This is why FFXIV is so loved among many other things, its a living breathing world filled to the brim with fully fleshed characters at an unprecedented scale

@MegaDK47

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I just wish the game itself was better at showing off these ambient stories and characters, I've JUST finished HW and felt very very little connection to the world at all till recently, there is a world out there, you just have to REALLY look for it.

@patrickoverstreet2372

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@@MegaDK47 Hinestly its just getting out of the headspace that all western mmos live of the story doesnt matter cause its not good. If you just start doing side quests along side the msq then it lines up and fleashes out the world nicely, just gotta actually do the side quests and pay attention

@semekiizuio

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@@MegaDK47 yup alot of them are yellow side quests

Of the five stories, the only one I knew anything about was Koh, and only to a limited degree. I was happy to learn more! There are so many hidden stories like these in this game. Just last week I stumbled upon one such story. And if you don't mind the ramble, I'd like to share it. I can think of worse places to talk about it than the comments of a lore video. When I was replaying the Red Mage job quests, I stumbled upon an old journal written by "a goldsmith", hinting at a mysterious visit to Haukke Manor. This rang a bell in the back of my mind: This wasn't the first journal by "a goldsmith" that I've seen. Another had appeared during the MSQ in Old Sharlayan's forbidden archives. I ran directly there to check again. And I must say, I love it whenever I find myself running to an in-game library to do my own lore research. I feel like a scholar! Anyway, this mysterious Goldsmith: NOT Godbert, as my first assumption lead me to believe. This nameless goldsmith comes from Gridania. And apparently after what he witnessed in Haukke manor, became obsessed with the Void. He crafted the Wind-Up Succubus before trying to summon his own, an illegal act that saw him sentenced to death and hanged. Some time later, the Puff of Darkness wind-up minion was discovered which matched the style of the wind-up succubus. Gridanian authorities had to check, and dug up the Goldsmith's grave, finding it empty. Nobody knows what happened to the mad goldsmith, but he is likely behind the creation of every wind-up voidsent minion you've ever seen, and each has a fragment of his story in their description, and in the restricted section of both Old Sharlayan and Great Gubal Libary.

@EF5iris

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could that goldsmith be connected to the book you've read that praised a voidsent's beauty? im not sure but it must've been either in the chrystarium's or - more likely - old sharlayan's library?

@ChaosDX1

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@@EF5iris I'm going to say "Probably!" I've found one or two similar documents that never had the word "goldsmith" but still seem to be something this man would write. Such as the Leather Bound Diary in Great Gubal Library describing a failed Succubus summoning. Interestingly, that leather diary is referenced in 6.2's MSQ if you chat with side NPCs. I'd go into more detail, but that content is too new and I don't want to accidentally spoil anything.

@semekiizuio

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It reminds that time when you enter the Gub Library and read the books, it mentions of the boy and dragon. Then you do DRK quest line iirc and i forgot the boys name but the mentor from WHM talks about it. I love learing things that are connected to something else. Or the cheese recipe from Brayflox and the Alexander raids xD

@ainsart

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That's actually amazing! Excuse me as I go and read every single description of my wind up voidsent...

@elijahy8433

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and there's plenty more where that came from! further clues are in 6.2 And 6.3. it feels like we've been tracing his story back through time as we advance. super super cool

I'm ashamed to not have known Vedrfolnir and Aymeric had become such close friends, considering Aymeric is my favorite character. I really hope we can learn more about their relationship in the future!

I started a new playthrough recently. I knew about Gosetsu's mercenary past. It gets a brief mention in SB, when Yotsuyu is interrogating him. I think his daughter is also mentioned in MSQ. Vedrfolnir tests Aymeric while Hraesvelgr does the same for the player in Sohr Khai. Didn't know they started fighting together, though. If you play the Dragoon quests, you find that his consort is from Nidhogg's brood. She fled to the far east, rather than answering Nidhogg's call. I barely remembered Koh and Noah, mostly because the recent live letter mentioned they would be involved with the new Deep Dungeon.

