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(11-16-2015, 11:05 PM)Momo Wrote: "I am Shantotto, I have in my great power ad brilliance, made a gateway here to affect the world of Eorzea, causing the rise of a nation and consequently a Calamity. Â As well as creating one of the most powerful weapons in existence, and teaching ever greater forces to the mages of this world."
Not to really carry on this thread any longer as the OP has already long taken away her answer on the first page, but I wanted to address this - Shantotto (FFXI) and Shatotto (FFXIV) are not the same person. While Shatotto is an obvious reference to Shantotto, the latter is not responsible for the pioneering of the Mhachi's magical arts, the catalyst for the War of the Magi, or the eventual calamity resulting from it.
In Burgeoning Dread, Shantotto has never heard of "Eorzea" before. Also, her minion description confirms she's a Tarutaru, not a Lalafell.
Wind-up Shantotto Wrote:If it looks like a Lalafell, rhymes like a Lalafell, and alliterates like a Lalafell ,then it is probably a Lalafell... except when it is a wind-up Shantotto. Then it is not a Lalafell.
Lodestone Wrote:All in the Order of Nald’thal know well the legend of Shatotto, a mighty thaumaturge from the fifth of Astral Eras. Her creation of destructive and catastrophic spells evoked as much fear as it did respect, prompting ignorant souls to call her unsavory names—Death’s Handmaiden, the Black Witch, and the She-Devil among them. She was also possessed of an otherworldly talent for crafting thaumaturgical staves. Among her creations, the Stardust Rods are by far the most powerful and coveted, believed as they are to be fashioned from the celestial remnants of a star Shatotto herself brought down to Hydaelyn and clove asunder.