Pod Return to the Waking Sands - A Final Fantasy XIV 14 Lore Companion Podcast

Ep 190: Every Rose Has Its Human Torso — Saint Mocianne's Arboretum

Pod Return to the Waking Sands - A Final Fantasy XIV 14 Lore Companion Podcast

Show Notes

Yet again we are roped into risking life and limb for near-strangers with no promise of a reward. Reward for them, yes. For us? No. Except the friends we made along the way or some such. Or maybe the journey is its own reward? They'll claim the real prize while we are lost in our philosophical musings. Such is the excitement in store within Saint Mocianne's Arboretum, the Heavensward optional dungeon!

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