Gosetsu is one of my most emotionally attached characters. I love jovial older characters, but holy heck, his views and his development are so broad. Adoptive Parents also I LOVE. But he losses both people he was raising and protecting and holds a front, then just BREAKS. Physically and mentally, becoming a healer as he walks the lands and pay respects for people who suffered and lost. He’s such a good character EW Spoilers but I’m SOOOOO UPSET he wasn’t in the MSQ to fight against Fandaniel and seeing him snap seeing the face of Asahi, even if it wasn’t him. It was a missed opportunity and would be good to see another character come back

I pride myself on being a lore nerd and came into this thinking that I was gonna know it all. But, I must admit, you have taught me something today. I didn't realize that Vidfolnir had befriended Aymereic, but I gotta admit... it makes a lot of sense.

@SynodicScribe

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Yeah that bit is great lore but has ZERO attention drawn to it. It's a real shame.

Feels like the Gosetsu one is very apt after someone saying his development was "character assassination". XD

I've been listening to stories as a newer adventurer. The red seas have a very loving story of a man who can't catch a fish, but can always catch a monster and how they were able to get the pirates and the Blue together to figure out how to put this man's strange abilities to reviving the fishing fleets in the area, after it was found that Bombfish could make fire. Why did he need this fish? To save the woman he loved from drowning sickness.

@qamarqammar7629

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Nice! I'm also watching lore videos as I replay the game. I'm amazed how much I never knew.

@ainsart

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My favourite so far are some side quests in the Azim Steppe. You can talk to one member of the Oronir who greatly enjoys cooking, and do some quests for him. Later, you talk to a member of the Dotharl who has trouble remembering his past lives. If you complete both their quest chains, a new quest will appear where the Oronir and Dotharl meet in secret to share food ^v^ It's such a nice little thing that I'm so glad they wrote.

I relate with Gosetsu to the point I modeled my character upon him, even bought his attire. My favorite character.

Wonder how much Koh/Noah will be involved in the new Deep Dungeon, seeing how SE already confirmed they're at least the person that starts you on your Journey there. I always thought Noah completely took over, so I am hoping to see this 2 Souls Dynamic play out some more in game

I only knew of Goestu and Noah but out of the five the white dragon fascinates me the most.

Could you possibly highlight the Quests or Fates that you obtain some of this information from? I would love to go find some of these stories myself

What you said about the msq - it is so entertaining I found it difficult not to rush through it. As I replay it now (doing every side quest, every job quest, etc) I am in awe of how much content there is outside of the msq, what wonderful characters and stories. I had no idea about Aymeric (I'm still on ARR) but very happy for him. Estienien can spare him a dragon friend or two :).

Loved all of these stories. Gosetsu is such a great character. I'm holding out hope he joins the Scions one day. His journey of mourning, redemption, loyalty, and finding peace along with hit backstory would make him a good fit. He was a joy to be around and I miss him. I doubt he'll be as jovial as he once was, understandably so, but I think he would bring a unique dynamic to the group, he'd even gain another family in the Scions and be the Dad/Grandpa of the group.

I feel a new fondness for Koh, even though i've sort of neglected her and Noah for some months. I can relate *strongly* to what they have going on. I can't imagine being normal one day and then suddenly ended up this way, at least I got to organically grow up with it. She has to fully relearn how to live.

@Bewilderforce

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You're plural, then? That's really neat!

I knew about most of these character's stories (I love lore hunting), but I never knew about Vidfolnir. Guess its time to visit the dragons again.

i remember the ishgardian lady as the "that one lady who does not discriminate in the matters of money" I am so glad you touched on the miqote now i really wanted to know more about her before you know what thank you

I knew at least some of Gosetsu and Koh but only vaguely about Vidofnir’s brother. I think he challenged Aymeric back when we were trying to earn the alliance with Hraesvelgyr. But I’m only part of the way through Stormblood so I don’t know a lot of lore yet.

Outside of Gosetsu's loss of his family I didn't know ANY of this. Also hearing a character that was possessed by an Allagan is something I wish was in the main story or something more major cause holy shit that's kind of insane. lol

I love the Gosetsu story the best. I was sadden when I thought he died and later left for his pilgrimage. Then I was happy when he helped us during the Blasphemy story. And the he left again. I hope he comes back. He reminds me of me.

