Hello, fine lurkers and lorehounds of RPC. How do you do?
I am working on hammering out the background of a grim Garlean alchemist, and as a freshlet in the great big world of Eorzean minutiae, I require your assistance with the details of one particular piece. I will provide a reward, like all quest givers ought to, in the form of thumbs up, my thanks, and 20k experience points. I am unfortunately fresh out of gil, because I lost a bet to a Lalafell.
Onwards!
I am looking for lore details regarding the Garlean takeover of Ala Mhigo, and the associated aftermath. Juicy little tidbits you might have discovered in NPC dialogue, perhaps; and while information from the perspective of the conquered is wonderful, it would be all the sweeter to hear any that discusses anything about how exactly Garlemald and her soldiers acted.
Here are some more specific questions:
Exactly how technologically advanced was Ala Mhigo? Do we have any idea? If the scuffle with Gridania and Friends had not happened before the Garleans marched in, how would Ala Mhigo have been able to measure up against Magitek? I'm sure we'll learn more about this come Stormblood, but I would like to know of any information we have access to already.
How powerful are we talking when we say the Monks were powerful warriors? What do they do? Could they have realistically been the Ala Mhigan answer to Magitek, if only Theodoric had not come to power and decimated their numbers? I have never leveled a monk so I have no idea, but I understand that the class is closely tied to Ala Mhigan lore, so if you've played through the story your information and perception are valuable!
Here's a total crapshoot, but I'm curious: Have we ever learned what the name and/or location of the Castrum that the Garleans launched their military assault from is? Any details about the attack itself?
If there isn't enough information to go around, perhaps I will have to content myself with waiting until Stormblood--but if there is anything at all, I would rather know it.
Thank you very much for your time and your brainthinks. Please leave the latter in the jar by the door, at your convenience. (It keeps the juices from getting on the carpet.)
I am working on hammering out the background of a grim Garlean alchemist, and as a freshlet in the great big world of Eorzean minutiae, I require your assistance with the details of one particular piece. I will provide a reward, like all quest givers ought to, in the form of thumbs up, my thanks, and 20k experience points. I am unfortunately fresh out of gil, because I lost a bet to a Lalafell.
Onwards!
I am looking for lore details regarding the Garlean takeover of Ala Mhigo, and the associated aftermath. Juicy little tidbits you might have discovered in NPC dialogue, perhaps; and while information from the perspective of the conquered is wonderful, it would be all the sweeter to hear any that discusses anything about how exactly Garlemald and her soldiers acted.
Here are some more specific questions:
Exactly how technologically advanced was Ala Mhigo? Do we have any idea? If the scuffle with Gridania and Friends had not happened before the Garleans marched in, how would Ala Mhigo have been able to measure up against Magitek? I'm sure we'll learn more about this come Stormblood, but I would like to know of any information we have access to already.
How powerful are we talking when we say the Monks were powerful warriors? What do they do? Could they have realistically been the Ala Mhigan answer to Magitek, if only Theodoric had not come to power and decimated their numbers? I have never leveled a monk so I have no idea, but I understand that the class is closely tied to Ala Mhigan lore, so if you've played through the story your information and perception are valuable!
Here's a total crapshoot, but I'm curious: Have we ever learned what the name and/or location of the Castrum that the Garleans launched their military assault from is? Any details about the attack itself?
If there isn't enough information to go around, perhaps I will have to content myself with waiting until Stormblood--but if there is anything at all, I would rather know it.
Thank you very much for your time and your brainthinks. Please leave the latter in the jar by the door, at your convenience. (It keeps the juices from getting on the carpet.)
