(07-27-2014, 10:26 AM)Sounsyy Wrote: The main point of interest for me is "only recently." Because we have lore from the Sphairai quest (MNK Relic) that says one of the Monk legends of old lived and fought and trained with coeurls. The Coeurlfist. If coeurls were only recently introduced, than this monk of old had to have travelled to Thavnair.
Ivon Coeurlfist actually lived and trained solely in the mountains of Gyr Abania, which were home to numerous Coeurls. To be specific, this excerpt of lore on him goes into greater detail:
SE Wrote:The celebrated monk Ivon Coeurlfist passed his days in ascetic seclusion atop the mountains of Gyr Abania. It was there, legend tells, that he sought out coeurls with which to vie, in a bid to advance his training. In time, he came to incorporate the natural movements of the beasts into his fighting style, and in so doing established a legacy in the martial arts which has known no rival since. Ever at his side was his beloved Sphairai, a pair of deadly striking weapons shaped in the likeness of coeurl heads.
As far as "recently" goes, they might mean within the past few hundred years. In the context of things, that could be considered recent in comparison to them having been native to Eorzea for thousands of years, which isn't the case. It is really interesting to see that the a pride(s) of Coeurls decided to make their home atop mountains, given their natural habitat seems to be jungles. It could very well be that Ivon fought Torama, which seem to be better suited for harsher climates than Coeurls, despite being essentially the same species barring a few differences. Torama are also still referred to as "Coeurls" in some portions of the game as well, so that might play into things as well. The Torama might very well have arrived before common Coeurls did.
Outside of that, people have covered more or less everything we know. There's Ilsabard, Aldenard, Othard, and Meracydia. Meracydia is never mentioned to be a large continent, but it is a continent none-the-less. As was mentioned, it was one of the few nations to actually resist the Allagan empire, and they did so by summoning primals. It was this that prompted the Allag to invent their art of summoning to combat them. That's a story for another thread, however.
There's also Sharlayan. While there once was a city (now abandoned) in Eorzea known as Sharlayan, they originally hailed from an island off the northern coast of Eorzea. Also in regards to northern islands, the Sea Wolves originally hailed from islands in the northern seas, so there's more land up there than just Sharlayan.
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