Your excuse for Ishgard?

[shotgunbadger]

Yea the statement that made everyone happy was 'open to the people', he could well have been talking out of his ass, sure, but as of now the news going around the world is 'they gonna toss the gates open'. By how it sounds Ishgard is pretty screwed, they need more than just one warrior to help them even if gamewise the WoL will be doing the 'big jobs'.

[Ryanti]

This is just simple headcanon here, but I think it's one or two possibilities.

 

1.) All people. Yay! Everyone can move to Ishgard and things will be like it was in the past before they closed their doors.

 

2.) Only adventurers. AKA every player character. But not the average schmo.

 

 

I think the former makes sense more to me because in my headcanon, I just can't see the devs allowing only the WoL and his party in when the whole idea of the expansion is opening up an entire new part of the country to a swath of adventurers, which is how the devs portray the players running around. Maybe it'll be a slow and gradual process, as any wave of immigrants in a country creates... issues. But yeah.

 

They also said in the Live Letter: "Since we have added Ishgard to the city-states, there will be a market-board here as well."

 

 

Around 8:36.

 

So in my head-canon, I reason that... if they're opening the market in Ishgard, then that must also mean trade is going to commence between the North and elsewhere now.

 

So that's just my opinion on it.

[Renata Turner]

Eorla has no reason at the moment to journey to Ishgard. 

 

Renata, on the other hand...Percival has family in Ishgard, and where one goes, the other is not far away. He's leaving the moment he gets word that the gates have opened. Renata is tending to a few matters...making sure Eorla will be alright, taking care of some business affairs, and packing for her journey (icly. Oocly, I can't get HW until the 24th when I have my birthday monies lol). She won't be far behind Percival.

[Zanther]

Well, simply put, Zanther is a delver of old ruins and has a big taste for knowledge. So naturually he will be intrested IC wise about the opening of the new lands, that and the group he is in had some ties to the lands to a degree anyway. Since he's still new and stuff, lots of stuff will still be happening in the old areas so I am not expecting him to spend all his IC time in 3.0 areas. He is also glad he doesn't need to sneak into some areas now to read their books 

[Leomoon]

Tana has two reason.

 

1: She is a member of the Twin adders and thus was called to duty by them, was was requierd to scout the land and make locations that possible bases and such may be established and if they could make a small headquarters in Ishguard.

 

2: She is being called by a force. I have a RP reason for her becoming a Dark knight by being called by a force towards the land but she has no idea where or why, all she knows its on a floating island and its a large sword that is constantly changing shape.

[Lost River]

Lost River: Being a Black Mage of scholarly pursuit, she is one to go exploring new opened lands of ancient artifacts and what should be gathered and what should be destroyed.

 

Ophelia Rainteau: Being an Garlond Ironworks engineer, she wanted to see how the Skysteel was doing with their magitek; as well to explore and help with the Dravanian threat; as it will end up spilling over in the rest of Eorzea if not solved.

 

Khorijin: She passed through Ishgard to get to the rest of Eorzea. So its back and forth and wandering for her.