A lot happened to this thread since the OP, which was the last I read of it. I poped in and got pretty hung up over the line: I'm not expecting anything on the level of The Elder Scrolls here
And I was like... why not? The Elder Scrolls had some of the greatest flavor in any RPG. Why not aspire to that level of thoroughness? There were hundreds of publications each with their own unique flavor and spin on the world. Why not make something like that?Â
So, I grabbed a list of about 500 book titles, then set about modifying and reworking them in accordance with Eorzean lore, as a sort of 'pet project'. Some of them are blatantly ripped off, some not, though I'd prefer to think of them as loving tributes or clever references rather than 'rip offs' of any series, real or fake.
I tried to touch on a broad range of lore ranging from medical to mythical, hard lore and folktales, short stories, cultural tributes, weaving many different races, perspectives, and locations into the whole thing as possible. I especially tried to highlight little known or obscure lore, some background flavor for dungeons and enemies, and a few popular player theories (just because something is a book doesn't make it true!) There are a lot of points I didn't get around to addressing, and a lot of lore I simply do not know and am not aware of, so I didn't handle it.
What follows is a proposed list of titles and short summations of proposed content. I personally wash my hands of it and put this list out there to be perused, picked apart, altered, changed, or lambasted as the community sees fit. If you want to do anything with it at all, permission is yours to do what you will.Â
And I was like... why not? The Elder Scrolls had some of the greatest flavor in any RPG. Why not aspire to that level of thoroughness? There were hundreds of publications each with their own unique flavor and spin on the world. Why not make something like that?Â
So, I grabbed a list of about 500 book titles, then set about modifying and reworking them in accordance with Eorzean lore, as a sort of 'pet project'. Some of them are blatantly ripped off, some not, though I'd prefer to think of them as loving tributes or clever references rather than 'rip offs' of any series, real or fake.
I tried to touch on a broad range of lore ranging from medical to mythical, hard lore and folktales, short stories, cultural tributes, weaving many different races, perspectives, and locations into the whole thing as possible. I especially tried to highlight little known or obscure lore, some background flavor for dungeons and enemies, and a few popular player theories (just because something is a book doesn't make it true!) There are a lot of points I didn't get around to addressing, and a lot of lore I simply do not know and am not aware of, so I didn't handle it.
What follows is a proposed list of titles and short summations of proposed content. I personally wash my hands of it and put this list out there to be perused, picked apart, altered, changed, or lambasted as the community sees fit. If you want to do anything with it at all, permission is yours to do what you will.Â
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77 Titles16 Accords of Destruction
A series of weathered, archaic teachings passed down from the now extinct order known as the Fists of Rhalgr detailing the Ala Mhigan's god and virtues to be taken from their patron deity.
36 Lessons of The Spinner
A book for priests and priestess of Nymeia to defer to consulting the movement of astral bodies and the divining of futures.
A Children's Aetherial
A simplified instruction manual detailing the many functions and uses for aether in day to day life.
A Dance in Mor Dhona
A first hand account of The Battle of Silvertear Skies from the perspective of a Garlean soldier.
A Dream of Hydaelyn
An infamous account written by an adventurer on his dreams of the Mothercrystal.
A Dinner at Haukke Manor
A book about the questionable hospitality of the manor’s new owner, Lady Amandine and the truly excessive lengths she goes through to maintain her beauty, leading the author to speculate to what ends she would go for vanity's sake.
A Gentleman's Guide to Ul'dah
A pocketbook denoting the many shops and attractions in Ul'dah befitting a good, god-fearing gentleman.
A Primal Primer
The definitive collection on what the civilized races know of the Primal threat.
An Adventurer's Guide to Vylbrand
A brief overview of some cities for tourists to visit on the isle.
An Atlas of Beasts
A pocket sized field guide/bestiary on the wildlife of Eorzea
A'hirz: A Tribal Primer—Part A
One of the few books on the strange tribal cat-like people from distant shores. It consists of an interview with what the author surmises is the leader of the tribe called 'Ah'. The Miqo'te mostly talks in nonsensical and barely discernible speech patterns. There's little to any real information and is mostly cited as an archaic and comical miscomunication between races.
