What is on Garlean forehead?

Native Garleans can be distinguished by the presence of a "third eye" on the forehead. The third eye is believed to improve the race's capacity for spatial recognition, giving them an advantage over other races when it comes to navigating aircraft or firing weapons.
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What is in the Garlean third eye?

In regards to the Garlean third eye, it's supposed to be an organ that greatly increases their spacial recognition making them better at flying airships and shooting guns. It's also supposed to be hard like keratin.
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Why can t Garleans use magic?

Background. Garlean Purebloods tend to, though not always, be naturally physically powerful, and their third eye gives them increased spatial awareness. Despite this, they lack the hereditary traits required to manipulate aether, making it impossible for them to use magicks.
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What do Garleans look like?

Garleans are actually rounded ears and third eyes on Elezen skeletons. Othard is the Eastern-most of the Three Great Continents. Garleans arose on Ilsabard, the middle ("northern") continent, then subjugated Othard.
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What does the third eye do Ffxiv?

Third Eye is an ability available to Samurai starting at level 6 with a recast time of 15 seconds. When used, it bestows Third Eye status lasting for 3 seconds, which reduces the damage taken from the next attack by 10%.
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FFXIV Lore- Understanding Garlemald



Is Elidibus a Zenos?

After possessing the body of Zenos yae Galvus, commenting that this new body makes an equal to the Warrior of Light, Elidibus resembled a man in mid 20s with a youthful face and fair complexion with long golden hair. To maintain his cover as the prince, Elidibus wears Zenos's suit of armor.
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Can Garleans see aether?

And can see aether with their third eye. The third eye doesn't enable them to see Aether, it gives them superior spatial recognition. Known to be strong of body, the most distinguishing Garlean trait is a third eye sitting at the center of the forehead.
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How does Zenos use magic?

Zenos has an artificial echo that lets him use magic, though I think he was also just a super prodigy even before then. Zenos seems to be a special case even among garleans, but yes, Garleans seem to be physically superior with the weakness of not being able to use aether.
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What is a Garlean?

ago. Additional comment actions. Garlemald is an empire founded by spoilery things. People born and raised in Garlemald are Garleans. But the Garlemald Empire doesn't solely employ Garleans nor is it only comprised of Garlean people.
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What country is Garlemald based on?

And if we take all these in context we can look forward a little and assume Garlemald = Russia. This lines up well with what was said in one of the interviews from the european media tour. In Stormblood , the players will first visit the Garlear-occupied Ala Mhigo and the Continent of Othard and travel to Kugane.
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How did Zenos get his body back?

The Warrior of Light killed him, but "Zenos" was immediately resurrected, as Ascians cannot die through conventional means. As he approached the Warrior of Light, he or she lost consciousness due to being called from the First.
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Is Zenos immortal Ffxiv?

A consequence of his artifical Echo, Zenos has become immortal after ironically losing his purposes of living.
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Does the Garlean third eye do anything?

Yes, from the Fan Fest lore panels, it was confirmed that the Garlean third eye is really...just another eye. IT allowed them better sight/perception, but it's not magitek, or specially implanted, or any of NPC rumors.
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What happened to Minfilia?

The Ascian Nabriales captures Minfilia during his attack on the Rising Stones to steal Tupsimati. The Warrior of Light rescues her, and Nabriales is slain thanks to Moenbryda sacrificing her life to destroy him after he's sealed inside white auracite.
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Does CID have a third eye Ffxiv?

As you guys may already know, native Garleans have that third eye in their foreheads. Among our allies Cid and Lucia have them as well, showing that theyre of Garlean descent.
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How old is Zenos Yae Galvus?

At 26 years old, Zenos Yae Galvus enjoys prowling the battlefield in search of worthy foes.
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Why can t Garleans use Aether?

In the lore panel at last year's American Fanfest, they outright state that true blood Garleans are genetically incapable of manipulating Aether. That's why they developed Magitek in the first place. You won't run into a Garlean mage in a traditional sense.
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Is Zenos a Shinryu?

What you are missing is that Zenos IS Shinryu. And he not only absorbed the remaining Aether of the Mothercrystal but it is implied he ate the Fathercrystal of Zodiark as well. With this abundance of Aether he was able to transform once more.
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Is Mako an Aether?

Aether is part of a series-wide trend to use a supernatural substance to explain the origins of magic, crystals, life, and other phenomena. Other instances of this include the Mist, Miasma, and the lifestream/mako.
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How can Yshtola see?

Thancred gets out okay, but Y'shtola is in the Lifestream much longer and has to get help to escape. This experience is what renders her physically blind, which had made her eyes cloud over. However, with aether she can still see using magic as a supplement.
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Is Garlean a race?

The key to the Empire's success in their advanced technology, specializing in magitek machinery and airships. Their magitek is powered by a substance called ceruleum. The Imperials are mainly of the Garlean race, characterized by their inability to use magick in comparison to the world's other races.
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Is Minfilia an Ascian?

As Minfilia said herself, she was basically a Ascian taking over children's bodies to achieve her own goals which is why she accepted her own death.
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Is the Warrior of Light an Ascian?

The Warrior of Light being the 14th Ascian is pretty much confirmed, because Hythlodaeus changes between him and her in dialogue depending on your character IIRC.
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Who is the most powerful Ascian?

The unsundered—Lahabrea, Emet-Selch, and Elidibus—are the most powerful Ascians with the power to recruit others into their group. Under them are the Ascian overlords, whose souls belonged to the remaining sundered members of the Convocation of Fourteen (the ruling body of ancient Etheirys that summoned Zodiark).
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What primal did Ilberd summon?

Having instructed Laurentius to pose as a Garlean soldier and lead a counterattack, Ilberd reveals that he led his followers to slaughter to use their dying faith to summon a primal of pure violent rage whose destruction will dwarf that of Bahamut.
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