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rynsan · **07-22-2013, 06:44 AM**

I'd love to help any way I can. I've learned much from people citing references over at the forums which may not exactly be in the wiki and have thought about then editing the wiki pages to update with what I've seen/found/pointed to.

Merri · **07-22-2013, 08:02 AM**

I call the empire!

...Already throwing together a mess of all the 100% confirmed lore on Garlemald~

Edit: Started working on it.

rynsan · **07-22-2013, 11:44 AM**

(07-22-2013, 08:02 AM)Merri Wrote: I call the empire!

...Already throwing together a mess of all the 100% confirmed lore on Garlemald~

Edit: Started working on it.

/cheer

Time to follow your example I suppose. Big Grin

Xeon · **07-22-2013, 01:21 PM**

So are we gona try to organize this or are we all just gona add/work on w/e?

-Xeon

Mycroft · **07-22-2013, 02:30 PM**

I suppose, even if we don't set it up like you suggested Xeon, the least we can do for the sake of organisation, is having a group PM, or a Skype conversation going.

Communication is essential for a project like this.

Mtoto Wamoto · **07-23-2013, 02:20 AM**

Hey Hey Hey!Â

Sorry for the delay in getting this started! I've been a bit busy with other things.

I'll be reformatting my initial post here soon as information begins to be linked in the comments (I'll be adding my stuff as well soon enough).Â

Here's how things will work:

When posting a comment with lore bits and details, please put the details in a spoiler tag. Because we can only take confirmedÂ lore, we need to be able to provide citation and proof. To this end, please provide link to the page with the details, an image, or a video. Good resources for lore are the lodestone, the official FFXIV page, Gamerescapes, and Youtube videos of quests and NPC text.Â

As details get posted, I'll organize them in the first comment with links to the comment/lore details in question. For those who are choosing to focus on specific lore details, please feel free to begin updating the RPC wiki with the found info and please be sure to also include the proper notes, references, and external links at the bottom of the wiki page.

Lastly, if you can't verify the lore in question, do not post it here until you do. If you wish to discuss the validity of any details, create a new post for it. Let's try not to needlessly clutter this thread Smile

FreelanceWizard · **07-23-2013, 09:50 AM**

Hopefully we can get Extension:Cite installed on the wiki to help with this. It makes adding references a lot easier.

I'll start working on the miqo'te stuff soon. I was thinking of taking what's already on Category:Miqo'te and splitting it to a new Miqo'te (lore) page, then adding a disambiguation template and using it to link the Category page and the lore page together. (So, just like on Wikipedia, when you go to Category:Miqo'te, it says "This page is about miqo'te player characters. For information on miqo'te lore, see Miqo'te (lore)".)

Then my plan is to summarize the lore (to avoid copyvio) and use cite tags (if available) or internal links (if not) to reference the source material being summarized.

EDIT: The reason I'm posting my strategy here is because I think the wiki editors on team should have a consistent approach to what they do so the wiki looks all nice and professional. Smile

Mycroft · **07-23-2013, 12:39 PM**

Currently working on the class guilds lore, starting with the 1.0 guild quests.

If anyone has information on the Elementals of the Twelveswood, please do tell me, as I can't find that much on them in my notes, and they're mentioned in all of the Gridanian guild quests.

Mtoto Wamoto · **07-24-2013, 03:14 AM**

Garlean Lore - Names of the TribuniÂ
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Merri · **07-24-2013, 01:07 PM**

Pure speculation at this point so I figure it won't be mentioned anywhere, buuut seems like thus far we've got a fairly decent idea of Garlean surname prefixes.

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Probably won't know for certain until Fern finally replies to my Garlean naming conventions thread like he said he would~

Mtoto Wamoto · **07-24-2013, 04:57 PM**

Currently working on gathering details regarding Coerthas and Ishgard. Here's a snippet from my that which I thought you all might find interesting.

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FreelanceWizard · **07-24-2013, 10:45 PM**

Well... I'm just going to dump lore refs here for now, because there's all this "don't touch these pages" and "don't edit this" text running around on the wiki, and I'd rather not get into a revert war. Sad

I did add Template Big Grin

isamb should we come to a consensus on how we should handle lore pages for things that already have categories on the wiki.

I'll continue to add to this post as I pull more links in and summarize.

