History Headscratchers / FinalFantasyXIV

* So if an Ascian is sundered, do they technically "die", or do they get reborn and this process makes them skip the reformation? And if that's the case, when Emet-selch implants the memories into the Ascian candidate, are they their genuine memories or are they skewed in some way? (ie Zodiark's tempering)

** Unless Gaius had access to auracite, it's unlikely they were permanently killed. Yoshida has said that there will be future content with the remaining Ascians.

* So... where's Pashtarot? Gaius apparently had the masks of Altima and Deudalaphon - so between all the other Ascians in the Convocation, that just leaves Pashtarot left unaccounted for. What happened to him? Is he in the same place as the minor Ascians like the masked Mage and Travanchet?

** The same way the Warrior of Light and their party got there, on foot or on a mount. The game just omitted the necessary travel time.

* In ''Heavensward'', how'd Kan-e-Senna get all the way to the Dravanian Forelands? Presumably she would have used an Aetheryte - but she would have had to have made ''quite'' a walk (or ride) to get there from Ishgard. (I think they imply that - because Kan-E-Senna mentions that the road was devoid of Dravanians.)

** Because Fandaniel and Zenos performed the summoning. As shown with Titan in the heavensward the summoner decides a lot of the primal's goals and identity. Anima was also summoned into Varis' already rotting corpse and immediately hijacked by Zenos will. Anima's appearance as a rotting shackled mummy very much fits.

* Why did the Empire's faith in Emperor Varis create the Primal Anima? What I mean is that their desperate prayer for salvation and leadership created an EldritchAbomination that existed in perpetual suffering. Why was Anima created when a similar wish for salvation turned Louisoix into the Phoenix? Wouldn't a similar source of faith create a similar creature?

* Considering that FF1's Warrior of Light and his three companions ended the time loop which erased what they did from history, how does the residents of Hydaelyn have the knowledge of his legend to make minions of him and two of his other companions, replicate his armor, [[spoiler:turn into a primal version of him (which is why I'm not simply writing it off as easter egg stuff]] and bizarrely enough replicate his hair?

** Based on Patch 5.3, its safe to assume that [[spoiler:it was based on their recollections of Elidibus as the Warrior of Light.]]
** Thats not really the case as most of this stuff came out way before hand and [[spoiler:Elidibus himself mentions the Warrior of Light as a completely separate character from the past in the lead up to him turning into him. The theory does hold up for the sword and shield however, as they are some of the few WoL content to come out after Elidibus' transformation and are found in the extreme version of his boss fight.]]

** In Emet-Selch's case specifically, he doesn't do this due to a mixture of his growing disillusionment with the Ascians' plans and recognising his old friend Azem's soul in the Warrior of Light. If he just waited for the Warrior to die of old age then Azem's soul would slip into the Lifestream and be reincarnated with a very slim chance he'd ever encounter it again, and he also wanted to see if the mortal races could prove their worthiness to inherit the world through the Warrior passing his chosen trial.

** In our last fight with Lahabrea, he needed to stop us from stopping Thordan from bringing about the Eighth Umbral Calamity, so he needed us dead. Unfortunately for him we proved far stronger. Well, even that wouldn’t have been the end if Thordan hadn’t double crossed him.

* How could the Allagans keep the Warring Triad in stasis using only aether, when they needed a untold amount of dragons in stasis in order to do the same with Bahamut?

* Exactly why did Fourchenault and the other Forum members think [[spoiler: Marching Thavnairian refugees ''straight through Garlean Territory'']] was a good idea? Were the [[spoiler: seas covered in Blasphemies that would have made a sea route too hard?]] Or were they hoping to [[spoiler: pick up a few Garlean refugees along the way]]
** They weren't evacuating the refugees to Sharlayan, they were beginning the process of [[spoiler: evacuating all of the people of Etheirys up to the moon, now that the Final Days were upon them. The ship they were intending to use was unfinished at that point, and the Tower of Babil was an alternative with no fuel requirements and the ability to instantly send people up there en masse, hence using it would speed up the evacuation significantly and save many more lives in the long run. It was a risk to be sure, but with the Garlean Empire in ruins and the Ilsabard contingent covering their exit, it was seen as an acceptable risk to take. They didn't bank on the Final Days coming to Garlemald as quickly as they did.]]

* Exactly why did Louisoix and the other Forum members think [[spoiler: Marching Thavnairian refugees ''straight through Garlean Territory'']] was a good idea? Were the [[spoiler: seas covered in Blasphemies that would have made a sea route too hard?]] Or were they hoping to [[spoiler: pick up a few Garlean refugees along the way]]?