I knew of kageyama, gosetsu and some of Eloise due to going through several side quests so far. But it was fun to learn more that I had yet to discover. Thanks for covering these stories

You got with 2 of them. Elies Pool and Mr. Shiratama (who has hilariously made yet another appearance in Tataru's Grand Endeavor). Madam Pool is certainly far more interesting than I ever took her for, and I'm surprised that I never found any of this information on her!

Gosetsu and Koh are GREAT choices for this type of content!

Great timing for me to click on this video two days after picking up the Eureka Orthos quest

Oh, trust me.. triple triad junkies are VERY familiar with Elaisse LOL Lovely video and super informative! ^^

What I recall about Vedrfolnir, is him getting chased off by Darkscale, because not enough players came to help

love it!!! i knew gosetsu, but that was it. love hearing about the unknowns!!

I really really love these kind of Videos, FF and FF XIV especially, has such a rich amount of interesting chars and I love them being discissed in such a informative way. Big big thanks for uploading this

I had some vague understanding of Gosestsu but honestly i had no idea about the other four, so this was a quite interesting video.

I actually knew all of those side plots, and it was incredible to hear them all brought out in video. You're totally right in that there's just more love and more light than could be brought to each one of these characters, and many more.

"Koh Rabntah." And then, 6.35 happened. It was interesting to see how her/their story progressed thanks to Orthos. I certainly wasn't expecting that prior to the patch. Nice to see them re-utilize an NPC from so long ago.

I cry for Gosetsu. His story is so sad. I can’t believe he has been through so much.

I adore Elies, mostly because my name is Elise and so as soon as I saw her on screen I was drawn to her and liked talking to her. It was fun to hear about her story here. Also, had no clue about Vidfolnir and Aymeric and I love that they're best bros now. And awesome to see Korabna here. As soon as her quest turned repeatable I remember thinking "What, wait, that's it?! No, I gotta know more about this situation here!"

I knew many of these since I love this kind of information but I didn't know/forgot about Koh and Noah. You do such amazing videos.

This is a great video, and I would love to hear more of this sort of thing.

IIRC, Koh will be..."retired" of some sort. I think we will see a "reassignment" of them on 6.3. I think the Miqote we see in the 6.3 Trailer on the CT entrance with the tomegear is them!

@RavinousStudios

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Yeah. They're removing the weekly quests since they're outdated and reusing Koh/Noah to be a part of the new Deep Dungeon being added in 6.3.

So I have an idea for lore: discussing auracite, and it's capabilities, as well as how it relates to items like Save the Queen and Zantetsuken that contain primals, or at least contain what's needed for them.

Never knew about Koh! Great video!

That was amazing. Hopefully you make a part 2.

Thank you for sharing !

always nice to listen your lore stories thank for your efforts :D

I didn't know much about the last 3! Love this video!

I knew a few of these, but I'm subscribing so I can see any others I missed :) Not enough content creation is done for side characters - and there's a lot there!

I was unaware that the friendship grew after Sohr Kai and some of the latter bits of dialog, just kinda assumed it might be a thing. Rest was fairly familiar and still loathe the rich boy for... but was nice to get some greater details on, thank you for this

When it comes to everybody's favorite Samurai yes I did kind of knew a bit about that backstory not to the full extent but at least new bits of it. Everybody else on this list on the other hand I did not know they actually shared more importance in the world of Final Fantasy and kind of glad to know a little bit of their back stories a bit especially when it came to that one shopkeeper because my God was out of it annoying having to do a bit of go here talk to NpC and then run back and talk the other NPC quests

How dare you make me like Gosetsu more than I already did He was already my favorite stormblood character

It took me almost a year to learn, that Gosetsu shares the same surname as my WoL

Worth noting that Koh and Noah are back for Eureka Orthos.

I'm familiar with the NPCs you mentioned. Mostly the woman in Ishgard actually. I've gotten to know her more through my Leatherworking and understand that she's a key player in Ishgard's economy. As a bit of a gil hound myself, I understand this. Wonderful lore video as usual! I'd like to know what some of your sources are :)

Yay love these!!!

