Finally have a confirmed location for Rabanastre and the Kingdom of Dalmasca:
This directly contradicts more Encyclopedia Eorzea lore dating the invasion of Dalmasca in 1517, 60 years ago. So more errata for the lore book. It does however clarify how Drest was present for the invasion and fall of Dalmasca mentioned here. Livia mount text doesn't fit with literally anything else we know about Dalmasca anywhere and needs a retcon, unfortunately.
Wandering Dramaturge Wrote:The Dalmasca Desert is a vast wasteland in the southern reaches of central Othard, sharing an eastern border with Nagxia. So large is the desert that it is divided into two regions, the Estersands and the Westersands. Thirty years ago, the kingdom of Dalmasca was invaded by the Garlean Empire. When the king and his council refused to pledge fealty to the Empire, war erupted, resulting in the end of the royal B'nargin line.
For a thousand years, Dalmasca had maintained its independence, only to see it crumble in a matter of moons before the might of Solus zos Galvus's metal-clad legions. Even the Royal City of Rabanastre - the fabled Desert Sapphire - was not spared. Emboldened by the uprisings in Doma and Ala Mhigo, resistance groups within Dalmasca have attempted coups of their own, yet all have been silenced - the Empire always seeming to know exactly when and where the insurgencies would begin.
When I was a boy, I accompanied my father on one of his caravans to Rabanastre, and consider myself fortunate to have seen the Royal City before its fall. The sight of its minarets bathed in the gold of sunset is something I will never forget.
This directly contradicts more Encyclopedia Eorzea lore dating the invasion of Dalmasca in 1517, 60 years ago. So more errata for the lore book. It does however clarify how Drest was present for the invasion and fall of Dalmasca mentioned here. Livia mount text doesn't fit with literally anything else we know about Dalmasca anywhere and needs a retcon, unfortunately.