Aether: Primals and the Twelve
A brief summary of the similarities and differences between both. Could be considered mildly heretical
Aether Restored
A treatise on the nature of aether and how it has changed following the Battle of Silvertear Skies.
Airships: Stealing the Skies
Origin of the airship as taken from Ixali dirigibles, how it was co-opted and improved upon by humans, culminating in the advent of the advanced Garlean warships.
Amongst the Duskwights
A study of the Duskwight culture,history, and unique customs they have developed as part of cutting themselves off from the rest of Eorzea.
Annals of the Sultansworn
Memoirs written by a member of the Sultansworn and reflections on what it means to be a Paladin.
Antecedents of Hellsguard Law
By Worthy Eagle. A comprehensive compendium on the historical culture of the mountain dwelling Roegadyn, acting as a bridge between the imposing appearance of the people and their rich history and traditions that the uninitiated or ignorant may not expect of them.
The Affairs of Thaumaturges
A tell-all guide by an anonymous author into the intricacies and inner workings of the Thaumaturge's guild, outlining the alliances and collaborations usually kept secret by the order of undertakers.
The Ancestors and the Elezen
A theoretical history of the fairfolk,likening them to a similar origin as the Hyur
The Alchemists Maxim
By Eurig Miller. A composite of simplistic alchemical formulas any alchemist should know.
(I've actually penned a few entries for this, as per my own interest with both flavor and practical info)
The Amalj'aa Account
A harrowing series of tales told by an adventurer about his harrowing exploits into the heart of the lizardmen stronghold of Zahar'ak. It touches on the strange and savage beastmen and opens up a new understanding of their nature and their primal god.
The Art of War-Magic
By Surun Turun, a Lalafellin Black Mage of notable ability. Literally wrote the book on flash frying foes.
The Autumn War
Historical record of the Ala Mhigan conflict with Gridania and her allies during the Sixth Astral Era.
Blackjaw: A Tragedy
A newly commissioned play set in Ul'dah, in which a pair of young Lalafell lovers from different social classes plan to elope to the distant sunny shores of Costa del Sol. As they are fleeing across the desert by night they stumble across an Amalj'aa encampment where the most notorious of all the lizardmen, Blackjaw Radegg Chuh, and his marauders are stationed. To save his bride-to-be the young street rat sacrificed himself that she might live. Devastated by the loss of her love she breaks down and is taken in by a refugee camp, to work the rest of her life, alone with neither her love nor her wealth to comfort her.
Axe to Grind: A Hellgaurd's Tale
A tale about the legendary Hellguard Warrior 'Burning Axe' and his unique manner of fighting which went on to influence generations of Roegadyn fighters.
Before The Age of the Adder
A brief history on the bloody conflicts between Elezen and Hyur before the founding of Gridania and the Order of the Twin Adder, which united them.
Biography of Bu Ze
The story of a Kobold ambassador, who was the first to bargain with the men of Limsa Lominsa and give up the Kobold secrets of metal smithing.
Breathing Stone
A well known fictional novel in Thanlaan penned by a former miner which describes the horrific conditions in which the unskilled must labor for little pay. The main character of the novel slowly succumbs to a preventable type of lung rot from working deep underground with no air. The publication of this book, its popularity, and subsequent public outrage is what drove the fight for safer working conditions, though it's debatable if anything has truly improved.
Brief History of the Eorzea
Several weighty volumes detailing Eorzea's elaborate history through the many eras.
Brotherhood of the Dark Sail
A fictional novel by a sailor about a band of pirates which terrorized the seas following the Calamity. It takes a very sympathetic look to the outlaw way of life and details the sorts of codes they lived by. Some of the books details border dangerously on the 'How to' for piracy, and thus, its possession inside the city of Limsa Lominsa is probable cause for investigation and/or incarceration.
The Bull of Ala Mihgo
A brief history of Raubahn Aldynn, the Highlander Gladiator that fought his way to the top, into the heart of the Syndicate, and straight to the side of the Sultana herself
C'hansir's Folly
The short story of a legendary Miqo'te thief and her fatal mistake when robbing a royal's tomb.
Carwyn's Heart
A novella by a Hyur lad written as a catalog of his many heroic deeds, attributing them all for his love of his country and her people.
