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| description = Alongside the shores of Silvertear Lake, Mor Dhona lies very close to the center of Aldenard. As a key land route blessed with breathtaking scenery, the area once featured a lively collection of inns. During the Battle of Silvertear Skies, however, an extreme aetherial surge swept through the landscape transforming much of it into pure crystal. Though the cause remains a topic of discussion amongst scholars, the phenomenon was indisputably destructive, and now the place is a wasteland shrouded in mephitic mists.
| description = Alongside the shores of Silvertear Lake, Mor Dhona lies very close to the center of Aldenard. As a key land route blessed with breathtaking scenery, the area once featured a lively collection of inns. During the Battle of Silvertear Skies, however, an extreme aetherial surge swept through the landscape transforming much of it into pure crystal. Though the cause remains a topic of discussion amongst scholars, the phenomenon was indisputably destructive, and now the place is a wasteland shrouded in mephitic mists.
| weather = clear skies, fair skies, fog, gloom, clouds
| weather = clear skies, fair skies, fog, gloom, clouds
| map = Mor-dhona.jpg
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| connections = [[Northern Thanalan]] (SW) <br> [[Coerthas Central Highlands]] (NE)
| connections = [[Northern Thanalan]] (SW) <br> [[Coerthas Central Highlands]] (NE) <br> {{ShB}} [[The Syrcus Trench (Zone)|The Syrcus Trench]] (SE) <br> {{EW}} [[The Omphalos]] (S)
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| release = 2.0
| release = 2.0
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}} The [[Minor City]] for [[A Realm Reborn]] (2.0), [[Revenant's Toll]], is located here.
 
[[Mor Dhona]] is a [[zone]] in [[Mor Dhona]].
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==Locations==
==Locations==
...
{{location table header|Mor Dhona|showLevel=true}}
|-
| [[Fogfens]]
| style="text-align:center" |
|
: {{map icon|landmark}} [[Castrum Centri]]
: {{map icon|landmark}} [[The Tangle]]
: {{map icon|landmark}} [[Rathefrost]]
: {{map icon|landmark}} [[Camp Revenant's Toll]]
|-
| [[Revenant's Toll]]
| style="text-align:center" |
|
: {{map icon|aetheryte}} Revenant's Toll
: {{map icon|chocobokeep}} [[Chocobo Porter]]
: {{map icon|landmark}} [[The Diamond Forge]]
: {{map icon|landmark}} [[Rowena's House of Splendors]]
: {{map icon|landmark}} [[The Rising Stones]]
: {{map icon|landmark}} [[The Seventh Heaven]]
|-
| [[North Silvertear]]
| style="text-align:center" |
|
: {{map icon|settlement}} [[Saint Coinach's Find]]
: {{map icon|chocobokeep}} [[Chocobo Porter]]
: {{map icon|landmark}} [[Singing Shards]]
: {{map icon|dungeon}} [[The Keeper of the Lake]]
: {{map icon|landmark}} [[The Keeper of the Lake (Landmark)|The Keeper of the Lake]]
|-
| [[The Eight Sentinels]]
| style="text-align:center" |
|
: {{map icon|landmark}} [[Crystal Gate]]
: {{map icon|raid}} [[The Labyrinth of the Ancients]]
: {{map icon|raid}} [[Syrcus Tower]]
: {{map icon|raid}} [[The World of Darkness]]
: {{map icon|ddungeon}} [[Eureka Orthos]] {{EW}}
|-
|}


==Activities==
==Activities==
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'''[[Mor Dhona FATEs]]'''
'''[[Mor Dhona FATEs]]'''


==Connections==
==Shops & Services==
*[[Coerthas Central Highlands]] (x23,y6)
{{merchant list|Mor Dhona}}
 
==Enemies==
===Normal===
* [[5th Cohort Eques]]
* [[5th Cohort Hoplomachus]]
* [[5th Cohort Laquearius]]
* [[5th Cohort Secutor]]
* [[5th Cohort Signifer]]
* [[5th Cohort Vanguard]]
* [[Daring Harrier]]
* [[Gigas Bhikkhu]]
* [[Gigas Bonze]]
* [[Gigas Shramana]]
* [[Gigas Sozu]]
* [[Hapalit]]
* [[Hexing Harrier]]
* [[Hippogryph (Mob)|Hippogryph]]
* [[Lake Cobra]]
* [[Lentic Mudpuppy]]
* [[Lightning Sprite]]
* [[Morbol (Enemy)|Morbol]]
* [[Mudpuppy]]
* [[Nix]]
* [[Plasmoid (Mob)|Plasmoid]]
* [[Raging Harrier]]
 
