The Ruins of Caladan Sanctum

The abandoned settlement attracted treasure hunters, including the kobolds. Though normally a nomadic type, the kobolds made an unorthodox decision to create a settlement at the northern end of the city ruins, called Idyllshire, along with other treasure hunters.   Not all who arrived in the hinterlands had honest intentions. Many fewer than savory types, such as brigands, have sought Caladan's wealth, often at the detriment of the current inhabitants.

The hinterlands attracted students from all across Eorzea, and grew as a beacon of knowledge and wisdom. Yet, this was not to last. In 2742, tidings that the Tertian Empire was redying for war reached the city-states. To the Caladians, the Empire was a threat to their very way of life. They had spent an age stubbornly resisting all war. Caladan sent ambassadors to Teorcas with entreaties to stop their advance. They even strove mightily to parlay a peace, but all these pleas fell on deaf ears, and the envoys returned home empty-handed. In the wake of the failed negotiation, Fourchenault Leveilleur and the faction he led within the Forum elected to forsake their colony. Following five years of elaborate and painstaking preparation, the plan to evacuate the settlement's entire population to the northern archipelago of their homeland was put into motion. In 2747, the city of Sharlayan became a maze of empty streets and buildings in the space of a single evening.