I did know some of the information in regards to Gosetsu - there is the briefest hint of it during msq...most of the rest I didn't know. There was a little more about Vedrfolnir that you didn't mention here. I believe he is the dragon who had a mate of Nidhogg's brood, which makes his ongoing conflict with them all the more interesting.

to me, I have to wonder if Vidfolnir is the same, stoic yet fearless dragon he is today when he was there with Thordan I's knights. Must have been something when he saw the descendant of Thordan I (Thordan VII) perish. To see one befriend and another detest, got to admit those dragons have seen a lot of stuff.

I knew very little which doesn't surprise me since I've been dead set on MSQ since I started the game a few years ago. But now that I've gotten up to the most recent patch I'll probably slowly make a list of interesting side content to explore.

One thing i would hope, is: that whe have in 7.0 a new group. The scions has finished there goal and disbanded. It would fit, that whe go to a new place in 7.0, where whe find new companion. And, that the scions can show up for special moments. But it looks like, that whe keep them

I didn't know most of these stories. Being only three months into the game, I didn't have time to do everything the game has to offer just yet.

I would like to see a video about Lord Lolorito some day, he's one of my low key favorite characters in the game and I think not many people give him some deserved respect. I can't entirely blame them though, as in A Real Reborn he was basically another trope character like many others were back then, but as the game progressed and the characters started to gain more development, he evolved from this uninteresting capitalist douchebag to a wealthy, powerful and yet complex individual with a pragmatism that is hard to argue with. Sadly, most of this development is missed by the mayority of the players as can only be experienced in some stories in the Lodestone or side quests, but in the undervalued meeting between him and Nanamo in the post Stormblood MSQ you can see that he's more than a rich prick when the Sultana earned his respect as a ruler, and started to give her his support.

All i did know was that Gosetsu had a family and he was trying to fill that void with Tsuyu. Buuuut I've always been conflicted with his actions, like it's kinda creepy buuuut if she was okay with it? But she was amnesiac, but she still thought it was nice when she got her memories back..

Ah Koh. They were fun. I hope they come back at some point having come to an agreement even on a driver-schedule.

@happykilmore4637

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Koh is the NPC for the Crystal Tower deep dungeon in 6.3

I had completely forgotten about the miqo'te. Now that they're retiring (or otherwise changing) the NOAH questline in 6.3 - I think it is? - I wonder if they're going to do anything more with this character. .. 9 more days and we'll know, I suppose. Thanks! I'm going to head straight to her after the patch.

Random idea that popped into my head I'd love to a see video on what healing magic does and doesn't actually well 'heal' in FFXIV as there seems to be a lot of misconceptions about this amongst people I discuss the topic with I.E. why didn't we just heal harchefaunt or why can't we just heal and fix Arenvald's legs.

@SynodicScribe

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I actually did do that. I did a short series explaining how aether and magic work, including the healing arts.

This video makes me even more of a fan of all the hidden side stories of rare shown characters. Is there more to know about Coultenet and Hoary Boulder too?

@SynodicScribe

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Of course there is!

The Gosetsu story was laid bare in the MSQ… the main plot in Stormblood was so drab that these side stories shone bright in comparison.

Even for someone who play almost 5 year, the same ffxiv trailer formula of 6.3 still excite me for story lol

Huh, nice, I actually already knew about all of these, but you have the more complete version of it all

Poor Koh, she needs a break.

Kageyama was imprisoned again in the Blue Mage questline , but in Ul'dah this time. Wonder what happened after that xP

I knew about the two souls girl but i didn't know these amazing details!

I know about about the first and the last story and yes some of them hit hard

Gosetsu is real stromblood MVP

And this is only 5 that are even touched upon in the MSQ, out of dozens if not hundreds of others that aren't even thought of, let alone mentioned by a main character that isn't yourself. And most of them have something compelling about them and their story that are worth exploring, even if only just a little bit. Edit: Coming back to this after the release of Eureka Orthos feels nice, since I feel that it does deliver on a pretty good chunk of Koh/Noah's potential. Perhaps not completely, but enough to satisfy me.

