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“Lord Hien and Commander Hext have taken their troops to provide support, but we don’t know how long they can hold out.”

#Final Fantasy XIV

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I like when the game acknowledges the magic inherent to the world, and takes that into account for the NPCs as well as the players. Yes, Teleport is a handy way for PCs to get around, but it’s mentioned in character several times in game, with comments about people using the aetherytes, or Thancred losing his ability to do something “so simple” as Teleport (simple for a Sharlayan Archon, anyway).

While we’ve lost the detailed explanations and mechanics of Anima from 1.0, it has come up at least once in dialogue from Alphinaud that I recall. It’s not something everyone can do, but it still works when considering troop movements, as Hien leaves with the Scions, and Yugiri gathers Teleport-capable warriors to get to Ala Mhigo faster.

The world is a lot bigger than what can be shown in game, and timelines are left vague on purpose, but reminders that Teleport is an actual in-universe convenience used to move quickly between points (and why certain important characters are used as messengers, like Lyse being sent to Doma in 4.4 by the Alliance Council) really helps link gameplay and lore, and is a handy tool for writing fanfiction and roleplay scenarios.

#Final Fantasy XIV #teleport #lore

snail-fever

a story about grief

song: world spins madly on by the weepies

#ffxiv #art #grief

etroveria

quick masks practice! 1.5hr each~ 🧡🖤

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mirkemenagerie update

Lore Index

I’ve had my own lore compilations thread on the RPC for some time, and now I’m porting the Index over to @mirkemenagerie. So you will now be able to scroll through an itemized list of my lore posts here:

While still finding all lore-related reblogs under the Lore Tag here:

Hope you all like the changes!

Mirke’s Menagerie Lore Index

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Aether & Magic

Everything You Could Ever Want To Know About Aether & Magic

Magical and Non-magical Healing Lore

Undead Lore, Ashkin and Necromancy

Voidsent Summoning Lore

Linkpearl Lore

The War of the Magi

Deities & Primals

Halone Lore

Menphina Lore

Thaliak Lore

Nymeia Lore

Llymlaen Lore

Oschon Lore

Byregot Lore

Rhalgr Lore

Azeyma Lore

Nald’thal Lore

Nophica Lore

Althyk Lore

Far Eastern Kami Lore

Mol’s Elder Gods Lore

Tempering Lore

Races of Man & Beastmen

Languages and Accents Lore

Spoken Terminology and Origin of Beastman Slur

Interracial and Inter-clan Heritage

Lalafell Lore

Viera Lore

Miqo’te Lore

Miqo’te Purring/Rolling R’s

Hellsguard and Roegadyn Lore

Highlander Lore

Xaela-Raen Relations

Hrothgar Lore

The Ashcrown Consortium

The Qiqirn

Guilds, Classes, & Jobs

Soul Crystals & Roleplay

Spiritbinding and Soul Crystal Lore with Links to Job Lore Compilations

Red Mage Lore

Bard Lore

Monk Lore

Black Magic Lore

Sultansworn and Paladin Lore

Dark Knight Lore

A Warrior’s Axe

Ul’dah, the Jewel of the Desert

Ul’dahn Law, Brass Blades, Stone Torches, and Immortal Flames Lore

Highbridge Executions?

