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The Welcome, friends to to Charlene Dropouts and the second episode of Field Studies,

an ongoing series of guided audio commentary tracks designed to help shed light on the in-game lore,

as well as the real-world inspirations for the flora, fauna, architecture, and designed elements of these beautiful digital spaces.

Whether you're a player of Final Fantasy 14 or not, there's a ton to explore in this episode.

Today, I'm going to take you on a journey that results from the coalescing of

FF14's thematic dabbling in entropy, the mineral sciences, and we'll see the lingering

effects of not only the bumpy transition from 1.0 to a Realm Reborn, but the influence that

Final Fantasy 13 had on the design of 14 in ways

you might not expect. I'm your guide for today, Victor Hunter, co-host of the Charlene Dropouts

podcast. We are members of the Acts of the Blood God Network, and the only reason I can do

these sorts of experimental episodes when no one is looking is because of audience support.

So, if you enjoy the work we do over here, check out patreon.com slash blood god pod and chip in a couple bucks.

A mere $1 a month gets you access to the Discord channel where we have a thriving FF14 community with

tons of weekly events and discussion. Charlene Dropouts also has a new RSS feed separate

from Acts of the Blood God with gorgeous new album art, so please subscribe, and if you can,

some reviews would mean the world. Links to that are in the episode description.

With that housekeeping out of the way, let's get started with today's field studies subject.

You can either listen to these episodes as standalone podcasts or as a guided tour,

where I'll be bringing up the landmarks and points of interest as we

encounter them. In this way, I hope it becomes a fun reason to revisit old locations and

a chance to re-contextualize some of the places we visit as the Warrior of Light.

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