Children of the Elements
A look into the strange birth of the Padjal, detailing how bizarrely different they are than the very race which bore them and speculates on their mythical nature.
Chronicles Of Issom-Har
A documentation of the cultural relics and tales of Duskwight clans that have since vanished from Eorzea.
Confessions of an Elezen Somnus Eater
By Thomant Dequinoix. Autobiography of a Wildwood Elezen and his struggles with an addiction to the dreaded and dangerous drug known to make imbibers fall into a deep sleep forever.
Of Chemistry
The forerunner of 'The Alchemist Maxim' it details much less effective means to crafting medicine with far more esoteric terminology. The mythical, 'witchcraft' outlined in this book helped in breeding the the stereotype of alchemy as a hexer's pseudoscience.
Daughter Of The Navigator
A biography of Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn and the prosperity her order has brought to Limsa Lominsa
Death Blow Of Attazul the Heir
A poem about a fierce Ixal captain who in his attempt to reclaim the Twelveswood waged a tireless war against the God's Quiver. His subsequent death was by but a single arrow fired from the bow of a Hyur recruit.
Death is a Wanderer
A tenant of unique funeral rites practiced by some followers of Oschon, the Wanderer. It demands they not be interred in the ground forever, but burnt and scattered, that they their essence might yet be free to travel to places unknown.
Driven to Acquisition: Quirin and Coins
A study of the rat-like beastmen and their obsession with hoarding gil. The author makes several hypothesis to the reasoning and attempts to 'cure' the obsessive behavior through various, speculative means.
Duty of the Faerie Maiden
A Hyuran retelling of a Sylph folk-tale involving the good-natured mischief of a beautiful lass in her attempts to lighten the hearts of her people.
The Dark Sail
A legendary tale of the fearsome Pirate King, Blanceig Aerstnebbsyn
On Exile
...the title reads in finely printed, correctly spelled letters. What follows is a subtitle of 'Why Ul'Dah is meanie pants makes Shinygive go away'. A first hand account of Ul'dah's expulsion of all the 'beast' races from the perspective of the Goblin Merchant Deemix Shinygive. Despite the apparent care that went into the title, the rest of the goblin's awful syntax is preserved in the book.
On Harvesting
By Fufucha. The must have manual on how to properly find and gather all of Eorzea's lush vegetation.
Herbalist's Guide to The Shroud
Herbalist's Guide to Thanlaan
Herbalist's Guide to La Noscea
A series of books detailing the many types of herbs and their practical uses, sorted by geography.
Hexer's Guide to Herbs
A book published in retaliation to the Herbalist's guide, offering questionable esoteric uses for herbs.
The Horrors of Toto-Rak
A short story about life in the Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak when it was still an active prison, from the perspective of a prisoner slowly losing his grip on sanity as the prison fungi eat away his brain.
The Howling Earth
From one of the few survivors of the incident at Cutter's Cry, in which the Darklight Raiders went in, and never made it out. In great and grizzly detail he recounts the visage of the chimera bathed in the gore of his comrades. How its eyes fell upon him and bid him flee... that he may warn others never to trespass in that hall of stolen sand ever again...
In Good Companies: The Protectors of Eorzea
A brief synopsis of the Grand Companies, their founding, notable achievements, and legendary members.
The Incident at Quarn
An academic paper on the recently discovered sunken temple and proposed theories as to its rise, usage, and fall.
Interred: The Legacy of the Tam-Tara Deepcroft
A recount of the historic Deepcroft and a list of the wealthy and notable families as well as the powerful individuals which reside there.
Invocation of Garuda
A heretical text coming from as far back as the First Umbral Era of Wind, which attributes Garuda as the founder of the age of men and is such their rightful god. Copies of the book are seized and burned upon discovery by any and all authorities, making it rare and valuable book.
Jajalupo and the Warden Stone
A Dunefolk fairy tale about a young Lalafell's journey to claim the gifts of the Goddess.
King of Ruin
Historical documentation of the tyrant Theoderic's reign in Ala Mihgo, the revolt, his fall, and the fall of the nation.
The Lominsian Way
A fanciful telling of Lominsian cultural traditions and their origins, dating back to Sea Wolf customs and pirate superstitions.
