FFXIV: Endwalker – Old Sharlayan City Tour (Lore Video)

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FFXIV Endwalker Media Tour: An in-depth tour of Old Sharlayan and its lore!

—–All footage is in development and subject to change—–

Brush up on your Sharlayan lore while diving deeper into the philosophies and ancient inspirations found around the city of Old Sharlayan! Includes refreshers on most of our major characters and their connections to this nation of scholars as well as an exploration of the city’s many points of interest.

I’m so grateful to have been a part of the 2021 FFXIV: Endwalker Media Tour this year! A huge thanks to Square Enix for the invitation. I had an incredible time!

Be sure to check out my Media Tour playlist, which includes lore tours of Old Sharlayan, Thavnair, & Garlemald, 10 in-depth looks at jobs in Endwalker, and two dives into our new dungeon!

Endwalker releases November 23rd, 2021 with early access starting November 19th.

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SOURCES:
Encyclopedia Eorzea volume I
GamerEscape
Final Fantasy Wiki
Wikipedia
Encyclopedia Britannica
Kant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-pY-1J_WA&t=881s

IMAGE SOURCES:
Trajan Fountain in Ephesus:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10.1_Trajan_Fountain_in_Ephesus.JPG

Imperial Rostra:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ForumRomanumRostra.JPG

Pnyx Hill:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pnyx-berg2.png

Stoa of Attalos:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Massimo_Pigliucci-Stoa_of_Attalos.jpg

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17 thoughts on “FFXIV: Endwalker – Old Sharlayan City Tour (Lore Video)”

  1. Wonderful work! It's cool to see the final product. Your rundown was thorough and interesting from beginning to end. Thanks for letting me be apart of it, in my own very small way!

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  5. I really like this style of video! Connecting the ingame lore with RL history, brilliant move Rook. Reminds me of all the travel documentaries I've seen and enjoyed.

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  8. Thank you very much for making this video in particular, really appreciate the efforts done on the research and linking the new information to existing lores. These lores are one of the things making this game so much richer and exciting!

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  9. As usual Rook you set the gold standard for fun and informative videos. I love your interspersing of real world influences with the new locales in the game. Incredible work and thanks for posting this! I plan to rewatch this a handful of times before EW early access! <3

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  13. I have a "very important" Lore Question regarding the Rostra and the Forum:

    Did you count the seats and made sure that there ARE literally 99 seats there or do some of the Forum members have to sit like they're late for a lecture in a overfilled university course? xD

    I'm only somewhat serious here, great video <3

    PS: great pronounciation of Kant's name as well 🙂

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  14. This was absolutely perfect! To the founder father and the ark, to all the tid bits of the location names and their importance, to the aetheryte system, EUREKA, THE STUDIUM, ahhhh! I've been a Sharlayan lore Nerd since started like 4 yrs ago and this brought tears to my eyes! You knocked it all out of the park! <3

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