHADOWS, TALES FROM THE TWILIGHT: These are official FFXIV short stories associated with A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers respectively. The story from Chronicles of Light is also canon but insanely difficult to locate, contains details surrounding Zenos’s backstory and psychology. These absolutely carry lore details! You don’t need them to understand and enjoy the game, but they give added information and context.

ALL FINAL FANTASY XIV 1.X MAIN SCENARIO CUTSCENES: I have not gone through all of this yet but you can bet your ass I have it saved.

FINAL FANTASY XIV 1.X LETS PLAY: Likewise haven’t gone through all of this yet but if you want really detailed 1.0 lore info, this has it.

OZMA’S ASCIAN REFERENCE PILE: Contains both concrete known information, game data, and speculation by Ozma as a longstanding Ascian fan. 1.0 WHITE MAGE QUESTLINE: This isn’t 100% canon anymore, but I’m including it because it actually shows the Elementals in voiced roles and that is a huge deal. Worth noting this youtuber has other 1.0 videos documented too.

BOTANICA EORZEA: This contains all lore surrounding the plants of Eorzea, organized and accessible.

MINERICA EORZEA: Sent by @firecattebird, A fully searchable, organized, and accessible doc containing all the lore I could find in-game about the things we pull from mining nodes.

LODESTONE SONG LYRICS COMPILATION: There are often other places you can google around for official song lyrics and I usually use those, but if you want everything in one place this is your spot!

ETHYS ASHER: Has some really good coverage of the niche parts of Eorzea’s history and solid discussion/speculation surrounding various lore elements. I haven’t gotten to investigate deeply but did enjoy his coverage around Belah’dia and the Great Wyrms.

Lastly, while not lore related I do want to share a particularly fun resource with the people who might be peeking over.

EORZEA COLLECTION: A lot of players in FFXIV are  heavily invested in the design components of the game, and this is a hub for that. Whether you’re looking for something in the vein of Dark Souls, something outrageously silly, something cute, something majestic, etc. you can basically find all kinds of tones/experiments here. You can restrict what you see by job, race, gender, etc. and order according to recency or loves. It’s also somewhere you can see how gear looks with different characters, dyes, and combinations. Very organized and can be a useful resource for farming.

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The Divine Deck

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“It’s the Ascian show with our very special guest star, Hades! YAAAAAAYY!”

kermit selch

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Soken’s FanFest Announcement

The closing ceremonies of Final Fantasy XIV FanFest 2021 Masayoshi Soken announced he spent most of 2020 fighting cancer and working on music while most of the other devs did not know. He has Ishikawa in tears and shock and Yoshida couldn’t even speak for awhile because of his emotions, openly sobbing on stage.

The cancer is almost full remission, and he fought to be at FanFest and rocking out and playing with his friends.

All of our love and support for Soken. He did everything to keep himself busy and sane and to fight, and for the players.

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Character Feature: Reonora Aestethe 3-5 things per category that your character could be identified with.

EMOTIONS / FEELINGS

Generosity, kindness, selflessness, underlying sadness

GREETINGS

A bow, a smile and wave of her hand, "Good (time of day), (name). How are you doing today?"

COLORS

Lilac purple, lavender purple, snow white, soot black.

SCENTS

Flowers, perfume, morning dew on earth and grass

CLOTHING

Ballroom dresses, Victorian, ankle-length skirts, lace, Romani

OBJECTS

Her house, her mother's Welkin set, rose corsage (given to her by her best friend, Falerin Arcita), a one-of-a-kind deck of custom-made Lenormand cards that once belonged to her mother.

VICES & BAD HABITS

People-pleasing, secretly bitter and resentful, keeps her opinions to herself too much, puts others' needs before her own, slow to anger but when she does she falls under a violent rage.

BODY LANGUAGE

Hands clasped in front of her below her waist (like that one female hyur midlander /cpose), reserved and careful lady-like poise

AESTHETIC

Flowers, jewelery, conventionally cute things, bohemian

Tagged by: @theimperialnuisance (Thank you so much!)

Tagging: Anyone who wants to do this~

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Moroccan style

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As much as I’d like to participate in Lalapril, considering that Joey here is my main and flagship/staple/mascot character, I’m really burned out from MiqoMarch. Instead, I’ll just post one picture of him here. Good luck to all fellow lalafells participating! o/

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Made these for some journal related stuff. They’re two of my miqo’te people - Reonora Aestethe (left) and Teremy Itsubishi (right).

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Day 31 - Free Space Day

I just want to give a big shout-out to everyone who followed Reonora @aspected-benefic and Teremy at @sworn-unbeliever through MiqoMarch. Your support put a smile on my face every day throughout the challenge. I couldn’t be any more grateful. On behalf of myself and these two, thank you so much!

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Day 30 - Friend

Reonora had first met Falerin Arcita as a fellow free company mate. At Falerin's concerns to find a direction in life, Reonora offered to get his fortune told from a temple where she was raised. From there, they went through many adventures together - first with her helping him on his journey, then him helping Reonora with hers. Thanks to Falerin's encouragement, Reonora - who had vowed never to become selfish like the people who hurt her - learned to value herself, her own wants, and needs. She can safely say that she would not be where she is today without Falerin's influence.

(Falerin: @the-wardens-torch We have been best friends for a really long time, and I'm glad that we can have characters who are close friends as well. X3

You can also read our very little updated RP @bole-and-arrow ! Come to think of it, it's my turn to update for how long now? Ewps...)

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Outtake for the sea prompt. I just like how this pic came out.

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Day 29 - Favorite Color

Lilac purple~

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Day 28 - Sea

"A meal for two, big guy?"

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Day 27 - Stars

“Even amid the darkness, the stars are there to guide us.”

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Day 26 - Favorite Minion

Lesser Panda.