The Gauntlet

Type: Area
Zone: The Sea of Clouds
(Abalathia's Spine)

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This chain of northern isles is used by young Vanu Vanu warriors as a training ground for their rites of passage, prompting the knights of Cloudtop to give it the name the "Gauntlet."

— Encyclopaedia Eorzea: Volume I, page 166

The Gauntlet is an area in The Sea of Clouds, Abalathia's Spine.

Landmarks

Coldwind

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When the Rose Knights first came to the Sea of Clouds and treated with the Zundu, they asked the chieftain what he called this islet floating northwest of Ok' Zundu, to which he responded “small island beneath which cold winds of Coerthas ever blow.” For the sake of brevity, the knights simply called it Coldwind.

— Heavensward Sightseeing Log 54: Coldwind

Hengr's Crucible

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This oddly shaped isle, floating in the eastern reaches of the Sea of Clouds, is named for the witch Hengr, a figure of Coerthan faerie tales whose cauldron its shape is said to resemble. In recent years, it has become a gathering place for the notoriously territorial toco tocos.

— Heavensward Sightseeing Log 28: Hengr's Crucible

Mok Oogl Island

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An island whose name, in the tongue of the Vanu Vanu, translates to “a noise heard on high.” On the island stands a monument engraved with a mark of moogle design, but no sign of the creatures themselves, leaving its origins clouded in mystery.

— Heavensward Sightseeing Log 25: Mok Oogl Island

The Shattered Back

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The strong seasonal winds from the north have carved the crags of this floating isle into their unique shapes. The knights of Ishgard called it the Shattered Back for its ominous resemblance to the gnarled rib bones of a great beast.

— Heavensward Sightseeing Log 55: The Shattered Back