Welcome to Eorzea! I mean, you kind of got the main gist lol! Here's some links that should help you out:
Eorzean Lore Starter Kit
-Racial Lore Compilation
-Class/Job Lore Compilation
-Hydaelyn Geography Lore
-Eorzean City-states' Political Structures Lore
-Eorzean Units of Time and Measurement Lore
The very short and dirty version of the story is this:
Eorzea is a realm believed blessed by a pantheon of deities known as the Twelve. Tens of thousands of years ago the Twelve went into slumber and since then the world sees seven calamitous events, or Umbral Eras, where civilizations are wiped out entirely. These Umbral Eras are separated by Astral Eras where the survivors rebuild their civilizations.
What you witnessed in the opening cutscene was the latest, Seventh Umbral Calamity. It has now been five years since and as you play through the MSQ you'll see the nations try to recover from the devastation. There will be carriages, and melodrama, and primals aplenty along the way as beings known as the Paragons or "Ascians" attempt to visit calamity upon the world once more before She has a chance to recover.
Eorzean Lore Starter Kit
-Racial Lore Compilation
-Class/Job Lore Compilation
-Hydaelyn Geography Lore
-Eorzean City-states' Political Structures Lore
-Eorzean Units of Time and Measurement Lore
The very short and dirty version of the story is this:
Eorzea is a realm believed blessed by a pantheon of deities known as the Twelve. Tens of thousands of years ago the Twelve went into slumber and since then the world sees seven calamitous events, or Umbral Eras, where civilizations are wiped out entirely. These Umbral Eras are separated by Astral Eras where the survivors rebuild their civilizations.
What you witnessed in the opening cutscene was the latest, Seventh Umbral Calamity. It has now been five years since and as you play through the MSQ you'll see the nations try to recover from the devastation. There will be carriages, and melodrama, and primals aplenty along the way as beings known as the Paragons or "Ascians" attempt to visit calamity upon the world once more before She has a chance to recover.
