(02-23-2017, 04:08 PM)Valence Wrote: I'm digressing a little there on that last quote now that I read it again after like, the thousand time, but it seems to imply to me that before facing Eorzea, the Garleans didn't face a lot of deadly magic... Does that mean that Ilsabard states, besides the ones that immediately bowed after seeing the first ones conquered, had little if no magic as well?
I think it implies that Eorzean magic was stronger than any they had yet encountered. Because we know peoples in Othard and Ilsabard have magic and can use it. We know Othardians summoned a primal. But we also know aetherial density is highest in Eorzea. We know Silvertear Lake is the fount of all aether in the physical plane. So it is theorized that this might make our magicks stronger than anywhere else. Hence why thick alloys and cermet plates might've dampened weaker magicks, but weren't enough to halt the destructive forces employed by our magi.
Here's a bit on Ilsabardian mages:
Encyclopedia Eorzea Wrote:Survival was no small task. In desperation, the Garleans began to employ Roegadyn magi from the central mountains to bolster its own army where it was weakest. They also waged war from the shadows, sending spies to incite conflicts betwixt the surrounding nations. For centuries, Garlemald prevailed, using every tactic at its disposal.
On a side note, Ilsabard's central mountains are supposedly where Dalmasca is located in the current year.
