(03-12-2015, 07:28 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: Warning: Wild speculation
I was under the impression there are only 12?11?13? Ascians. They're ageless, malevolent beings. They're nigh-unkillable unless you have the balls to state you're Minfillia's BFF and the MSQ main character. They're also completely undetectable to anyone without the Echo (and sometimes even if you see them, you can't understand them anyway!)
I don't trust Strawman Joe Roleplayer to be able to do them justice. Better to just avoid it. You'd have to be ultra mega special to even warrant their attention - They're currently a bit busy plotting against the Actual Main Character of FFXIV so it would take an incredible amount of ego to even suggest anyone would be on their level.
I've heard of this number too, but after seeing the cutscene from where the "information" is pulled from, I'm really skeptical. There is no indisputable evidence that says Ascians are completely off limits due to there being a limited number of them. I believe it is more likely that they have a hierarchy, like Hyrist mentioned. That is still speculation as well but that's the way of it with the lore of this game it seems. A great deal of it is just speculation from the RPers' point of view.
Outside of the number, they seem like standard villain faire for a fantasy world, to me. Not something conceivable for the person RPing a farmer refugree from Thanalan but if you roleplay as a fantasy hero I don't see it as anymore out of reach than many of the other magical and mysterious stories that often take place.