===B Rank===
* [[Leech King]]
===A Rank===
* [[Kurrea]]
===S Rank===
* [[Agrippa the Mighty]]


*[[Northern Thanalan]] (x13, y19)
==Vistas==
{{see also|Sightseeing Log}}
Players can unlock the Sightseeing Log by completing the level 20 quest {{questlink|feature|A Sight to Behold}}. After completing the first 20 vistas, players can unlock the remaining vistas by talking to the NPC [[Millith Ironheart]] in [[Old Gridania]] (X:10.7, Y:6.0).


*[[The Rising Stones]] (x21, y8)
{| {{STDT|location sortable align-left}}
|-
! #
! Name
! Zone         
! Coordinate
! Weather
! data-sort-type=number | Time
! Emote
! Comment
|-
| 77 || [[Sightseeing Log 77: Castrum Centri| Castrum Centri]] || [[Mor Dhona]] || (X:9.8, Y:13.5) || {{weather icon|gloom}} [[Gloom]] || 12:00-17:00 || {{action icon|Lookout}} ||On top of red light just past four cylinders. Jump up onto the smaller ledge and then onto the ledge leading towards the light.
|-
| 78 || [[Sightseeing Log 78: The Crystal Tower| The Crystal Tower]] || [[Mor Dhona]] || (X:27.4, Y:8.0, Z:0.6) || {{weather icon|fair skies}} [[Fair Skies]] <br> {{weather icon|clear skies}} [[Clear Skies]] || 18:00-5:00 || {{action icon|Lookout}} ||Follow path that curves to the left to go to the upper level. Vista is near a tree by the edge.
|-
| 79 || [[Sightseeing Log 79: Rathefrost| Rathefrost]] ||[[Mor Dhona]] || (X:18.6, Y:17.7) || {{weather icon|fair skies}} [[Fair Skies]] <br> {{weather icon|clear skies}} [[Clear Skies]] || 12:00-17:00 || {{action icon|Lookout}} ||On top of rock near crystal tree.
|-
| 80 || [[Sightseeing Log 80: The Keeper of the Lake| The Keeper of the Lake]] || [[Mor Dhona]] || (X:26.1, Y:11.2) || {{weather icon|fair skies}} [[Fair Skies]] <br> {{weather icon|clear skies}} [[Clear Skies]] || 17:00-18:00 || {{action icon|Sit}} ||{{action icon|Sit}} on top of tree. Climb the back of the red metallic wreckage near a smaller red cylinder. Walk up and jump on small metal rib. From there jump onto back of Big broken red metallic hull. It's also possible, with maximum mount speed, to jump from the branch of the next-closest tree.
|}


==Weather Conditions==
==Achievements==
*[[Clear Skies]]
This zone is associated with the following achievements:
*[[Fair Skies]]
*[[Fog]]
*[[Overcast]]
*[[Gloom]]


==Aetherytes==
{| {{STDT| mech1 sortable align-left}}
The only Aetheryte is located at Revenant's Toll. (x22, y8)
{{achievement table header}}
{{achievement table row|Mapping the Realm: Mor Dhona}}
|}
 
==Images==
<gallery mode=packed>
Mor Dhona1.jpg|[[Castrum Centri]]
Mor Dhona2.jpg|[[Camp Revenant's Toll]]
Mor Dhona3.jpg|[[Saint Coinach's Find]]
crystal tower outside1.jpg|[[Crystal Tower]]
File:Silvertear1.jpg|The corpse of [[Midgardsormr]] wrapped around the wreck of [[Agrius|the ''Agrius'']] with the [[Crystal Tower]] in the background
</gallery>
 
==Lore==
===Mor Dhona===
 
Alongside the shores of Silvertear Lake, Mor Dhona lies very close to the center of Aldenard. As a key land route blessed with breathtaking scenery, the area once featured a lively collection of inns. During the Battle of Silvertear Skies, however, an extreme aetherial surge swept through the landscape transforming much of it into pure crystal. Though the cause remains a topic of discussion amongst scholars, the phenomenon was undisputedly destructive, and now the place is a wasteland shrouded in mephitic mists.