The Maelstrom Report on Sastasha
Some history of the once notable pirate hide-out, how it fell from grace, and report of it now as little more than a courel's whelping den with no reason to believe it is anything else.
Midgardsormr, King of Dragons
An oft forgot religious tale that says when the gods of magic and fate came to be so did the lord of all serpents, whom they charged with the duty of guarding the font of magic from which they came. When man first looked upon him they worshiped him as a deity, and the dragons of Dravania knew him as their king.
Myths Of Menphina
A collection of somewhat salacious tales featuring the Lover and subjects of her dominion. A staple for the libraries of all Keepers of the Moon.
Nald'thal, Our Enemy
A book written by would be usurpers of the underworld containing forbidden knowledge stolen from the Necrologos. Details heinous acts to defile bodies and break the unalienable laws of death.
Physicalities of Beastmen
A racist essay masquerading as medical fact, noting the 'deformities' and 'inferior traits' of the beast tribes, both friendly and not. Cited often in manners of discriminating against bestfolk merchants.
Pirates of the Rhotano
A romantic bit of historical fiction detailing the adventures of the stylish and uncatchable Captain Black Marrow. Though the characters are very idealized, the stories are ground in real pirate tales.
Reality and its Falsification: An Introductory Guide to the Arcane
A basic introduction and history on the study and manipulation of reality with Arcane Geometry.
Renown to Ruin, the Fall of Halatali
The sad and detailed history of the labyrinthine caves as a place of holiness, and then of great battles and wondrous beasts which gladiators dueled tooth and nail. How it all fell out of favor in the age that followed the Calamity, and the accusations that its keepers left those trapped inside to perish.
The Spirit and The Primal
Informative view into the nature of the Primals from the perspective of an accomplished Summoner
Saving (Your) Face: Stave Etiquettefor the Uninitiated
A somewhat comical 'How-To' Guide for using a caster's stave as an improvisational melee weapon in times of low mana.
Songs of the Pirate King
A collected and published book of shanties and songs sung by the pirate folk of Limsa Lominsa in her many bars and seedy hang-abouts.
Spoken Blood
A study on the properties of blood,comparing and contrasting the valuable but questionable use of the blood of fellow sentient races as a medical, alchemical catalyst.
Sylphfolk
A study of the non-aggressive beastmen known as the Sylph and the strange, and at time strenuous, peace they share with Gridania. Details their customs such as dancing as a form of greeting, appropriate gifts and gift-giving situations, and their habits of mischief and pranking.
Thaliak and the Box
A religious folk-tale about the patron of Scholars, which playfully and cryptically challenges the listener to expand their understanding of even the most basic of principals.
Triumphs and Regrets
A Roegadyn mercenary's reflections on her many jobs and duties faced over the years. Details the hardships of the sellsword's life and the
Twelve and Worship
A study into the particulars of worship of the gods in Eorzea.
The Spear Of Ishgard
A published version of the tale well known of the first Dragoon, Haldrath, and how he blinded the dragon Niddhog with his sire's spear.
The Thief’s Way
By Taka Jabal. A controversial book about the lost art of the con man, the pick pocket, the lockpicker, and general silver-tounged rouge-ery, straight from the experience of a well known Keeper thief.
The Lusty Amalj'aa Maid
Haha, just kidding. This is a terrible idea. Nobody write this.
Please dear god nobody write this.
A series of weathered, archaic teachings passed down from the now extinct order known as the Fists of Rhalgr detailing the Ala Mhigan's god and virtues to be taken from their patron deity.
36 Lessons of The Spinner
A book for priests and priestess of Nymeia to defer to consulting the movement of astral bodies and the divining of futures.
A Children's Aetherial
A simplified instruction manual detailing the many functions and uses for aether in day to day life.
A Dance in Mor Dhona
A first hand account of The Battle of Silvertear Skies from the perspective of a Garlean soldier.
A Dream of Hydaelyn
An infamous account written by an adventurer on his dreams of the Mothercrystal.
A Dinner at Haukke Manor
A book about the questionable hospitality of the manor’s new owner, Lady Amandine and the truly excessive lengths she goes through to maintain her beauty, leading the author to speculate to what ends she would go for vanity's sake.
