(07-06-2015, 07:38 PM)Natalie Mcbeef Wrote:(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? Â
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.
Below is a snippet of lore about the first Garlean Emporer, Solus Zos Galvus, although, this is from the 1.0 lore website, which is dead now. :<
Quote:Solus Zos Galvus, as inferred by the date of events in Final Fantasy XIV, was born in the year 1492 during the Sixth Astral Era. According to the official synopsis on the Final Fantasy XIV website, Solus Zos Galvus was born of a distinguished family in the then-small Garlemald Republic. He entered the army and, through repeated victories, rose to the rank of legatus and was instrumental in integrating Magitek into the Garlean military. After this, he transformed the Republic into a militaristic power, and with the support of the people he became a dictator-style ruler.
In the aftermath of his appointment, he conquered new territories, absorbing them into Garlemald. Solus then started an imperial regime, making himself Emperor of Garlemald. He is the main authority behind the Garlean Empire's attempted conquests of Eorzea, after Galvus saw his army badly damaged by attacks by the Primals during his campaigns in the eastern nations of Othard.
From the above, I don't think the Garleans were exactly trying to take control over other lands until after the dictatorship happened. Depending on their quality of life, it's even possible to speculate there are probably people who are old enough to have lived "before the Garlean Empire" who might be opposed to all the militaristic conquest.