==Areas==
===Fogfens===
===Fogfens===
'''Camp Revenant's Toll'''


'''Castrum Centri'''
Many an unsuspecting traveler has vanished into the thick brume that oft hangs heavy over these wetlands, never to be heard from again.
 
====Revenant’s Toll====
 
The Adventurers’ Guild built this new settlement to replace Camp Revenant’s Toll which had long served as a base of operations for the guild in Mor Dhona. Under its auspices, the Scions of the Seventh Dawn and refugees from Doma continue to aid in the construction.
The current activity notwithstanding, the origin of Revenant’s Toll’s name is tragic: few villagers had the chance to escape before their homes were crushed by the airships falling from the skies. The devastation claimed so many lives that the dead had none to mourn their passing but the dead.
 
====The Seventh Heaven====
 
The favored haunt of many an adventurer, this tavern takes its name from the highest and final heaven. On the one hand, this serves as a metaphor for the experience the establishment’s clientele can expect when drinking within its halls. At the same time, it is also meant as a subtle prayer for the spirits of those who died in the Battle of Silvertear Skies that they may find peace in the hereafter.
 
====Rowena’s House of Splendors====
 
Serving as the enterprising merchant Rowena provided a great deal of aid in the expanding of Revenant’s Toll, she was bequeathed the rights to a goodly section of the largest building in town, dubbing it bluntly, if not tastelessly, the House of Splendors.


'''Cid's Workshop'''
====The Diamond Forge====


'''Rathefrost'''
It is here in this smithy, that the artisans in Rowena’s employ craft the arms and armor sold in her House of Splendors. For a time, the forge did good business in recreating vintage equipment, but such wares seem to have fallen out of fashion as of late, as adventurers have begun taking their custom to more exotic locations.


'''Revenant's Toll'''
====Camp Revenant’s Toll====


'''Rowena's House of Splendors'''
Established by the Adventurers’ Guild to aid refugees, Camp Revenant’s Toll was obliterated during the Calamity. Drastic changes in the area’s elemental balance left the aether in a chaotic state, forcing corrupted crystals up through the ground, essentially tearing the camp apart.


'''The Deep Tangle'''
====The Tangle====


'''The Diamond Forge'''
The wastewater of Castrum Centri has polluted these once healthy wetlands, attracting morbol to the area with the cloying stench of rotting flora. Travelers have taken to calling it the Tangle because of the twisted labyrinth that now fills the area, created by myriad roots and vines.


'''The Seventh Heaven'''
====Rathefrost====


'''The Tangle'''
Upon this ridge stand crystallized flora, a constant reminder of the Battle of Silvertear Skies. The name stems from the sound the grass makes underfoot, which is not unlike the slight crunch of treading upon morning frost.


===North Silvertear===
====Castrum Centri====
'''Singing Shards'''


'''The North Shards'''
Under Legatus Nael van Darnus, the VIIth Imperial Legion constructed Castrum Novum to house the lunar transmitter used to call down the satellite Dalamud. Legatus Gaius van Baelsar and his XIVth Legion subsequently confiscated the facility. They have used it as a military stronghold since, and expanded upon the mining and refining capacities of the place to produce munitions.


===The Eight Sentinels===
===North Silvertear===
'''Crystal Tower'''


===The Rising Stones===
An area bordering the lake, North Silvertear is known for the sights it offers: the Keeper of the Lake that rises above the water, and the Crystal Tower that glimmers silently to the east.
'''The Solar'''


==Landmarks==
====Saint Coinach’s Find====
===Dungeons and Trials===
*[[Labyrinth of the Ancients]] (x35,y20)


*[[Syrcus Tower]] (x35,y20)
The learned group of scholars known as the Sons of Saint Coinach set up this camp with the intent to explore the mysteries of the ancient Allagan Empire. In addition to the unearthing of relics and ruins, they also conduct research on the newly risen Syrcus Tower.


===Chocobokeep===
====Singing Shards====
*[[Revenant's Toll]] (x22,y8)


*[[Saint Coinach's Find]] (x30,y12)
Aspected most heavily to lightning, the Singing Shards resonate with one another, and ring in a sweet and unique way that is oft mistaken for a maiden in song.