Goesetsu story continues in role quests

I knew a bit about each of them, but not the more fleshed out stories. Elaisse (hope I got the spelling right) always came across as a lady who know where how to wisely invest and spend, but wow, powerhouse family indeed! Kageyama is just one of those people who have only one solution in life to problems: throw money at it (quite literally). Stupid amounts. :D And it just makes so much sense for Amyeric to bond with a dragon--he certainly is not a typical ishgardian born man. Time will tell how his legacy plays out!

wellwellwell seems Koh will be important in the new deep dungeon! Goodbye weekly quest, hello story continuation!

Ahh. Best way to fall asleep. Lore videos

I recently replayed through stormblood so I knew most of the stuff about Gosetsu.

Im proud to say i know 3 out of the 5. Gosetsu, Vil, and koh

Koh is probably gonna get a bigger role in 6.3 with Eureka Orthos.

Lol that miqo gonna be quest giver for the new deep dungeon

Does anyone have the source for the friendship between Vedrfolnir and Aymeric? I went searching for it but couldn't find it

The soy sauce dude also seems to be the host of the new CC pvp map!

I moved over to Linux and therefore have to use Steam to play FFXIV on a 2nd account. I am really enjoying doing it all over again and pretending to be a sprout to my FC.

@SynodicScribe 10:03 how interesting we see a black haired female miqote in 6.3 trailer.

@SynodicScribe

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It doesn't hurt to update people on obscure background characters. Especially if they might become relevant again. haha

From where you have the info about Aymeric and his dragon? Just positively curious :) Was it in Stormblood Dragoon quests? TT card? some updated dialogues in later game? I know him mostly from Fates, but can't think about any other places. Regards! Thanks for vid :)

@SynodicScribe

Жыл бұрын

A few places. You notice that Vedrfolnir is near Sir Aymeric in the MSQ a couple times even though attention isn't brought to it. But the truth of that proxy is revealed in the Encyclopedia Eorzea.

@morteaux3662

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@@SynodicScribe Oh, and I just started reading the first one :) but yeah, I thought that could be the case too. Thanks for reply :)

@Reialine

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@@SynodicScribe I also remember that in one of the MSQ cutscenes Ser Aymeric talks about his first meeting with the dragon, even thou his name wasn't mentioned. I forgot when it exactly was. He also has mentions of it if you talked to him while he's an extra character (those who you can talk before you advance the MSQ), as you advance in the MSQ.

Gosetsu is one of the best characters ever

Heavensward/Warring Triad Spoilers: Don't even get me started on Regula

@zirilan3398

Жыл бұрын

I miss him

Huh. I'm actually surprised you didnt talk about Y'mhitra, Y'sthola's sister.

Ngl, I actually only knew about one of these. O.o

Seems that korabna's quest has been removed, that's kinda weird

Where are these sourced from?

Sadly, Koh and Noah are gone from Eorzea because the devs deleted that quest in Patch 6.4 as they deemed it pointless. :(

I understand why you don't typically share what quests and materials you get your information from, since you are supposed to be a scholar within the lore of the game and everything, but can you at least share the in-game quests that tell these stories? I'd love to experience some of them for myself too. If it's not too much trouble of course. You seem like somebody to organize your notes well enough to know which quests you are referencing.

@SynodicScribe

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Honestly I work off of memory for most of my material and simply go back to double check my knowledge before making a video. This MMO's lore is so spread out I'd be assembling a library on top of making videos if I was that detailed.

@mulvicoder

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@@SynodicScribe Ah I see! Darn lol. Thanks for the video all the same. Always happy to learn more about the characters we've already spent so much time with.

Waaaaaait… I get the feeling a lot more people are about to find out more about Koh in 6.3…

underutilized until now :p

Yeah, ok I didn't know this.

Side stories

Knew all of them.

Gosetsu deserved better 💔

Ok less than a minute in I MUST contest. There are things you could call FFXIV out on but FORGETTABLE NPCs and Not giving characters space to breathe is a TRAVESTY of an accusation. This is probably one of the things FFXIV does better than ANY other MMO. What are you SMOKING???

8:48 ...and as such, he is a soyboy

I think noha will be involved in the new deep dungeon, and kageyama new madness will be beeing involved in the crystaline conflicts