Every Job Symbol Explained - FFXIV Lore 

I always thought the symbol of dnc looked suspiciously like a viera butt

For me it's a play words, but with colors. Dancers are inspired by real flamenco dancing. The word Flamenco sounds similar to Flamingo, so they toke the color from the bird

@@aurumvale9908 I’m team it’s a butt

Plus that symbol is echoed in their feathers thst make up their primary resource

i thought it was a heart. the shape reminds me of the KH logo :D

It may be an abstracted combination of both a scholars glasses (probably from too much reading in dim light...) And the libra symbol (representing knowledge and strategy). Additionally Libra is derived from the latin word for book "Liber" which probably is no coincidence considering a scholars weapon of choice.

yea thats what i thought at first too but the devs actually confirmed its glasses lmao

But when you have Scorpio Venus you turn into Summoner. Xoxo a Libra with Scorpio Venus HAHAH

Good answer!

I always saw it as an abstraction of the mortarboard hats they often wear.

and in Stormblood where the stone is broken... broken heart anyone???

@@Morscrow given the lvl60-70 quest happen after Heavensward where the success of WoL ending Dragonsong war is build upon the death of WoL's 2 particular friend. And given DRK is one of the Dynamis heavy job, the guilt WoL possess is so strong that it broke the DRK job crystal, due to the common nature of job crystal are dynamis based.

it can also simply represents the darkness in your heart, since everyone has darkness inside of them. And also, your dark simulacrum.

Super glad someone said this. Because while edgy the shape of it is incredibly important to the overall theme of the class and it's a little sad that there wasn't a mention of that. (Even just a no spoilers "it's shaped like a heart for reasons you'll have to play to find out")

It's become funny to me seeing people describe DRK as "It's the edgy brooding job" after doing the quests. Not that it's incorrect, of course, but maybe "The tsundere job" is a better reductionism 😂

I can't unsee it now

Right, that makes the most sense.

And also that exact thing happens in the Shadowbringers trailer while Thancred fights Forgiven Cruelty

2 weeks late but I’ve assumed the icon as a Z, from Bozja. But I don’t think that’s exactly accurate and see both this video’s and your interpretation being more proper.

Very late but, the Z shape of the symbol also brings to mind Zorro who passionately emblazens it in various places as both a warning and calling of his presence. The reputation preceeding them as a wandering, stylish knight of justice and their lack of adherence to any one nations rules and governments but rather an immutable code of ideals and virtues being carried down in one simple symbol. The cut and make of the crystal also brings into mind its origins and recent history. the profession being formed in The Third Astral Era as a response to the height of the Allagan Empire's campaign of war by the besieged Hrothgar queensguard and natives of Northern Ilsabard. The chunky and uneven cut helps call to mind, to me at least, a sense of ingenuity and defiance in the face of adversity with the crystals most likely being hurriedly mined and minted to be given to its assigned knight as quickly as possible. This demeanor of ingenuity and dogged endurance has also served the profession and its succeeding teachers of the practice very well in recent history. With many of the practices few remaining predecessing teachers and masters living in Bozja and its capital its very likely that the role of Gunbreaker could have met a swift and sudden end. This was thankfully averted by a few scant surviving successors being able to escape from The Garlean Empire's subjugation of Bozja and the sudden destruction of the Bozja Citadel thanks to events caused by the housing of the Meteor Project there, now aptly titled as the Bozja Incident. Such a low amount of able masters and teachers in the art are due in part to its old traditions of inheritance by rank and country, with successors being specially chosen and usually being native to Bozja. So, These remaining survivors, now breaking tradition with the coming of these desperate times, have now begun passing on the title and rank of Gunbreaker to any who are deemed worthy, wether by wielder or soul crystal, and not by rank, or allegiance to queen and country. Such extreme parting of tradition only being due in part to the potential threat of its knowledge and techniques being lost to the annals of history. With this the soul crystal's rugged and barely cut appearance once again has come to represents its most recognized traits. It's stubborn and ingenuity in the face of opposing odds, it's adherence to code guided by one's own principles and virtues linked to the standards set by Queen Gunnhilder and followed by the Gunbreaker's predeseccors, and it's keen sense to adapt to any situation or difficult periods of time.

Sorry for the Necro, But... The yellow Reminds me of *Sulfur* Which is a Key Component in Gunpowder.

Agreed. Never even considered it being a head, lol

also if you make a fist, you make three lines in your hand

@@Gshadin True. But it does not make any sense lore wise. I reckon some of these in the video are completely off the poiny like that of thr Gun Breaker for exampss

You would too if you had to deal with the axe wielding fool of a military.

In those terms, you could also interpret the Summoner symbol as an open book with a spell or summon in the process of being released from the pages.

Scholars are very ruinous with their books, we rip a page out every time we excog someone

the pot is called an Urn

My first thought on the color was "brass", like the shells of the bullets loaded into it. Who knows, maybe it's both, or there's yet other possibilities, or none of the above.

I think it'd sulphur. A critical component in gunpowder.

It's a mortarboard.....

makes more sense

​@@UmatsuObossa Actually, it was confirmed to be spectacles by the developers.

I thought it was a witch hat and kept confusing it for Black Mage up until today.

Summoner Horn.

Me too!

i always thought a summoners symbol was a side view of an eye

I keep seeing the summoner symbol as a weird looking meteor

It has a lot of links to the 1.0 concept for the job too

Never thought of it as a shield. I see it as a heart which is fitting for the job story. Since the story revolves around emotional state of the warrior of light. It even shatters due to the characters sadness and regrets like a broken heart.

@@deckire I do agree with you, it does looks like a heart, since the source of the drk's power is their emotions

@@IceboyMyName or more precisely, dynamis

great catch!

The summoner's horn is also a staple of final fantasy, as it's a thing in FF9 and FFX-2 for example

Its not a bad Idea, I thought it was a scroll seen from the top, and the summoner as a book half closed

i thought it was the hat too befor this video

Same. It looks a lot like the big “FROOSH” of fire breath coming from a summoned entity, bursting upon the ground.

Thanks! We actually did those as well, should be on the channel.

@@TheEorzeanArchives awesome! I'll check them out!! thanks!!!