Today's the day.
Today is the day that Julỹs Kaĩsar DIES!!!
I mean, not like, the person. I killed the guy days ago. Nah, I mean the entire play!
ACT FIVE LET'S GOOOOOO!!!!!
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Holy shit the LOREEEEEE:
BRWTUS
No more, I pray you.—
Mesalå, I have here receivèd transmits†
That young Oktoẁỹs and Marq > Ant'wyns
Come down upon us with a mighty power,
Bending their expedition toward Yẁalånn‡.
—Julỹs Kaĩsar (Act IV, Scene 3) by Liam Meri'a Morvelet
† Wireless transmissions delivered via aethernet directly to an addressee’s personal datapad.
‡ Although the closest onomastic correlation we could find in the historical record is a reference to a mythical, ancient kingdom named Ivalice, it was always believed this kingdom existed far to the east (a region that includes southern Dalmasca and parts of Nagxia) of the location actually described in the text, which is the ancestral home of the Garlean people, Corvus. We considered it irresponsible to draw conclusions from this data at this time.
That would be it....if Maxx weren't the lead translator and a fucking MESS. Genius, but a mess:
Although… if the lead translator were to engage in what he might call “educated speculation,” a very interesting conclusion includes the possibility that Ivalice predated the Allagan Empire. If so, it puts the probable existence of Ivalice some time between the Solar Scathe (the Third Umbral Calamity) and the start of the Middle Allagan Period. By the time Julỹs Kaĩsar is set in, Ivalice had already become a kingdom lost to a localized, umbral calamity of an unknown nature. By the time Morvelet was writing, it was a miracle he was able to name it even a little.
*cough* Ultima, the High Seraph *cough*
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And who can forget the most important line in the entire play, voiced by
Gwyk m’mågt, Brwtus?
You might be wondering WTF. That statement is adapted from ancient Egyptian phonemes, and ancient Egypt is the culture I've based Allag on. (Think, like, a radpunk Egyptian society.)
Here's the rest of the related footnote so you can understand the work I've put into this. 😊
"Gwyk m’mågt, Brwtus?" means "And you, Brwtus?” spoken aloud in the ancient Allagan language. It is likely pronounced, “Goo-ik m-muhgt, Brootus.” The “m” ahead of the indirect form of the Allagan second person singular pronoun “mågt” is an abbreviated first person possessive pronoun ("mẽkh"). Consequently, “m’mågt” is an intimate, even affectionate, indirect pronoun, and the literal translation of “gwyk m’mågt” is “and my-you.” The use of this grammatical construction further emphasizes the impact of Brwtus’s betrayal of Julỹs Kaĩsar.
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Also, this play takes place centuries prior to the Crystal Tower's construction and yet mentions it all the time. Shakespeare/Morvelet and his anachronisms, am I right? 😉
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