The Order of Nald’thal

The Platinum Mirage and Pugilists’ Guild

Street Names and Districts in Ul'dah

Limsa Lominsa, the Navigator’s Veil

Lominsan Law, Yellowjacket, Cuda, Pirate, and Maelstrom Lore

Limsa Lominsa’s Government

Limsa’s Gun Control Laws

Arcanist & Mealvaan’s Gate Lore

Mistbeard Lore

Sastasha & Mistbeard Cove

Carvallain & Astalicia Lore

The Company of Heroes

Gridania, the Sylvan City-state

Gridanian Law, Wood Wailers, Gods’ Quiver, and Twin Adder Lore

Elementals, Conjury & Hearers, Hedge, Greenwrath, Wildling Lore

Padjal Lore

Tam-Tara Deepcroft

Mun-Tuy Beans

The Holy See of Ishgard

Ishgardian Heresy Lore

Dragon Blood Lore

Chocobo Lore

House Dzemael’s Roegadyn Knights

Sharlayan, the Old World

Nyunkrepf and Sharlayan’s Founding

Sharlayan Lore Compilation

Great Gubal Library Texts, Boy and the Dragon Gay Story

Saint Mocianne’s Arboretum

Ala Mhigo

Expanded Ala Mhigan Lore Part I: History and Culture of Ala Mhigo

Expanded Ala Mhigan Lore Part II: People of Ala Mhigo

Expanded Ala Mhigan Lore Part III: Common Misconceptions about Ala Mhigo

Garlemald

Sins of Garlemald: The Rise of an Empire

Sins of Garlemald: The Fall of an Empire

The Near East (Ilsabard & Thavnair)

The Near East and Thavnair Lore

The Far East (Othard & Hingashi)

The Kingdom of Dalmasca & the Royal City of Rabanastre

Far Eastern Geomancy

The Confederacy and the Ruby Tithe

Doma, Raen, Ninja Lore Compilation

Far Eastern Lalafell Lore

Far Eastern Miqo’te Lore

Ancient Allag

The Allagan Empire, Meteor Project, and Summoning

Meracydia, the Southern Continent

Meracydia Lore

Mamook, the New World

New World Lore

Miscellaneous

1.0 Archive

Levequest Lore

Fishing Lore

The Great Continents Map Labelled

Time Passage 4.0 - What year is it?

Towns Changed by the Calamity

The Adventurers’ Guild & Eorzea’s Forty Saints

Commoners’ Opinions of Adventurers and the City-states

Commoners’ Opinions of Adventurers and the City-states Pt2

Airship, Ceruleum, Highwind Skyways, and Garlond Ironworks Lore

The Prophet Urianger & The Seventh Umbral Era

The Rising & Foundation Day

All Saints’ Wake

Starlight, Winters’ Knell, and Heavensturn Lore

Formal Education in Eorzea

Orphanages in Hydaelyn

Sex Workers, Pleasure Barges, Pillowhouses

Hydaelyn Alcohol List

Diseases in Hydaelyn

Drugs in Eorzea

Areas with Harsh Winters in Hydaelyn

Eorzean Map Poem by Roddard Ironheart

Eorzea’s Rivers Lore

Eorzean Explosives and Firesand Lore

Zer'maat Five Lore

Paissa Lore

Are Fantasias Canon?

PAX West 2017 Lore Panel Notes

2018 Las Vegas Fanfest Lore Panel Q&A

The First: Norvrandt

The Crystarium, Lakeland, and the Church of Light

Eulmore, Kholusia, Sin Eaters, and the Oracle of Light

Nabaath Areng, Amh Araeng, and Daedalus Stoneworks

Voeburt, Il Mheg, the Fae, and Titania

Ronka, Rak’tika Greatwood, and the Night’s Blessed

The Tempest, Amaurot, the Ancients, and Ascians

Keep reading

#ffxiv #xivlore #lore

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More Teleportation: Anima Mechanics

@windupsanson asked on the teleport post:

#what Anima mechanics of 1.0?????

Some of the 1.0 players may want to chime in on anything I get wrong or miss.

@mirkemenagerie as usual is a good place to find lore and references, and in a 2011 forum post by Community Rep Camate, we have this for 1.0 lore:

Why doesn’t everyone use aetherytes? To traverse the Lifestream safely with Teleport and Return requires a great deal of spiritual energy, known as anima. While many individuals, such as adventurers, possess the fortitude to endure such travel, some individuals do not. What’s more, even if one has the ability to use aetherytes, the frequency with which one can do so varies. In essence, for some, the recast time for these spells can be far longer than for an adventurer. As a result, only a fraction of the populace can utilize aetherial travel habitually, which is why chocobos, airships, and other forms of transportation still play a major role in Eorzea.