** They weren't using the Dragons to keep Bahamut in stasis. They were sustaining and empowering Bahamut.

* How could the Allaghans keep the Warring Triad in stasis using only aether, when they needed a untold amount of dragons in stasis in order to do the same with Bahamut?

** In Emet-Selch's case specifically, he doesn't do this due to a mixture of his growing disillusionment with the Ascians' plans and recognising his old friend Azem's soul in the Warrior of Light. If he just waited for the Warrior to die of old age then Azem's soul would slip into the Lifestream and be reincarnated with a very slim chance he'd ever encounter it again, and he also wanted to see if the mortal races could prove their worthiness to inherit the world through the Warrior passing his chosen trial.

* The Ascians make a big deal out of the short lifespans of the races of Hydaelyn, but if they really are so insignificant, it makes no sense for important figures like Lahabrea or Emet Selch to challenge the Warrior of Light to a decisive showdown with their lives on the line instead of, say, just delaying their plans for a century and waiting for their opposition to die of old age. Emet Selch tells stories of his time creating empires only to watch them fall, but the lifetime of one mortal is too long to wait? Of course, from a storytelling standpoint, if they did this there wouldn't be a game, but in terms of practicality, it makes no sense.

** I just discovered this now: You're allowed to take Blue Mages to treasure map dungeons which will level sync. Their overpowered spells can be helpful when you can't find eight people to do it with.

** In a word: novelty. Blue Mages go around and collect spells like how you could collect Triple Triad cards and certain people are into that.

* I don't exactly understand the appeal of the Blue Mage. It is a class made for solo play. Fair enough, but you can only do content from ARR but now Stormblood. By the time you can unlock the Blue Mage, you have no need of anything from those zones. You can't New Game Plus them. On top of that, the game is highly soloable enough as is with the Duty Finder basically making it a drop in multiplayer. Finally, you have to use the party finder to unlock some blue mage abilities which... what? Doesn't that defeat the point of it being a class made for solo play?

** I don't have a straight answer but you're going tot have to ask ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' the same question because even when they stopped the time loop, the people still know enough about what happened to form legends around the heroes. My guess? They know it happened, they just don't know who was behind it and all they can do is make a guess on what they look like.

* Considering that FF1's Warrior of Light and his three companions ended the time loop which erased what they did from history, how does the residents of Hydaelyn have the knowledge of his legend to make minions of him and two of his other companions, replicate his armor, [[spoiler:turn into a primal version of him (which is why I'm not simply writing it off as easter egg stuff]] and bizarrely enough replicate his hair?

* How in Eorzea do those Ala Mhigan Skulls even use their swords? I can buy that their swords are kind of an exaggerated Khopesh, Falchion, or Scimitar. But the way they're shaped, there's ''no'' feasible way they could be drawn unless they are slid out from the side (like some Khopesh scabbards).

** From an out-of-universe standpoint, the reason the conversation doesn't take place makes sense because it's part of a sidequest. It would be weird to have Y'mhitra express concern about Y'shtola's eyes only for the Warrior to toddle on over and "warn her to take it easy" on a problem that may have already been solved, depending on when a given player actually does the quest. But that just begs the question of why the authors decided to tell the Warrior about it at all, since it results in a) Y'mhitra looking like a worrywart over a problem that isn't an issue anymore, or b) makes the Warrior look like an uncaring jackass who can't be bothered to make the minimum effort to prevent their friend dying a slow, painful, and above all unnecessary death.

* The Warrior of Light's knowledge of Y'shtola's blindness, and response to it. When the Warrior finds out from Y'mhitra, she asks them to speak to her about it and try to remind her not to push herself too hard. Based on the rest of the conversation, we ostensibly agree to do so. However, the requested conversation never actually takes place. This is literally the only time in the entire game someone has asked the Warrior to do something and they don't immediately turn around and hop to it. It gets even weirder when you realize that they'll apparently help complete strangers with all manner of drudgery without any sort of motivation beyond being a generally nice person, but will apparently indefinitely ignore a request made by one trusted adventuring companion to intervene on behalf of another.

* The Warrior of Light's knowledge of Y'shtola's blindness, and response to it. When the Warrior finds out from Y';mhitra, she asks them to speak to her about it and try to remind her not to push herself too hard. Based on the rest of the conversation, we ostensibly agree to do so. However, the requested conversation never actually takes place. This is literally the only time in the entire game someone has asked the Warrior to do something and they don't immediately turn around and hop to it. It gets even weirder when you realize that they'll apparently help complete strangers with all manner of drudgery without any sort of motivation beyond being a generally nice person, but will apparently indefinitely ignore a request made by one trusted adventuring companion to intervene on behalf of another.