(08-02-2013, 11:10 PM)Azthran Wrote: This is a very exciting idea and I think it wouldn't be too far of a stretch for them to be from Vana and I think that FFXI and FFXIV might take place in the same mythos/universe as each other just like how FFXII and the Tactics games are part of the same mythos/universe and I think FFXIII, FFXV, and... fack I think it's called Type-0. It was a psp game that only released in japan and I forget the name! Anyways I remember a while back when 13 was still being worked on that those 3 games were part of the same mythos/universe.There is WAAAAAAAY too much to suggest that they are merely from another continent, everything they mention in that writeup is directly from FFXI, and besides Garlemald is directly to the east of Eorzea, to the point that they are actually connected by a narrow land bridge, which means if the Mamool Ja were from another continent Garlemald would be the "Empire to the North" or the "Empire to the West" or maybe even south if there is anything further north than Garlemald. Nope, I'm 99.9% certain (leaving a very tiny amount of room for error) that the empire they are referring to is Aht Urhgan and the other world is Vana'diel. As far as the two worlds existing in the same universe, based on info we've been given ALL worlds in EVERY Final Fantasy game exists in the same universe, or at least multiverse. No, I think if anything it could be best said that Eorzea is a parallel universe of Vana'diel, but even that feels a bit like a stretch.
With that said I'd also like to explore another possibility! Could it be possible that the Mamool Ja are just from another part of Hydaelyn that maybe use different terminology? Eorzea to them could be like living on a completely different world. You also made mention of a Great Empire to the east. Now this could be reference to Aht Urhgan but it could also mean the Garlean Empire since the realm of Eorzea is found on Hydaelyn's western most continent along with islands. So that leaves 2 more great continents along with anything else that might be out there.
I still think it would be a little fantastic if the Mamool Ja actually did come from Vana though and that raises the question about the goblins and such.
I can't seem to find a source for the information, so it may not actually be true and they may just be a new Beastmen race added from FFXI, but not actually from Vana'diel, and the information provided was just a joke. I'll have to see if I can't find them when phase 4 begins and find out more info.