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An estate in the Goblet

Gone Fishin': Remembering A Plot Lost

Housing demolitions began in earnest this week, with abandoned and forgotten (or otherwise inaccessible) estates being torn down to make way for new potential homeowners. While many are no doubt excited by this, there’s a certain bitter sweetness to the whole affair....

Published In Issue 18 On February 27, 2023 ·  2 min ·  U'bilee Odh
Dozens of miniature Heaven-on-Highs and gazebos

Housing Wars: The Plot Against A Plot

A singular Medium plot opened up in Mist (Sargatanas) last week, and it would appear that a neighbor has had their eyes on it - maybe a little too much....

Published In Issue 18 On February 27, 2023 ·  2 min ·  Babbit Alaisa
Costa del Sol Docks

Costa del Sol Docks

Sometimes it’s nice to escape the cold of Ishgard and The Babbler offices and take a trip to a place like Costa del Sol, where it feels like the weather is almost always perfect....

Published In Issue 18 On February 27, 2023 ·  1 min ·  U'bilee Odh
The Adders' Nest, with an adventurer lying on the floor

The Adders' Nest

Situated in New Gridania, the Adders’ Nest as we know it today is not as it once was, the former structure having been destroyed in the Calamity several years ago....

Published In Issue 17 On February 13, 2023 ·  1 min ·  U'bilee Odh
Sunsilk Tapestries at Ul'dah's Emerald Avenue

Sunsilk Tapestries

There are places in the city-states we pass by nearly every day, and yet rarely stop to even consider. Just across from Ul’dah’s Aetheryte Plaza in the Steps of Nald, for example, you’ll find a small shop and studio named Sunsilk Tapestries....

Published In Issue 17 1/2 On February 20, 2023 ·  1 min ·  U'bilee Odh
The Moogle Balloon at Moogle's Gift Mounts

Shifting Moogle Balloon Causes Uncertainty In Bentbranch

A storm is brewing in the Black Shroud, but it’s not the usual dark and thundering gloom that many in the area are likely familiar with. No, these particular storm clouds are gathering over the otherwise peaceful Bentbranch Meadows, and a little place called Moogle’s Gift Mounts....

Published In Issue 16 1/2 On February 6, 2023 ·  3 min ·  U'bilee Odh
Empyreum Ghosts

Large Problem Fits (Spirit) Medium: A Spiritualist's Attempt At Unraveling the 'Blue Ghost'

Residents of Empyreum are breathing a little easier tonight as self-proclaimed Ul’dahn medium Kurumi Kanade launches her own investigation into the enigmatic ‘blue elephant’ sightings. While the team over at EMET-SELCH have not yet given up, their newer scientific methods of tracking spirits have left some skeptical....

Published In Issue 8 1/2 On October 17, 2022 ·  3 min ·  Lopp Yasaburo
The Path Of Knowing, a long and somewhat misty bridge leading to the Great Gubal Library

The Path of Knowing

In the very south of the Dravanian Hinterlands you’ll find the Path of Knowing, a long bridge over the waters of the Thaliak River and the mouth of the Tipped Ewer....

Published In Issue 16 1/2 On February 6, 2023 ·  1 min ·  U'bilee Odh
The Brewer's Beacon, a shining lighthouse near Pharos Sirius in La Noscea

The Brewer's Beacon

Traveling through Western La Noscea while investigating a current story, I stopped at the edge of the southeastern cliffside, just west of Swiftperch, to capture this photograph of The Brewer’s Beacon....

Published In Issue 16 On January 30, 2023 ·  1 min ·  U'bilee Odh
Camp Bronze Lake Hotsprings, featuring a broken stone archway and decorated sign

Hotsprings Across the Water

At Camp Bronze Lake, directly east of the mysterious Wanderer’s Palace, rests Warmwine Sanitorium, a hotsprings and winery that has often served as a place of healing for wounded company soldiers and Yellowjackets....

Published In Issue 15 1/2 On January 23, 2023 ·  1 min ·  U'bilee Odh

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