==Enemies==
====The Keeper of the Lake====
*[[Nix]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Mudpuppy]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Morbol]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[5th Cohort Eques]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[5th Cohort Hoplomachus]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[5th Cohort Laquearius]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[5th Cohort Signifer]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[5th Cohort Secutor]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[5th Cohort Vanguard]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Daring Harrier]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Hexing Harrier]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Raging Harrier]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Plasmoid]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Lightning Sprite]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Lake Cobra]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Hippogryph]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Hapalit]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Gigas Bhikkhu]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Gigas Bonze]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Gigas Shramana]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Gigas Sozu]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Leech King]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Kurrea]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)
*[[Agrippa The Mighty]] (x??,y??), (x??,y??)


==Lore==
Maintaining a silent vigil over Silvertear Lake, the Keeper is wrought from the wreckage of the imperial flagship, the Agrius. It rises above the lake, wrapped in the death coils of Midgardsormr, the great wyrm long believed to be the protector of the area.
Mor Dhona is an inland region of Eorzea, and the site of the first aerial battle in recorded history—a conflict that took place above Silvertear Lake. In the Year 1562 of the Sixth Astral Era, five years after the invasion of Ala Mhigo, the Garlean Empire finally rose from apparent inactivity to resume its attack on Eorzea. A fleet of airships was deployed to Mor Dhona, led by the massive flagship Agrius.


As the imperial fleet advanced into the skies above Silvertear Lake, the largest inland body of water in Aldenard, it was met with a wholly unexpected sight. Midgardsormr, the dragon deity of the lake, had arisen, summoned by a hand unknown. And as if to answer the mighty wyrm's call, a host of dragons flew in from the northwestern reaches of Dravania and fell upon the Empire's forces. The air was filled with the deafening roars of cannons and dragonkin alike. Locked in a deadly embrace, the thunderous impact of Midgardsormr and the dreadnought Agrius tolled their mutual demise. Thus ended the Battle of Silvertear Skies.
===The Eight Sentinels===


Even now, the carcass of the immense wyrm lies entwined with the wreckage of the Agrius in the center of the lake, a towering monument to the ferocity of the conflict. Ever since that day, the lands of Eorzea have continued an inexorable fall into chaos...[http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/world/cities/mor-dhona]
Ever standing vigil over the Syrcus Tower, this row of daunting swordsmen greet with solemn silence all who dare step foot in the forbidden spire.


==Images==
====The Crystal Tower====
[[File:crystal tower outside1.jpg|400px|thumb|Outside of [[Crystal Tower]]]]


{{Fishing Mor Dhona}}
The Allagans built the Crystal Tower—also known as the Syrcus Tower—in the dusk of their empire. While little is known about the gargantuan structure, the Sons of Saint Coinach have surmised that it was constructed to accumulate the endless energies of the sun.
<ref>Encyclopaedia Eorzea: Volume I, page 147</ref>
==References==
<references />


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Latest revision as of 05:48, 24 September 2023

Mor Dhona

Clear Skies.png Fair Skies.png Fog.png Gloom.png Clouds.png

Mor Dhona map.png
Map of Mor Dhona

Type
Zone
Zone
Mor Dhona
(Aldenard)
Connects to
Northern Thanalan (SW)
Coerthas Central Highlands (NE)
SHB.png The Syrcus Trench (SE)
EW.png The Omphalos (S)
Aetherytes
Revenant's Toll (X:22.2, Y:7.9)

Alongside the shores of Silvertear Lake, Mor Dhona lies very close to the center of Aldenard. As a key land route blessed with breathtaking scenery, the area once featured a lively collection of inns. During the Battle of Silvertear Skies, however, an extreme aetherial surge swept through the landscape transforming much of it into pure crystal. Though the cause remains a topic of discussion amongst scholars, the phenomenon was indisputably destructive, and now the place is a wasteland shrouded in mephitic mists.

— In-game description

Mor Dhona is a zone in Mor Dhona. The Minor City for A Realm Reborn (2.0), Revenant's Toll, is located here.


