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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!

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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

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     Vor 6 Jahren


fey-t-ff:

> 

     Vor 2 Tagen


miqo-tales:

> greenmagic-oilspill:
> 
> > miqo-tales:
> > 
> > > ffxivxd:
> > > 
> > > > In the early days of utilizing bards in combat, many other nations tried
> > > > to form units of minstrels in order to mimic the battlesongs of
> > > > Gridanian hunters. However, the hollow choruses failed to produce the
> > > > same level of influence.
> > > 
> > > #ok but like what is the lore reason for why this didn’t work lol
> > > 
> > > I’m picturing Immortal Flames charging across the battle field to the tune
> > > of Monty Python’s The Money Song.
> > > 
> > > Lominsan bard tries to lift spirits with Sweet Lass of Summerford and gets
> > > cuffed over the head because someone thinks he’s talking about their
> > > sister.
> > 
> > I LOVE that mental image but… that’s still music! So why wouldn’t it work?
> > What is it about Bards and Gridanian Bard music specifically that makes
> > their magic effective?
> 
> The “the hollow choruses” bit amuses me cause it kinda implies that Ul'dahn
> and Lominsan music sucked. Or their bards sucked.
> 
> I can’t help but feel that’s a bit of bias by a Gridanian historian…
> 
> That said, I do agree this seems weird. Like I can maybe come up with some
> reasons why Ul'dah might have trouble, but not really with Limsa Lominsa. But
> here’s some thoughts:
> 
>  1. Possibly Lominsan and Ul'dahn bards were trying (or initially forced) to
>     emulate Gridanian bards. Like they would have been taught by Gridanians
>     and probably encouraged to sing Gridanian-style songs. And that just
>     didn’t work out.
>  2. Maybe it was an issue with instruments? Harps (and maybe flutes) may not
>     have suited music styles from Ul'dah and Lominsa.
>  3. This one is specifically Ul'dah. Maybe their common style of music (at the
>     time) simply didn’t work for this purpose? With the Thaumaturge’s Guild at
>     Ul'dah and that also functioning for funeral rites, maybe Ul'dahn music
>     was typically somber? Just generally not suited for battle?

in response to @greenmagic-oilspill’s tag,

the way OP has summarized the above quote more or less makes this sound like
it’s a national failing. that somehow gridania’s bards are special where
ul'dah’s or limsa’s or ishgard’s or ala mhigo’s are not. but this isn’t really
the reason.

the context that is missing is that when the city-states warred with one
another, gridania’s bards were first and foremost bowmen who happened to sing
and play. their songs were true tales of the experiences of war that they
themselves experienced. they were soldiers of the battlefield who lived to tell
their tale of heroism or tragedy. they played songs on the battlefield to
inspire their peers because they were their fellow soldiers and
brothers-in-arms.

> Encyclopedia Eorzea: “Five hundred years ago, in the time when the city-states
> engaged one another in bloody conflict, Gridanian hunters were often forced to
> take up their bows to defend their nascent nation from outside invaders. These
> reluctant archers would strum their bowstrings and sing songs for their
> comrades, and it was from those encouraging, arching tunes that the inspiring
> melodies of the bard were born. Their lilting notes stirred the spirit,
> lending their fellow soldiers a tangible strength that could turn the tide of
> battle.“

> Jehantel: “At first, the archer sang only to still the roiling within. But his
> voice chanced to carry to his comrades. It inspirited those engaged in combat,
> lending strength to their sword arms. And to those who lay upon the precipice
> of death, it granted a measure of peace.”

when the other nations implemented musical regiments into their own armies, they
hired career bards and musicians. not soldiers. these people weren’t expected to
fight, they had never seen combat. they were just musicians told to play on the
battlefield. so their music rang hollow and did not inspire.

> Jehantel: “Realizing the tactical potential of song, yet loath to set aside
> skilled archers for that purpose, armies began raising dedicated regiments of
> minstrels. But the members of such units were no warriors. They knew naught of
> the burden borne by those who charge into battle - whose lot is to dance with
> death and sup on pain. And so their songs rang hollow, holding no power over
> the hearts of men.”

> Encyclopedia Eorzea: “Witnessing the effect of those ‘battlesongs,’ each
> nation formed units of minstrels in an attempt to amplify the phenomenon, but
> these hollow, regimented choruses failed to produce the same mystical
> influence. The original performers, on the other hand, found themselves
> drowned out by ranks of military musicians, and one by one their voices grew
> quiet on the battlefield.“

and this was also true when the time of warring city-states waned and the true
bards died out. they could play the old songs, but they never experienced them
themselves. and some even twisted the tales or made elaborate fabrications of
events that didn’t ring true, and thus the magic eventually all but died out.

> Jehantel: "Alas, their popularity proved their downfall. Intoxicated by the
> attention of the masses, the bards took to embellishing their songs in a bid
> to outdo one another. And over time, each song was shorn of verity, till the
> bard’s repertoire contained not one shred of truth. By now you will know that
> such songs have no purchase upon men’s hearts.”

you can read more lore about the bards here!

     Vor 1 Woche


cobbbvanth:

> star wars, but it’s just the memes
> 
> > MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

     Vor 1 Woche

lipid:

> 

     Vor 1 Woche


peasantexchangeprogram:

> peasantexchangeprogram:
> 
> > citationless behavior
> 
> sourceless behavior

     Vor 3 Wochen

hungwy:

> One of the best stories humanity ever produced was a draft of a rewrite of the
> Epic of Gilgamesh written by a Ecuadorian poet in 1935. It was tossed into a
> fireplace by an angry boy and lost forever. Another of humanity’s best was
> told 65,000 years ago and was overheard by a small tribe of embarked
> Neanderthals boating down a river in what is now northern Georgia. A short
> woman at the bank scrubbed a wooden idol in the water and sang an ancient tale
> in an unknown language. These two are eclipsed by everything produced by two
> brothers at the coast of what is now Cameroon between 503 BC and 490 BC, which
> they shared with some family and friends, and were beloved by everyone except
> a sour uncle.

     Vor 3 Wochen


finishing-touch:

> > The Neverending Journey

     Vor 3 Wochen


absolem0:

> Burning

     Vor 4 Wochen


aureliagaming:

> idk what dm needs to hear this but you arent getting that done in a single
> session

     Vor 4 Wochen


well…? 👉👈

     Vor 1 Monat

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