A Gentleman's Guide to Ul'dah
A pocketbook denoting the many shops and attractions in Ul'dah befitting a good, god-fearing gentleman.
A Primal Primer
The definitive collection on what the civilized races know of the Primal threat.
An Adventurer's Guide to Vylbrand
A brief overview of some cities for tourists to visit on the isle.
An Atlas of Beasts
A pocket sized field guide/bestiary on the wildlife of Eorzea
A'hirz: A Tribal Primer—Part A
One of the few books on the strange tribal cat-like people from distant shores. It consists of an interview with what the author surmises is the leader of the tribe called 'Ah'. The Miqo'te mostly talks in nonsensical and barely discernible speech patterns. There's little to any real information and is mostly cited as an archaic and comical miscomunication between races.
Aether: Primals and the Twelve
A brief summary of the similarities and differences between both. Could be considered mildly heretical
Aether Restored
A treatise on the nature of aether and how it has changed following the Battle of Silvertear Skies.
Airships: Stealing the Skies
Origin of the airship as taken from Ixali dirigibles, how it was co-opted and improved upon by humans, culminating in the advent of the advanced Garlean warships.
Amongst the Duskwights
A study of the Duskwight culture,history, and unique customs they have developed as part of cutting themselves off from the rest of Eorzea.
Annals of the Sultansworn
Memoirs written by a member of the Sultansworn and reflections on what it means to be a Paladin.
Antecedents of Hellsguard Law
By Worthy Eagle. A comprehensive compendium on the historical culture of the mountain dwelling Roegadyn, acting as a bridge between the imposing appearance of the people and their rich history and traditions that the uninitiated or ignorant may not expect of them.
The Affairs of Thaumaturges
A tell-all guide by an anonymous author into the intricacies and inner workings of the Thaumaturge's guild, outlining the alliances and collaborations usually kept secret by the order of undertakers.
The Ancestors and the Elezen
A theoretical history of the fairfolk,likening them to a similar origin as the Hyur
The Alchemists Maxim
By Eurig Miller. A composite of simplistic alchemical formulas any alchemist should know.
(I've actually penned a few entries for this, as per my own interest with both flavor and practical info)
The Amalj'aa Account
A harrowing series of tales told by an adventurer about his harrowing exploits into the heart of the lizardmen stronghold of Zahar'ak. It touches on the strange and savage beastmen and opens up a new understanding of their nature and their primal god.
The Art of War-Magic
By Surun Turun, a Lalafellin Black Mage of notable ability. Literally wrote the book on flash frying foes.
The Autumn War
Historical record of the Ala Mhigan conflict with Gridania and her allies during the Sixth Astral Era.
Blackjaw: A Tragedy
A newly commissioned play set in Ul'dah, in which a pair of young Lalafell lovers from different social classes plan to elope to the distant sunny shores of Costa del Sol. As they are fleeing across the desert by night they stumble across an Amalj'aa encampment where the most notorious of all the lizardmen, Blackjaw Radegg Chuh, and his marauders are stationed. To save his bride-to-be the young street rat sacrificed himself that she might live. Devastated by the loss of her love she breaks down and is taken in by a refugee camp, to work the rest of her life, alone with neither her love nor her wealth to comfort her.
Axe to Grind: A Hellgaurd's Tale
A tale about the legendary Hellguard Warrior 'Burning Axe' and his unique manner of fighting which went on to influence generations of Roegadyn fighters.
Before The Age of the Adder
A brief history on the bloody conflicts between Elezen and Hyur before the founding of Gridania and the Order of the Twin Adder, which united them.
Biography of Bu Ze
The story of a Kobold ambassador, who was the first to bargain with the men of Limsa Lominsa and give up the Kobold secrets of metal smithing.
Breathing Stone
A well known fictional novel in Thanlaan penned by a former miner which describes the horrific conditions in which the unskilled must labor for little pay. The main character of the novel slowly succumbs to a preventable type of lung rot from working deep underground with no air. The publication of this book, its popularity, and subsequent public outrage is what drove the fight for safer working conditions, though it's debatable if anything has truly improved.
Brief History of the Eorzea
Several weighty volumes detailing Eorzea's elaborate history through the many eras.
