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Baconwrap said:
The best I was getting with "Xja" is that it was Xja-lon, a city of the Canaanites, located by Israel and Lebanon.
I'm not certain what xja/jiya means either. Is it another contraction of a Western word. Could it be an Asian/Hindi/Urdu word?
Taken in context with the
Promathia City of the Ancients storyline, Jiya could be referring to the Asian/Hindi/Urdu meanings: heart, soul, piece of heart.
Product Jiya would then refer to archaeological research to restore the heart of the Promathian ancients.
I believe the ancients are the original superhumans of the FFXI world who were cursed by Altana along with the rival goddess Uggalepih. The ancients became the diminutive beastmen known as the Tonberry, Cryptonberry, Vileberry and Kingberry. Since the Tonberry beastmen hold such hatred and rancor toward the Dawn Goddess Altana and her creations,
Product Jiya may have been an attempt to restore the hearts of the ancients. I suspect that Prishe may be one of the few ancients spared by Altana's curse.