(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.
There is, actually, lore on this.
In XIV lore, the term "Far East" specifically refers to the Great Continent Othard. While the term "Near East" specifically refers to the island nation of Thavnair in the Jade Sea. It's not a general directional term, it refers to a specific place.
Garlemald, the home nation of the Garlean Empire, lies in Ilsabard, the northern Great Continent. Lore also tells us that the Empire controls all of Ilsabard and most all of Othard with only a scant few rebellious city-states being the exception. As far as Aldenard is concerned, Garlemald's territory extends only into Gyr Abania, a region of Eorzea once belonging to the Ala Mhigans. There they built a giant wall around the city-state keeping all invaders out and all captives inside.
There is also enough lore to speculate that Garlemald also has a presence along the northern edge of Eorzea, along Abalathia's Spine to the former city-state of Sharlayan. This speculation arose after learning that Sharlayans abandoned the city-state shortly after the fall of Ala Mhigo for their northern island home (also called Sharlayan). We believe this is where Garlemald launched their attacks on Vylbrand from in 1.0, as the Garlean invasion force landed to the Northwest of O'Ghomoro and pushed south.
Also, there is enough lore to draw a fairly accurate world map of Hydaelyn. Especially after the Lore Panel confirmed continental drift theory being canon in Hydaelyn.