Brotherhood of the Dark Sail
A fictional novel by a sailor about a band of pirates which terrorized the seas following the Calamity. It takes a very sympathetic look to the outlaw way of life and details the sorts of codes they lived by. Some of the books details border dangerously on the 'How to' for piracy, and thus, its possession inside the city of Limsa Lominsa is probable cause for investigation and/or incarceration.
The Bull of Ala Mihgo
A brief history of Raubahn Aldynn, the Highlander Gladiator that fought his way to the top, into the heart of the Syndicate, and straight to the side of the Sultana herself
C'hansir's Folly
The short story of a legendary Miqo'te thief and her fatal mistake when robbing a royal's tomb.
Carwyn's Heart
A novella by a Hyur lad written as a catalog of his many heroic deeds, attributing them all for his love of his country and her people.
Children of the Elements
A look into the strange birth of the Padjal, detailing how bizarrely different they are than the very race which bore them and speculates on their mythical nature.
Chronicles Of Issom-Har
A documentation of the cultural relics and tales of Duskwight clans that have since vanished from Eorzea.
Confessions of an Elezen Somnus Eater
By Thomant Dequinoix. Autobiography of a Wildwood Elezen and his struggles with an addiction to the dreaded and dangerous drug known to make imbibers fall into a deep sleep forever.
Of Chemistry
The forerunner of 'The Alchemist Maxim' it details much less effective means to crafting medicine with far more esoteric terminology. The mythical, 'witchcraft' outlined in this book helped in breeding the the stereotype of alchemy as a hexer's pseudoscience.
Daughter Of The Navigator
A biography of Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn and the prosperity her order has brought to Limsa Lominsa
Death Blow Of Attazul the Heir
A poem about a fierce Ixal captain who in his attempt to reclaim the Twelveswood waged a tireless war against the God's Quiver. His subsequent death was by but a single arrow fired from the bow of a Hyur recruit.
Death is a Wanderer
A tenant of unique funeral rites practiced by some followers of Oschon, the Wanderer. It demands they not be interred in the ground forever, but burnt and scattered, that they their essence might yet be free to travel to places unknown.
Driven to Acquisition: Quirin and Coins
A study of the rat-like beastmen and their obsession with hoarding gil. The author makes several hypothesis to the reasoning and attempts to 'cure' the obsessive behavior through various, speculative means.
Duty of the Faerie Maiden
A Hyuran retelling of a Sylph folk-tale involving the good-natured mischief of a beautiful lass in her attempts to lighten the hearts of her people.
The Dark Sail
A legendary tale of the fearsome Pirate King, Blanceig Aerstnebbsyn
On Exile
...the title reads in finely printed, correctly spelled letters. What follows is a subtitle of 'Why Ul'Dah is meanie pants makes Shinygive go away'. A first hand account of Ul'dah's expulsion of all the 'beast' races from the perspective of the Goblin Merchant Deemix Shinygive. Despite the apparent care that went into the title, the rest of the goblin's awful syntax is preserved in the book.
On Harvesting
By Fufucha. The must have manual on how to properly find and gather all of Eorzea's lush vegetation.
Herbalist's Guide to The Shroud
Herbalist's Guide to Thanlaan
Herbalist's Guide to La Noscea
A series of books detailing the many types of herbs and their practical uses, sorted by geography.
Hexer's Guide to Herbs
A book published in retaliation to the Herbalist's guide, offering questionable esoteric uses for herbs.
The Horrors of Toto-Rak
A short story about life in the Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak when it was still an active prison, from the perspective of a prisoner slowly losing his grip on sanity as the prison fungi eat away his brain.
The Howling Earth
From one of the few survivors of the incident at Cutter's Cry, in which the Darklight Raiders went in, and never made it out. In great and grizzly detail he recounts the visage of the chimera bathed in the gore of his comrades. How its eyes fell upon him and bid him flee... that he may warn others never to trespass in that hall of stolen sand ever again...
In Good Companies: The Protectors of Eorzea
A brief synopsis of the Grand Companies, their founding, notable achievements, and legendary members.
The Incident at Quarn
An academic paper on the recently discovered sunken temple and proposed theories as to its rise, usage, and fall.
