Atelloune Mairlaid

Atelloune Mairlaid is a non-playable character from Final Fantasy XIV. Atelloune considers herself the premier naturalist in Eorzea and she is said to have numerous assistants including Marcette Manne. It is said that Lady Laniaitte de Haillenarte is also a personal friend of hers.^[1]

Atelloune was originally an achievement NPC for battles in version 1.0, since the relaunch she has been mentioned several times during the game and appears during the Leatherworker questline in the Stormblood expansion.

History[]

Final Fantasy XIV (version 1.0)[]

Before the Calamity, Atelloune could be found in Red Rooster Stead in eastern La Noscea. Atelloune conducted her studies of animal life with the help of adventurers.

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn[]

Atelloune, who called herself Marcette's teacher, once debated with her student about the purpose of moles having oversized eyes. Atelloune theorized that the eyes were to they could see their prey in the dark. With the help of the Warrior of Light, Marcette took a baby mole to prove her hypothesis that they perceive danger not with their eyes, but by the vibrations around them. Thus disproving Atelloune's theory.^[2]

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward[]

While working on a new article about gaelicat physiology for the New Eorzean Geographic, Atelloune requested Laniaitte to get her an intact gaelicat wing sample as soon as possible so that she can continue her research.^[3]

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood[]

In her research into the effects of Calamity on the environment, Atelloune realized that certain species are now at danger of extinction and decided to do something about it. Atelloune decided to preserve them through taxidermy, so that future generations can still behold them. Atelloune discovers the young taxidermist Enion Townes and hires him as her new assistant. Atelloune also asks Geva Storke, the guildmaster of Fen-Yll Fineries, for another assistant to help them.^[4]

Once the location of the exhibition is decided, the party travels to the Ok' Zundu to collect the first specimen, a dhalmel of Hengr. At Atelloune's request, Sonu Vanu says to honor the Warrior of Light who had defeated Bismarck and asks the Vanu Vanu hunters to bring a Hengr dhalmel for her. Back in Gridania, Enion uses what he has learned from his trip and makes the manakin.^[5]

For the next specimen, Atelloune asks them to take the skin of a grizzly bear of Gyr Abania. Enion finds the bear's body near the bank of a river. Its pelt was full of cuts and grazes. Considering the scarcity of this creature in the forest, Enion decides to try to find some use for the bear's skin. Though saddened by the state of the bear's pelt, Atelloune does not fault you for doing what you could to salvage it. Atelloune then trusts suggests the Warrior of Light to make a simple pair of gloves.^[6]

The dhalmel mount attracts the attention of Marmaduke, a hearer of Stillglade Fane. He claims that the mount is an affront to the elementals and demands that it be taken down. Atelloune believed she could still persuade Marmaduke and the elementals, to allow her work to continue. Certain that the Leatherworkers' Guild had dealt with similar opposition in the past, Atelloune asks the Warrior of Light to seek Geva's advice.^[7]

Atelloune discovers that neither the Hearers nor the Seedseers expressed any opposition to the exhibition and that Marmaduke only used the elementals as an excuse to impose his ideals on others. However, Marmaduke took advantage of Atelloune's absence to get rid of the mount. The Warrior of Light who had consulted with Geva, reports that the guildmaster advised to hold a exhibition of the mount under the guise of a leatherworkers' exhibition.^[7]

Atelloune was unable to find dhalmel mount. She then asks Enion and the Warrior of Light to mount another specimen, the three-feathered gagana of Gyr Abania. Atelloune is informed that the specimen has probably already become extinct but that Enion has suggested mounting a replica using common gagana pelts. Atelloune states the importance of this mount and insists that this mount be the pinnacle of perfection.^[8]

With the newest mount finished, Atelloune holds her exhibition at Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre. Marmaduke demands the exhibition be suspended forthwith, but Atelloune chooses to ignore his order. She instead goes on to explain how changes in the environment have endangered myriad animal species, and how people should make a better effort to protect them. Touched by her words, Marmaduke bids her continue, and teach the people of Gridania the value of the lives they would otherwise take for granted. The exhibition ends a resounding success, Atelloune completing her work with animal mounts, and Enion finding himself the newest recruit of the Leatherworkers' Guild. Atelloune says that her next publication is already a success and that she will spread this learning to every corner of the realm. She also says that Marmaduke plans to recommend her publication to the Elder Seedseer as a reference work for the Seedseer's council.^[8]

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Behind the scenes[]

While Frandelont Raimdelle originally classified the megalotragus as a cousin to the antelope, Atelloune has recently refuted this claim, instead presenting the hypothesis that the megalotragus is actually an ancient relative to the aldgoat, pointing not only to its oversized horns, but also to its highly violent nature, and the fact that megalotragus means "giant goat" in the Garlean tongue.^[9]

Atelloune claims that (after slaying a few score) the shells of Helmet Crab share a similarity to those of diremites, and that therefore the two species must be related. ^[10]

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