FFXIV Endwalker Media Tour: An in-depth tour of Garlemald and its lore!
—–All footage is in development and subject to change—–
In the wake of ruin, what can we learn from the ashes of Garlemald’s streets? The Garlean Empire drew heavily from our real world Roman Empire for inspiration, though the harnessing of ceruleum led to an industrial boom not unlike our modern-day use of oil. Brush up on your knowledge of the existing lore for this imperialistic nation, while looking ahead at what Endwalker may have in store for the Garleans and the world as a whole.
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, 10 in-depth looks at jobs in Endwalker, glamour endgame, and two dives into our new dungeon!
Endwalker releases November 23rd, 2021 with early access starting November 19th.
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**A special thank you to @badgalsarini on Twitter (aka Oat) and Ashen from HGXIV for helping us find some additional Garlean interiors and housing builds to feature! Thank you as well to everyone who hopped in to dress up & play Garlean with us for bonus footage!
HOUSING BUILD:
Cyberpunk Night Market: https://twitter.com/badgalsarini/status/1373727631976316934?lang=en
SOURCES:
Encyclopaedia Eorzea Volume I
GamerEscape
Final Fantasy Wiki
Wikipedia
FinalFantasyXIV.com
Finalfantasy.fandom.com
Ducksters.com
00:00 – Intro
02:26 – The Founding of the Garlean Empire
04:16 – Region: The Eblan Rime
05:00 – Camp Broken Glass
06:14 – Horrea Campi
06:48 – Alta Strata
07:44 – Region: Cerulea Ingens
08:46 – Juturna Platform G
09:20 – Monitoring Station G
10:01 – Tapper’s Den
10:23 – Region: Regio Domorum
11:33 – Region: Regio Urbanissima
12:30 – Palatium Novum (& Royal Lineage)
16:48 – Forum Solius
17:51 – Tertium
19:03 – Senaculum Imperialis
20:57 – The Stainless Course
21:32 – The Enceladeum
22:52 – Outro
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Long have I waited….
This was the zone I was most excited for, thank you!
AHHHHHHHHH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!!!!
That was so cooooool
You’re talented..
Fabulous video! Didn’t realise how excited I was to see Garlemald…turns out very!
I appreciate this video, Rook.
Not enough people pay attention to Zenos's story and background. That was good coverage Rook. It's also important to understand in story telling, there are 3 kinds of obstacles: Man vs. Self, Man vs. Man, and Man vs. Nature. Zenos as an antagonist falls into Nature, as he's a wild beast more than anything. He is a force of nature who has long stopped needing any reason to justify what he does. Such is suggested in the form of 2 of his original swords, the Storm and the Swell. He's associated with storms and floods. If you listen to a lot of his dialog, he's very often portrayed as far far more intelligent than most everyone else, but he chooses to proceed with little thought, often using predator metaphors. He's a complex character when you really look at him, but he minimizes that complexity, which is compounded by his numbness and need for connection.
Also, my secret speculation: I think the Dev team is holding on to it as a secret… but Yoshida has hinted at it, but no one is picking up on it… Zenos is likely going to join as a Trust around the middle of the story, and be a party member for a while. But… He's not gonna be a good guy. It's more like Ardyn in 15 helping you out where he does to accomplish his own goals where there is overlap.
You made such good use of your media tour time. Thanks for these tours.
Amazing job!!! Watch out Ethys and Moose, here comes Rook! ❤️
Hrothgar at 10:02
Considering hrothgar(Lost) are native to Ilsabard via Bozja and Bozja only recently being freed of Garlean imperialism Im glad to see him
I'll have to watch this video with my eyes closed hahaha, want to explore garlemald not knowing what will be there!
Wait they did all this in just 50 years while they were escaping and were left with literally nothing? That's insane
OMG!!! Rook!! Freaking amazing video and lore tour. Thank you!!!
Amazing stuff. I love the attention to detail you put into your videos. Always eagerly awaiting your work.
Yesss! This is one of my favourite soundtracks from EW. It's so hauntingly beautiful and such a chilling contrast to how Empire was portrayed since ARR
As someone who is a big fan of garlean lore I really appreciate this video tysm <3
Awesome video. All your contents are invaluable. Thanks for your contribution to the community.
Criminally underrated content, Rook. I'm glad you went as we don't have Ethys' Lore Tours this time along. Such great quality work, I really appreciate the time and energy you must have put into this.
just wow Rook, these videos are so well written. I love the in depth look at the zones and how they reflect our own wold history, nice work!