Locations

Area Level range Points of Interest
Fogfens
Landmark (map icon).png
Castrum Centri
Landmark (map icon).png
The Tangle
Landmark (map icon).png
Rathefrost
Landmark (map icon).png
Camp Revenant's Toll
Revenant's Toll
Aetheryte (map icon).png
Revenant's Toll
Chocobokeep (map icon).png
Chocobo Porter
Landmark (map icon).png
The Diamond Forge
Landmark (map icon).png
Rowena's House of Splendors
Landmark (map icon).png
The Rising Stones
Landmark (map icon).png
The Seventh Heaven
North Silvertear
Settlement icon.png
Saint Coinach's Find
Chocobokeep (map icon).png
Chocobo Porter
Landmark (map icon).png
Singing Shards
Dungeon (map icon).png
The Keeper of the Lake
Landmark (map icon).png
The Keeper of the Lake
The Eight Sentinels
Landmark (map icon).png
Crystal Gate
Raid (map icon).png
The Labyrinth of the Ancients
Raid (map icon).png
Syrcus Tower
Raid (map icon).png
The World of Darkness
Deep Dungeon.png
Eureka Orthos EW.png

Activities

Mor Dhona Sidequests

Mor Dhona FATEs

Shops & Services

Merchant Name Merchant Location
Merchant (map icon).png
Aelina
(X:22.7, Y:6.7)
Merchant (map icon).png
Auriana
(X:22.7, Y:6.6)
Merchant (map icon).png
Azena
(X:22.1, Y:4.9)
Merchant (map icon).png
C'intana
(X:22.7, Y:6.7)
Merchant (map icon).png
Collectable Appraiser
(X:22.4, Y:6.7)
Merchant (map icon).png
Cristiana
(X:21.4, Y:5.4)
Merchant (map icon).png
Edelina
(X:22.1, Y:4.9)
Merchant (map icon).png
G'jusana
(X:22.9, Y:7.3)
Merchant (map icon).png
Independent Merchant
(X:21.8, Y:6.8)
Merchant (map icon).png
Kakalan
(X:22.3, Y:5.6)
Merchant (map icon).png
Merchant & Mender
(X:30, Y:12.4)
Merchant (map icon).png
Scrip Exchange
(X:22.4, Y:6.7)
Merchant (map icon).png
Syndony
(X:22.5, Y:5.9)
Merchant (map icon).png
Synthesis Node
(X:34.8, Y:19.1)
Merchant (map icon).png
Talan
(X:21.9, Y:6.8)
Merchant (map icon).png
Tataroga
(X:22, Y:6.7)

Enemies

Normal

B Rank

A Rank

S Rank

Vistas

See also: Sightseeing Log

Players can unlock the Sightseeing Log by completing the level 20 quest Feature QuestA Sight to Behold. After completing the first 20 vistas, players can unlock the remaining vistas by talking to the NPC Millith Ironheart in Old Gridania (X:10.7, Y:6.0).

# Name Zone Coordinate Weather Time Emote Comment
77 Castrum Centri Mor Dhona (X:9.8, Y:13.5) Gloom.png Gloom 12:00-17:00 Lookout.png  Lookout On top of red light just past four cylinders. Jump up onto the smaller ledge and then onto the ledge leading towards the light.
78 The Crystal Tower Mor Dhona (X:27.4, Y:8.0, Z:0.6) Fair Skies.png Fair Skies
Clear Skies.png Clear Skies
18:00-5:00 Lookout.png  Lookout Follow path that curves to the left to go to the upper level. Vista is near a tree by the edge.
79 Rathefrost Mor Dhona (X:18.6, Y:17.7) Fair Skies.png Fair Skies
Clear Skies.png Clear Skies
12:00-17:00 Lookout.png  Lookout On top of rock near crystal tree.
80 The Keeper of the Lake Mor Dhona (X:26.1, Y:11.2) Fair Skies.png Fair Skies
Clear Skies.png Clear Skies
17:00-18:00 Sit.png  Sit Sit.png  Sit on top of tree. Climb the back of the red metallic wreckage near a smaller red cylinder. Walk up and jump on small metal rib. From there jump onto back of Big broken red metallic hull. It's also possible, with maximum mount speed, to jump from the branch of the next-closest tree.

Achievements

This zone is associated with the following achievements:

Name Points Task Reward Patch
Mapping the realm mor dhona icon1.png  Mapping the Realm: Mor Dhona 10 Visit Mor Dhona and unlock the area map. - 2.1

Images

Lore

Mor Dhona

Alongside the shores of Silvertear Lake, Mor Dhona lies very close to the center of Aldenard. As a key land route blessed with breathtaking scenery, the area once featured a lively collection of inns. During the Battle of Silvertear Skies, however, an extreme aetherial surge swept through the landscape transforming much of it into pure crystal. Though the cause remains a topic of discussion amongst scholars, the phenomenon was undisputedly destructive, and now the place is a wasteland shrouded in mephitic mists.

