FFXIV Lore- Understanding the Amalj'aa and Ifrit
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2024
- Time to get back to some beast tribes! The Amalj'aa are a fan favorite so I'm happy to finally get around to discussing their nuanced culture! I hope everyone enjoys and is looking forward to more content soon!
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I love that the Amal'jaa's way of thinking isn't necessarily might equals right or only pure fighting strength is needed, but it's more a belief in having pride and being willing to stand up for oneself. It's a warrior culture with a lot of nuances to it, and clearly they celebrate life just as much seeing how they tend to excel at animal husbandry, a job that requires a lot of care and empathy along with how they treat the event of newborns.
This is awesome and I'm so glad you're doing lectures about the tribes! The Amal'jaa were the first tribe I worked with through the quests, and introduced me to the idea of these tribe allies and their way of life. In the RP group I'm in, my character was inspired to join a Beast Tribe Outreach program because she was rescued by the Brotherhood of Ash as an Immortal Flames recruit from Ifrit's tempered, so this video helps me strengthen her knowledge about them!
I truly enjoy all of these lore videos about XIV and really like how much dedication is shown towards the research and depth of knowledge.
Likewise I really enjoy these detailed videos because I learn so much from them. For example I knew so very little about the Amal’ja. Almost nothing actually and now thanks to our Synodic Scribe I not only know far more but I can respect them in a way I never would have without this video. The beast tribes have never really interested me.
In fact for a long time I saw them as little more than just another kind of monster to be evaded or killed without thought. I have a particular disdain for the Amal’ja. I’m sure all but the very newest players know exactly why I dislike them. But I suppose that’s just a small amount of the overall population which are the tempered ones and the rest keep to themselves. Perhaps I might meet the proper Amal’ja one day.
@@mikoto7693 Square Enix loves being very vague about the beast tribes and loves letting the players figure everything out about them just from the in-game story alone, but even that is not enough information to go off of.
The Encyclopedia Eorzea is a good- yet also expensive- part of the lore for XIV and is quite a wonderful way to learn more about Eorzea.
This game has such good lore. Can't wait to see the other beast tribes lore.
Fierce and hardy as the Amal'jaa may be, with arms like that I bet they give good hugs. 😆
Beast tribe lore is really interesting since there are so many hints but barely any facts. y brain almost exploded when I found out where the Elementals came from (or rather who created them and why). Then in Azys La, we found the cradle of the Ixal (at least that was my take?), but we barely know anything about the others. - Love the emphasis on the Amalj'aa's skill with animals, though - makes the perfect line to what we learn about them in Shadowbringers :)
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I always wondered how did Ifrit really came to be. Because originally Ifrit was a concept designed by the Ancients. The concept came up in lore twice, this first time was when Azem took Ifrit to sap the fire aether away from a volcano to save an island.
The second time is during Abyssos 8th circle savage phase 2. The mechanic called High Concept 2 forces the players to do weird aether alchemy by mixing and matching stuff. And by combining Ifrit and a bird concept (probably Garuda?) it created the Phoenix which revives the players after they all die from the boss attack called Ego Death
It was Lahabrea’s fire concept, Ifrita.
🙂 me listening so intently, thirsty for that juicy lore!
Thank you so much for doing this video! I like the Amal’jaa quite a bit and glad to find a lore video about them
This video, more than serving as window into Amal'jaa life and customs, piques my curiosity for how one might conceivably do a campaign for players playing as members of the different Beast Tribes. For this and other reasons I genuinely hope for a chance at having a similar look into the other Beast Tribes of the world.
joining the Brotherhood of Ash tribe quests line actually gives lore for joining their tribe.
I'll be honest, I've never played d&d or any other tabletop rpg (well, I've played d&d once, but none of us really knew what we were doing or how the rules worked) but after watching the lore videos of the different jobs and beast tribes, I have also started to get really interested in how someone would play them in a tabletop game. I especially think the dark knight would be really cool to translate over to a tabletop setting as a sort of paladin using dark powers and dedicated to justice and vengeance in the name of the weak.
More delicious lore content!
Thank you Synodic Scribe, it’s great to be back both to FF14 and watching your videos.
0.0 So in the Amal'jaa's eyes the Roegadyn race is a race of peacekeeping warriors? based on sound similarity it'd be cool if there was an in lore connection like that ^w^
Love love love the video!!
Ahh, this is the stuff. Perfect subject for a chilly fall day. This is what I sign up for.
*Grabs coffee*
I'm sorry if this is long, but here goes:
Kamino is an Ala Mhigan native who was captured and conscripted some years after his family was executed by van Baelsar. He served at Castrum Novum in Mor Dhona, sabotaged the defensive efforts when the WoL's of the Sixth AE laid siege to the installation and destroyed the lunar transmitter. His involvement was never discovered.
As the conflict between the Alliance and Empire was taking place on the Carteneau Flats, Kamino and four imperial soldiers were tasked with patrolling the fringes of Zanr'ak, to keep an eye on the Amalj'aa. When the soldiers' backs were turned away from him, Kamino set the imps ablaze in one shot. Unbeknownst to him, a group of the desert-native tribesmen had witnessed the act. They welcomed the miqo'te into Zanr'ak with open arms.
Just as the blasphemous primal bahamut laid waste to Aldenard, Kamino passed out and awakened at the Ring of Ash. There, he was allowed to live and work in relative safety with a new adopted family, befriending and eventually betrothed to his late husband, Rezigg Chah. A copper "arrowhead" styled necklace was gifted to the miqo'te during their exchange of vows. Kamino wears the necklace to this day.
Unfortunately, their union wouldn't last, as the couple were taken and brought to Ifrit...
When Thancred shared with Kamino how the tempered are dealt with, there was no reaction from the Scion's newest recruit. He'd already done the deed years ago. Since Operation Archon, Kamino has taken great strides to make manifest a long-desired dream of his and Rezigg's. Their desire for peace, between the tribesmen and established peoples of Eorzea, a goal that comes closer to fruition day by day.
I have been looking forward to watching this ever since you started doing these tribesmen lore videos.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you, Scribe. This was a wonderful look into one of my top favorite peoples in FFXIV.
(Ah, hell I forgot to mention!) THE ARTWORK HERE IS STUNNING! WOO! Massive props to the artist, it's all beautiful!
Great video !
fINALY another beast tribe video
Mmmmm loooorrreeeee yeeessssss
Before the sundering? Im confused, i thought all shards were non existsnt untill the sundering. Reflections. Even the source was nothing alike to its previous. How can they be before this? What quest have i missed! Am i being stupid! Aaahhhhh.... just when i thought i had it. 8 long years....
The Amalj'aa exist on the First. Which means they existed before Hydaelyn Sundered the world into the Source and its 13 reflections. Anything that lived on the world before the Sundering, also exists on the Source and its reflections.
Couldnt they be ancients changed in the sundering like the hrothgar, then only appearing after the sundering?
@@petergreen5047 Seems unlikely, as even those changed by the sundering maintained their humanoid baseline. Add to that that their god, Ifrit, was a concept devised by Lahabrea and it's more likely they are the descendants of one of the Ancients' creations.
how do they compare to the zou from the first
Could be similar, but since the flood happened, their culture is probably wiped out.
Also seeing weakness as shameful, what about being covered in water? I know it’s shameful as well to them, but I’m unsure the context of why.
It's painful and makes them feel sick
@@GayLPer Really? That’s interesting.