(07-06-2015, 07:33 PM)Melkire Wrote:(07-06-2015, 07:29 PM)Tiergan Wrote: Hrm - sounds like it wasn't a recent thing though - that makes me wonder when the Garleans swept in and how it messed things up for the Xaela.
Unless maybe the Garleans *just* started stomping through Xaela areas after tackling the big nation-states?
SE, why u no clarify. ;A;
If you recall the lore tidbit from The Great Gubal Library that features Garlean Naming Conventions (I assume you haven't reached this far in the MSQ yet, but I'm sure you've likely seen the screencaps), the Garlean Empire isn't older than six decades or so at most. Exactly when they finished conquering Othard, I'm not sure is ever specified (though I recall some mention of it somewhere in the MSQ, again from Alphinaud) but the length of their dominion over Othard is somewhere in that timeframe.
*turns up the Sounsyy signal to MAXIMUM BRIGHTNESS*
Though, there are references of 'Pre Imperial' things in the game.
If it is indeed based on Rome, the Garlean nation was possibly around for hundreds of years as a republic or kingship until the first Emperor took power. Their conquests could have been going on slowly for centuries.