Fogfens

Many an unsuspecting traveler has vanished into the thick brume that oft hangs heavy over these wetlands, never to be heard from again.

Revenant’s Toll

The Adventurers’ Guild built this new settlement to replace Camp Revenant’s Toll which had long served as a base of operations for the guild in Mor Dhona. Under its auspices, the Scions of the Seventh Dawn and refugees from Doma continue to aid in the construction. The current activity notwithstanding, the origin of Revenant’s Toll’s name is tragic: few villagers had the chance to escape before their homes were crushed by the airships falling from the skies. The devastation claimed so many lives that the dead had none to mourn their passing but the dead.

The Seventh Heaven

The favored haunt of many an adventurer, this tavern takes its name from the highest and final heaven. On the one hand, this serves as a metaphor for the experience the establishment’s clientele can expect when drinking within its halls. At the same time, it is also meant as a subtle prayer for the spirits of those who died in the Battle of Silvertear Skies that they may find peace in the hereafter.

Rowena’s House of Splendors

Serving as the enterprising merchant Rowena provided a great deal of aid in the expanding of Revenant’s Toll, she was bequeathed the rights to a goodly section of the largest building in town, dubbing it bluntly, if not tastelessly, the House of Splendors.

The Diamond Forge

It is here in this smithy, that the artisans in Rowena’s employ craft the arms and armor sold in her House of Splendors. For a time, the forge did good business in recreating vintage equipment, but such wares seem to have fallen out of fashion as of late, as adventurers have begun taking their custom to more exotic locations.

Camp Revenant’s Toll

Established by the Adventurers’ Guild to aid refugees, Camp Revenant’s Toll was obliterated during the Calamity. Drastic changes in the area’s elemental balance left the aether in a chaotic state, forcing corrupted crystals up through the ground, essentially tearing the camp apart.

The Tangle

The wastewater of Castrum Centri has polluted these once healthy wetlands, attracting morbol to the area with the cloying stench of rotting flora. Travelers have taken to calling it the Tangle because of the twisted labyrinth that now fills the area, created by myriad roots and vines.

Rathefrost

Upon this ridge stand crystallized flora, a constant reminder of the Battle of Silvertear Skies. The name stems from the sound the grass makes underfoot, which is not unlike the slight crunch of treading upon morning frost.

Castrum Centri

Under Legatus Nael van Darnus, the VIIth Imperial Legion constructed Castrum Novum to house the lunar transmitter used to call down the satellite Dalamud. Legatus Gaius van Baelsar and his XIVth Legion subsequently confiscated the facility. They have used it as a military stronghold since, and expanded upon the mining and refining capacities of the place to produce munitions.

North Silvertear

An area bordering the lake, North Silvertear is known for the sights it offers: the Keeper of the Lake that rises above the water, and the Crystal Tower that glimmers silently to the east.

Saint Coinach’s Find

The learned group of scholars known as the Sons of Saint Coinach set up this camp with the intent to explore the mysteries of the ancient Allagan Empire. In addition to the unearthing of relics and ruins, they also conduct research on the newly risen Syrcus Tower.

Singing Shards

Aspected most heavily to lightning, the Singing Shards resonate with one another, and ring in a sweet and unique way that is oft mistaken for a maiden in song.

The Keeper of the Lake

Maintaining a silent vigil over Silvertear Lake, the Keeper is wrought from the wreckage of the imperial flagship, the Agrius. It rises above the lake, wrapped in the death coils of Midgardsormr, the great wyrm long believed to be the protector of the area.

The Eight Sentinels

Ever standing vigil over the Syrcus Tower, this row of daunting swordsmen greet with solemn silence all who dare step foot in the forbidden spire.

The Crystal Tower

The Allagans built the Crystal Tower—also known as the Syrcus Tower—in the dusk of their empire. While little is known about the gargantuan structure, the Sons of Saint Coinach have surmised that it was constructed to accumulate the endless energies of the sun. [1]

References

  1. Encyclopaedia Eorzea: Volume I, page 147