FFXIV Lore- Nael van Darnus, the First Villain

Nael’s always had this sort of mythical quality to her as someone who joined post-1.0. The one villain the canonically gave the WoL nightmares, something not even Zenos managed to achieve.

Everyone: Well I'm glad we finally dealt with her, hopefully we won't find a threat like that again. Ruby Weapon: BONJOUR

She wanted her brother's name to become one of the proud Warrior that he dreamed of becoming. In the end, it's likely, that she surpassed what he may have ever achieved tenfold...

Having never played 1.0, this is a beautifull story. God that is amazing storytelling. Only played till ARR, but this is my favorite character from everything I have seen.

I’m more amazed how well a Garlean medic became a legatus. A well accomplished legatus.

For something so recent, it's surprisingly difficult to find records of the events before the 7th umbral calamity.

"I know you, White Raven... and now, they will too, as I pull the blood-soaked mask from your crazed face." The opening lines of this lore were... chilling. Vindictive. I absolutely love it- a tone definer for the entire thing going forwards, explaining how all of this got kicked into motion... not just FFXIV, but what feels like the channel itself, in-universe. Whenever I think of your character, Scribe, this moment pulls into the forefront- for all you have seen, all you have taught us... you remember who started you down this path, and you will not stop until her lies are brought to light. The mask, torn from the face, to reveal who lurked beneath. You know her. And now, we do too.

I feel Nael has a lot more importance to come, seeing House Darnus had/has control of Corvos- Which is where the G Tribe is located, and has a lot of access to Allagan technology.

THANK YOU! Footage and story beats from 1.0 and the 1.X series is insanely hard to come by. While it’s doubtful anyone would want a 1.0 “Classic” server, there are a number of us that would love a video synopsis of the pre-calamity story and it’s associated lore.

Now this is a damn good villain origin story.

As someone who started last year (July 2021) I do feel like there should be some way to experience the key points of FFXIV Legacy just to give new players an idea of what happened. After all I'm still confused to this day why the WoL gave Cid his goggles in some strange vision.

Man Nael had some badass armor, that scene in the garlean fortress where she walks into the fire is so sick

This makes me feel like I really missed out having never played 1.0. Would be great if we got the chance to play through the 1.0 story... so those of us who never got to play it can understand how it is that things are the way they are where we started in ARR.

GOD YOU ARE SUCH A GOOD STORY TELLER MY DUDE. Every single video has enraptured me. Thank you.

Setting this to the Terncliff/Tertium theme was such a nice touch. Hit exactly the right mood for this sordid, sad story. Your recounting of this story made me wish I'd been around in 1.x!

Honestly, that opening dialogue, oof. The pure emotion in that. Felt that.

I have long been interested in the Coils raid lore, and this was a real treat. It threw me to see a woman when from all had heard before, Nael was was a man. So this helped clear things up immensely! This is definetely one to rewatch and pass on to friends :)

So I happened to be watching this during my MSQ roulette, and I can't help but notice that the Ultimate Weapon bears a very strong resemblance to Nael's armor. That can't be a coincidence.

Maybe you should do a video on Gaius van Baelsar so we understand his mindset in ARR and the other campaigns onward because I am fascinated by his attitude towards primals, Ascians and Eorzea at one point.

Im surprised you didnt bring up the ruby weapon which used her combat data