(08-21-2016, 01:49 PM)Sounsyy Wrote:(08-21-2016, 01:34 PM)Valence Wrote: Now the question is, since they had to divert the eorzeans attention to other places in order to build that thing here, how the hell did they manage to pull that again with Castrum Centri? They took advantage of the 7th Calamity or something?
Exactly this. Immediately following the chaos of the Calamity, Gaius van Baelsar took advantage of the Alliance's disarray (and loss of linkshell communication) and pushed deep against the Eorzean lines which the VIIth Legion had already weakened prior to the Calamity. Unable to coordinate and deploy adequate defenses thanks to the Alliance's losses on Carteneau, Garlemald was able to erect several castrum across Eorzea upon the shattered outposts and dugouts of the VIIth Legion cohorts.
Flame Sergeant Dalvag Wrote:Flame Sergeant Dalvag was among the thousands of defenders who met the Garlean invasion force in northern Thanalan soon after the Calamity. His company was ill placed to hold their position, yet given strict orders not to retreat. Many fell, and suffered much in the falling. Multiple witnesses attest that Dalvag was the last of the company and fought as a man possessed till the end, the names of the dead tumbling in hoarse barks through cracked lips. Scholars theorize that his mortal remains are animated by a thirst for vengeance alone.
Gaius was watching the whole thing play out from his airship, as you seen in the FFXIV 2.0 cinematic. Technically, his holdings in Ala Mhigo are part of Eorzea and the moon would have obliterated his forces as well, although I'm sure he withdrew as much as he could.Â
As a note, Garleans apparently don't use link pearls, they use actual radios. [See: MSQ quest, Drowning Out The Voices] This lets the Eorzeans to erect jammers throughout Eorzea to inhibit imperial communication, while allowing their link pearls to work [these jammers show up later in the MSQ, where Doman ninjas help you stop the Garleans from disabling them].
