Unsolved Mysteries Of Vana'diel

The prefix “proto" indicated that these weren’t the completed models of Ultima and Omega. You'll notice, modern Limbus takes the same approach with its NMs by calling them forerunners. Nag’molada referred to them as being the most powerful forces in Vana’diel which is quite the compliment when the dragon chasing his ship has control over the world’s Space and Time.

There were the “arch" Ultima and Omega in lvl99 Limbus, but this was during a period of very little lore/story supervision over its content. The only other time the “arch" designation was used was in the Sealed Fate Master Trial where these two weapons are literally unkillable, unless players follow a very specific set of requirements, all of this is to say, the game hyped them up and then never goes into detail regarding what role they played in Zilart society.

Interestingly enough, one of the guys I’m working with on a lore book stated that the writer has intended to reveal that Arciela and Ygnas’s father was captured by the Zilart in Jeuno. He was tortured for seeking out info on the Lightbringer, and then turned into Ultima. The story was never developed though, but this got me curious as to what else they may have had planned.

On the topic of Diabolos’s explanation, the Ultimania states that after removing the darkness, this is what made the Kuluu susceptible to evolution into the Tonberry. While I don't know if the Darkness makes them immune to evolution (it may, I’d have to look into it), it was a prerequisite for what happened to those people. The Emptiness and Promathia’s essence is actually a really convoluted topic that I won't get into here, but suffice it to say, the Emptiness seems to be the source of human cognitive sophistication. It is why enlightened races and beastmen are “people" and animals are not, in Vana’diel lore. This is what Diabolos was referring to when he mentioned how the Emptiness was essential to their survival, lest they become like the Tonberry.


The Beastmen did not come from the Zilart. They apparently evolved over the course of Vana’diel’s history. This is actually explored in tVR and confirmed when Garazu-Horeizu mentioned that Chaos does not attack the enlightened races out of his loyalty to the Zilart.


The Protocrystals are actually Zilartian creations. They harvested vast, practically limitless stores of crystal energy from the Mothercrystals and then isolated them by element. This is what formed the 8 protocrystals. Yve’noile states this in Rise of the Zilart.

Help me solve this mystery of Vanadiel

How do I have 5 wardrobes and still not enough space for gear?

This is known as Bluffnix's Law "gear expands as to fill the space available for it's storage".

It is believed to be a strict underpinning of our universe, as we have pushed long passed the limits of our gobbiebags, we have continued to observe it holding true seemingly with no sign of wavering.

Once upon a time, there was a bag of infinite holding known as "stuff".

Then online game makers found out you could charge customers actual money for the privilege of artificially scarce storage space.

Thus, having more "stuff" is no longer infinite but a paid for feature.

1-you're hyperfocused on squeezing every ounce of DPS possible that you keep around equipment that you'll use 1% of the time to squeeze out an extra 1 DPS. "The DPS calc told me that I need 12 different DPS sets depending on my accuracy and attack", no you dont, not anywhere near that many.
2-you keep gear available for 8th or more job that you play once every 120+++ days
3-you're keeping around junk thats literally been collecting dust because you dont use it anymore and may be unaware of it

I just count i have a lot of gears for 11 jobs and some gears for 3 more =/ A lot of them are probably outdated though

When I truly need a cleanout, I use "gs export all" to get a list of every item in every wardrobe... then make a giant spreadsheet.

It's not automated or anything. I just think it's real satisfying to find the inefficiencies.

I honestly never cared about FFXI until recently. I've been appreciating how involved and intertwined the history and lore are for this game.

Apologies if this has been asked before but I was curious:

1) Where did the enlightened species evolve in Vana'diel? Are they from different locations on the globe?

2) I know the Olzhirya Continent to the south is the Mithra homeland and I'm pretty sure the Galka are from Quicksand Caves. However, did they start there?

3) When did people migrate to different regions of the globe? (Ex: the Middle Lands, Aht Urhgan, and Adoulin)

4) The history of the Rhazowa Continent states that it was sparsely populated by fishermen. Who were these fishermen?

5) Likewise, Rhazowa is "inhabited by the Gigas and the Orcish Empire as well as various other viking tribes." Who are these "viking tribes?"

iirc, the earliest archaeological evidence of Hume civilization was discovered in Dangruf Wadi.

That illustration above shows 5 crags... what's the 5th?

Holla
Dem
Mea
Vazhl

And?

Al'Taieu

I'm legit annoyed we don't get these as furnishings.

Bluffnix busting your Mog Bonanza Balls about being the Grand Greedalox always cracks me up.

NMs are basically cryptids, but they look nothing like them haha.....????????

Why do players not get Vampirism or Lycanthrope when attacked by werewolves or vampires?

Do Pet Wyverns grow to be the actual wyverns, or wyrms?

(There is a DRG from Adoulin who has a fully grown wyvern)

Why do BST mobs have tamed Wyverns?

(Player BST can tame one member of the dragon family, no others......This breaks the meta of tamable BST families within their respective Killer traits).

Are Galka correlated to Evil Weapons? They usually hang out around Holla, Dem, & Mea crags which are named after the Mothercrystal. Weapons abilities are all correlated to Rage......

Are the Lich in the desert Tsahyan? They carry what is believed to be a Tsahya artifact the Southern Mummy.

Garhada is most likely in the Phanauet Channel due to the fish & flyraps which carry the lumber. They most likely traveled from there, but can we see it on the ferry/boat?

There is a huge Fish that sometimes crosses the glass in Alzadaal Undersea Ruins.....Does it look like something that would aggro lol? If players were able to travel underwater, I am certain some of the things that are fished up for example would aggro. How a fishing rod can defeat legendary sea monsters is insane though.

Why does the Alzadaal Undersea Ruins doors have two "8's" on them? Maybe it is just me.......