FFXIV Lore- Job Research on Gunbreaker, Dancer, Reaper and Sage



Until Square decides to release publications that go into greater detail about these jobs my hands are tied and I can’t do a deep dive like I can the other jobs. I hope this is good enough until that day comes.

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Primary Sources:
Video Games-
FinalFantasy XIV Online

Publications-
Encyclopedia Eorzea Volume I
Encyclopedia Eorzea Volume II

Alternative Sources:
FinalFantasyXIV, The Lodestone/Sidestory
FFXIV, Letter from the Producer
Published FFXIV Brand Art Books

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20 thoughts on “FFXIV Lore- Job Research on Gunbreaker, Dancer, Reaper and Sage”

  1. I love the Tottentanz and the "dynamis Transformations" are so similar in cause. both root from innate aether disruption, unease, anxieties, and hate. both cause the victims to lash out and attack loved ones, may cause transformations (though Tottentanz transforms the emotions into a physical manifestation more than fully transforming the affecter person) and eventually die

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  2. Odd. As far as I understand "Krieg" and "Toten" are German words. But Radz-at-Han is highly Indian inspired. So why is there German sounding words in a job from a land inspired by India?

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  3. and this is the sad result of the writing staff of FF 14 stopping Job specific quest lines. :/ a lack of much needed lore. I mean part of the reason I've played Dark Knight for as long as I have, is the lore behind it. and the promise of potential new lore from new Job Quests, and the short intros we get now, that last a single 10 level stretch aren't doing Reaper or Sage any favors, especially Reaper, who DESPERATELY needs the added depth beyond 'shadow protectors wielding dark powers', cause so far, the Job Quests for it aren't it chief.

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  4. Actually Totentanz is translated to "Dance of the Dead"/"Danse Macabre", not "Dance of Death". It's an allegory of that Death influenced the living like we dance in his palms like our dead ancestors did and in death we are all equal (the rich, the poor, the saint, the sinner, the king, the priest). The pictures of Totentanz appeared more often after calamities, plagues, war or after other events of mass death as reminder. This feeling of loss, of fear and lonliness that the survivors felt while mimicking the dance of their loved ones with the Death. This dance is mockery to the living ones, as normally a dance is sign to be alive. So it make sense to challenge a dance with another dance.

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