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Miqo'te lore dump 1

Basic racial info: XIV NA site (miqo'te have large ears and expressive tails; they're rarer than the other races; they came to Eorzea during the Age of Endless Frost of the Fifth Umbral Era, following wildlife over frozen seas to Eorzea; they're instinctively territorial and often lead solitary lifestyles; males are said to avoid contact with others)
Seeker of the Sun basic racial info: XIV NA site (diurnal (active during the day); culture is oriented towards enjoying daylight; most worship Azeyma; rare in Eorzea; major population centers are Limsa Lominsa and Sagolii desert)
Keeper of the Moon basic racial info: XIV NA site (nocturnal; most worship Menphina; traditionally hunt in the Black Shroud, causing Gridanians to consider them poachers; recently have made some peace with Gridanians and live in that city)
Appearance info: XIV NA site, specifically screenshots (Seekers of the Sun have slit pupil eyes, while Keepers do not; Seeker tails are shorter and smooth, while Keepers are longer and bushier)
Miqo'te naming in general: dev post (miqo'te names often have excess "h" characters in them, which are a hissing/spitting sound only miqo'te can usually produce; in normal pronunciation, the extra "h" sounds are ignored)
Seeker Naming conventions: dev post (Seekers have one of 26 tribe "letters" preceding their name with an apostrophe; the letters are close approximations of the sounds of the original tribe names; that Eorzean had 26 letters and there were 26 tribes was viewed as propitious; the tribe names are based on creature totems for the tribes; male surnames are tia or nunh, reflecting breeding rights in tribe (nunh have them, tia don't); names follow English phonics; the leading apostrophe is ignored in pronunciation; male Seekers have short, one or two syllable names; female Seekers have longer given names; female surnames are always their father's name, including the tribe indicator; females will sometimes drop the tribe letter from their name when with close friends or family)
Exceptions to Seeker naming: dev post (Seeker males who form a new tribe will add a second letter to their original tribe letter and takes the surname nunh; Seekers forming new tribes is very rare and very rarely successful because it's difficult to get females to follow someone who can't defeat a nunh (also see dev post); Seeker males using something other than nunh/tia for a last name are seen as shunning their culture)
Keeper naming conventions: dev post (female given names are short; surnames come from the mother's line (some have survived from the 1st Astral Era); male given names are their mother's name plus an apostrophe-prefixed suffix indicating birth order)
Keeper surnames: dev post (in-game Keeper surnames are just the most prominent families; other names are possible from more secluded, less important, or newly arriving families)
Miqo'te breeding in general: dev post (miqo'te breed female more than male naturally; Keepers specifically are mentioned to only have 2-3 male children on average)
Seeker mating rules: dev post (only one mating nunh per hunting ground (see also dev post -- first link says several nunhs per tribe, the second link clarifies that a nunh is per hunting ground, and a tribe can have multiple territories, each with their own nunh; tia can become nunh by challenging and defeating the current nunh; 20-50 breeding females per nunh (first link says 10-50, second link clarifies to 20-50 with a few odd tia in the territory as well); tia can become nunh by acquiring new territory (dev post) -- this is quite common; tia can become nunh by founding their own tribe, but this is very rare (dev post); new tribes are outcast (dev post); admitting to being from a split tribe causes you to be ostracized (above link))
Seeker leadership structure: dev post (nunh don't inherently have leadership in the tribe and rarely achieve such positions)
Keeper leadership structure: dev post (highly matriarchal)
Cross-breeding between clans: dev post (does happen and explains some of the "mixed clan" features and NPCs seen in game; however, sometimes these are just genetic anomalies due to the common ancestry)
Racial language: dev post (existed, but only lives on in names (see dev post); similarity of sounds and number of tribes to Eorzean alphabet was viewed as propitious)

Mtoto Wamoto · **07-25-2013, 03:30 AM**

Finally found this online somewhere. Thank the Twelve. I had forgotten to copy it when beta was up. Anyways, all the Duty Finder quest flavor text that was in beta phase 3.

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LeCard · **07-25-2013, 03:46 AM**

I won't be much help before phase 4(unless we get some bonus info from the devs), but as soon as they launch Arcanist I will gladly throw in all the Lore i can gather for this class. My character is based almost purely in being an arcanist, so i will be searching for any Lore i can find about this class.

Myxie Tryxle · **07-25-2013, 06:14 AM**

It would be nice if we could also have a section on the wiki for guides. I've gotten a lot of good feedback from people on my own guide for crafting/gathering equipment, as has Akki-Chan for Crafting 101, but they keep drifting off the first page of the forum, making the information less accessible. I've never coded a wiki before, so not sure how much effort that would require.

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