(10-25-2014, 02:36 AM)Ryoko Wrote:(10-25-2014, 02:30 AM)Phae Wrote:(10-25-2014, 02:24 AM)Ryoko Wrote:(10-25-2014, 02:07 AM)Phae Wrote: Can we keep real life hobbies or whatever you want to call them out of this and stick to the subject, being fictional lands in a game please? Lets try to keep this civil shall we?
On subject, the far east can be a wide majority of things, hell, wouldn't the Garlean Empire itself fit under this vague description? There is a lot more to the "far east" then Doma.
I wouldn't exactly call Garlemald "far" east. I mean, the only thing separating the Empire from the Black Shroud is a thin strip of land belonging to Xelphatol (which somehow we still know absolutely nothing about)
That is true, but until its charted, I would still consider it under that category. The way I see it, the far east would be everything outside of Eorzea. Meaning everything east after Xelphatol (Which we have no idea how big exactly is that strip of land) and Gyn Abinia.
Admittedly it's all semantics, but I'm bored and it's something to talk about, right? So my thought is that while Garlemald certainly owns some of the far east (Doma and such), the near-end of the Empire is more what I'd consider the middle east, i.e. Ala Mhigo.Â
But as you said, we have no idea what the true extent of the Empire is. For all we know, they could have territory west of us, too.
Map wise, you are probably right. From an Eorzean's perspective though, they'd probably think of it as the far east. Similar to lets say we lived on the west coast and anything after central land wasn't really charted to us. We'd consider it the far east as its eastern and unknown to us.
As for the extend of the Empire, that is as you say a gray area. Until we get some more charts outside of Eorzea (Or finish proper mapping of Eorzea for that matter) its more or less pure guesswork.
However, that is kinda the beauty of it, people get too caught up in whats safe to dare poke at the unknown a little. While it true we know little of those lands, it doesn't mean you can't incorporate the hints given into your character, just have to set it up carefully to allow new lore as it comes and good enough knowledge/reasons if the subject comes up IC. So you don't back yourself into a wall.
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