Interred: The Legacy of the Tam-Tara Deepcroft
A recount of the historic Deepcroft and a list of the wealthy and notable families as well as the powerful individuals which reside there.
Invocation of Garuda
A heretical text coming from as far back as the First Umbral Era of Wind, which attributes Garuda as the founder of the age of men and is such their rightful god. Copies of the book are seized and burned upon discovery by any and all authorities, making it rare and valuable book.
Jajalupo and the Warden Stone
A Dunefolk fairy tale about a young Lalafell's journey to claim the gifts of the Goddess.
King of Ruin
Historical documentation of the tyrant Theoderic's reign in Ala Mihgo, the revolt, his fall, and the fall of the nation.
The Lominsian Way
A fanciful telling of Lominsian cultural traditions and their origins, dating back to Sea Wolf customs and pirate superstitions.
The Maelstrom Report on Sastasha
Some history of the once notable pirate hide-out, how it fell from grace, and report of it now as little more than a courel's whelping den with no reason to believe it is anything else.
Midgardsormr, King of Dragons
An oft forgot religious tale that says when the gods of magic and fate came to be so did the lord of all serpents, whom they charged with the duty of guarding the font of magic from which they came. When man first looked upon him they worshiped him as a deity, and the dragons of Dravania knew him as their king.
Myths Of Menphina
A collection of somewhat salacious tales featuring the Lover and subjects of her dominion. A staple for the libraries of all Keepers of the Moon.
Nald'thal, Our Enemy
A book written by would be usurpers of the underworld containing forbidden knowledge stolen from the Necrologos. Details heinous acts to defile bodies and break the unalienable laws of death.
Physicalities of Beastmen
A racist essay masquerading as medical fact, noting the 'deformities' and 'inferior traits' of the beast tribes, both friendly and not. Cited often in manners of discriminating against bestfolk merchants.
Pirates of the Rhotano
A romantic bit of historical fiction detailing the adventures of the stylish and uncatchable Captain Black Marrow. Though the characters are very idealized, the stories are ground in real pirate tales.
Reality and its Falsification: An Introductory Guide to the Arcane
A basic introduction and history on the study and manipulation of reality with Arcane Geometry.
Renown to Ruin, the Fall of Halatali
The sad and detailed history of the labyrinthine caves as a place of holiness, and then of great battles and wondrous beasts which gladiators dueled tooth and nail. How it all fell out of favor in the age that followed the Calamity, and the accusations that its keepers left those trapped inside to perish.
The Spirit and The Primal
Informative view into the nature of the Primals from the perspective of an accomplished Summoner
Saving (Your) Face: Stave Etiquettefor the Uninitiated
A somewhat comical 'How-To' Guide for using a caster's stave as an improvisational melee weapon in times of low mana.
Songs of the Pirate King
A collected and published book of shanties and songs sung by the pirate folk of Limsa Lominsa in her many bars and seedy hang-abouts.
Spoken Blood
A study on the properties of blood,comparing and contrasting the valuable but questionable use of the blood of fellow sentient races as a medical, alchemical catalyst.
Sylphfolk
A study of the non-aggressive beastmen known as the Sylph and the strange, and at time strenuous, peace they share with Gridania. Details their customs such as dancing as a form of greeting, appropriate gifts and gift-giving situations, and their habits of mischief and pranking.
Thaliak and the Box
A religious folk-tale about the patron of Scholars, which playfully and cryptically challenges the listener to expand their understanding of even the most basic of principals.
Triumphs and Regrets
A Roegadyn mercenary's reflections on her many jobs and duties faced over the years. Details the hardships of the sellsword's life and the
Twelve and Worship
A study into the particulars of worship of the gods in Eorzea.
The Spear Of Ishgard
A published version of the tale well known of the first Dragoon, Haldrath, and how he blinded the dragon Niddhog with his sire's spear.
The Thief’s Way
By Taka Jabal. A controversial book about the lost art of the con man, the pick pocket, the lockpicker, and general silver-tounged rouge-ery, straight from the experience of a well known Keeper thief.
The Lusty Amalj'aa Maid
Haha, just kidding. This is a terrible idea. Nobody write this.
Please dear god nobody write this.