Today we use gil for teleportation; the network was damaged significantly in the Calamity, and the guards by every aetheryte are actually collecting the fee to use it so the city-states can recoup the cost of rebuilding, and then continued maintenance.

But in 1.0, they used the Anima system, and you can see it noted in the chatlogs in some of the 1.0 videos from that time when players are teleporting for quests.

Anima was a magic resource players had, in a finite amount, and that replenished very slowly. There was an anima cost to teleport wherever one needed to go, and it was possible to run out of anima if you bounced around too much.

This is why alternative methods of travel, such as chocobo porters, airships, and ferries exist. They were carried over to 2.0 as cheaper/free alternate methods of travel if one is low on gil.

Anima is still mentioned by some characters now and then, as the specific ability to focus one's aether to be able to teleport:

Nicia: “As Return merely involves allowing the body to be drawn back to the strongest aetherial beacon - one’s home point - it is fairly easy to execute and requires very little spiritual exertion. Usually, a few moments of rest is all that is needed before it is safe to attempt another jump. Teleportation, on the other hand, comes with a greater price. A great deal of spiritual energy known as ‘anima’ is required to fight the natural flow of the Lifestream and guide one’s body and soul to a comparatively weak aetherial beacon. If one’s body lacks sufficient anima, teleporting to a location may prove impossible. Luckily for most of us, anima is restored quickly and should not prohibit regular travel.

And

Ludovraint: “Through meditation, you can further attune yourself to an aetheryte crystal, reducing the amount of anima required to travel to that location. Setting ‘favored’ destinations in this manner can be especially beneficial when your adventuring requires traveling to the same location multiple times. We do, however, ask that all adventurers pay a small fee of 500 gil before meditating. These proceeds help to fund camp upkeep and pay the salaries of the men and women who patrol the area.”

Even in Stormblood:

Alphinaud: “Alisaie and I have been hard at work attempting to restore the aetheryte here to its former glory…and I am pleased to inform you that we succeeded! Suffice it to say, it should prove a boon for travel─well, for those replete with anima like you, at least…”

And

Alphinaud: “This aetheryte is perhaps the most strategically important landmark here, as it can serve as a gateway for attuned troops with sufficient anima. Such tactics are not without their risks, however… Were the imperials to discover that the aetheryte was being used in such a fashion, they might turn their artillery upon us─destroying the beacon and the better part of the district, at the cost of countless civilian lives…”

Anima is now treated as more of a synonym for aether and its uses (as well as the HW relic weapon and minion, and not to mention a certain primal in EW). It's possible, in my opinion, that the Watsonian lore reason for the change could be that the Seventh Umbral Calamity made anima use easier, to where it's less of a concern or at least no different than other uses of one's aetheric abilities. Given what we know of the Rejoinings, I think it makes some degree of sense.

The Doylist reasoning, of course, is it's a depreciated mechanic that was removed for ease of development and play, a gil sink being far more reasonable and simpler than yet another resource with a singular function.

I also tend to headcanon most people actually have to use the aetherytes to move to and fro, and teleporting from a random field location can be harder/take more anima. Hence us seeing our comrades walk away instead of a teleport animation, or Ysayle actually walking up and using the aethryte in Snowcloak while destroying the beacon on the other end (to avoid the situation Alphinaud describes with the Doman aetherytes during the rebellions there).

Though we do of course see some folks teleport directly; a retainer will when helping them out to unlock your own retainer ventures, and of course Lamitt leads the entire squad of Warriors of Darkness out of Ravana's arena; a feat that had to take a LOT of anima, but as a magic-using Warrior of Light, she has plenty.

Anyway, that's what I know and can find quickly about the use of anima and teleportation, and how it was eased off to make teleportation more convenient in the game's relaunch.

#Final Fantasy XIV #1.0 #Teleportation #lore