That small bit of difficulty had me rereading sentences a few times to understand what they were conveying. It’s written with the medieval-esque dialect of the game, but just a bit harder to understand. My biggest complaint about the book as a whole, however, is that the prose is super dense. These won’t offer any new revelations or particularly nuanced takes on characters, but they’re still fun reads if nothing else. In particular, I enjoyed The Hunt Begins, the aforementioned Zenos narrative, and The Sultana’s Seven, which details how Nanamo rallied her people after the fall of Dalamud. If you’re already on the train, however, it’s an enjoyable ride.Įach of the twenty-five short stories is well written and gives characters who may not have had the most development on screen a bit of time in the limelight on the page. Those are some pretty hefty prerequisites for a book, so it’s safe to assume this is specifically for die-hard fans. It’s also best to have played the part of the game these stories are based on both to not get spoiled on major events and to actually understand what’s going on. You do need to be at least familiar with the setting of FFXIV because they’re not going to explain what Aether or a Lalafell is to you. The stories themselves are only a few pages long, making for some quick and enjoyable reads. Still, your character never directly appears in the stories so it’s not a massive issue. And come on, they/them is right there to include everyone. It’s a strange quirk considering how many people play female characters in the game itself or think of their WoL as a different gender. Annoyingly, the author will always refer to the Warrior of Light with He/Him pronouns. It’s not needed to understand or enjoy the short stories, but it’s a neat way to present them. The framing for all of this is an author possessing the Echo, long after the events of the entire game, sees visions of the enclosed stories. I had never read any of these, however, so they’re all new to me. These new stories include one following Zenos showing how he became… like that, another showing Tataru doing her thing in Kugane, and two more showing Hien aiding in the Doman reconstruction effort and Gosetsu’s return respectively. Most of these are available for free on the Lodestone, but four were written specifically for this book. These short stories and more have been compiled into a physical book entitled Final Fantasy XIV: Chronicles of Light.Ĭhronicles of Light contains a total of twenty-five short stories (going up to post-stormblood) each accompanied by a black and white ink illustration. While they don’t matter to the Warrior of Light’s story, players who want more from their favorite characters can find exactly what they’re looking for here. Putting aside players’ narratives though, there’s still quite a bit going on, with certain characters or moments being expanded into short stories posted on the Lodestone. Final Fantasy XIV is a big game with multiple stories going on at the same time, both player and developer driven.
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