1) The job has only recently been reintroduced into Eorzea, so there's no formal apparatus for forcing a scholar to work for anyone in particular. Your scholar can work for anyone he or she chooses, or no one at all. Also, I may be mistaken but I don't think you just learn scholar magic from the fairy, I think it's tied to the fairies. I think.
2) If anything I think that having Oschon as their patron would make them particularly open to traveling sorts like outsiders and adventurers. But that's conjecture on my part. It just makes sense to me.
3) That is one of the meanings of "adloquium," yes. I think you can play the Galvanize effect however you wish to. The two together make sense from a magical perspective (speaking magic to and thus galvanizing as in steel).
4) Nym was under attack all the time from mainlanders from Aldenard. They may very well have fought the main parties of the War of Magic (the White Mages and Black Mages) as Nym existed in the Fifth Astral Era which led directly into the Sixth Umbral Era.
5) I also believe that the forces of the Floating City are implied to be small, meaning I don't think they were doing much invading. As to how friendly they were, that's anyone's guess. Doctors can be crap people too. I'd say that personality depended more on the individual than the society as a whole. It's implied that their city floated for defensive purposes, so I think they were more protectionist than imperial/colonial as a whole.
My 2 gil. Someone with clearer citations or screenshots will probably be of more help.
2) If anything I think that having Oschon as their patron would make them particularly open to traveling sorts like outsiders and adventurers. But that's conjecture on my part. It just makes sense to me.
3) That is one of the meanings of "adloquium," yes. I think you can play the Galvanize effect however you wish to. The two together make sense from a magical perspective (speaking magic to and thus galvanizing as in steel).
4) Nym was under attack all the time from mainlanders from Aldenard. They may very well have fought the main parties of the War of Magic (the White Mages and Black Mages) as Nym existed in the Fifth Astral Era which led directly into the Sixth Umbral Era.
5) I also believe that the forces of the Floating City are implied to be small, meaning I don't think they were doing much invading. As to how friendly they were, that's anyone's guess. Doctors can be crap people too. I'd say that personality depended more on the individual than the society as a whole. It's implied that their city floated for defensive purposes, so I think they were more protectionist than imperial/colonial as a whole.
My 2 gil. Someone with clearer citations or screenshots will probably be of more help.