(08-07-2017, 04:47 AM)Sounsyy Wrote: I'd have to check nearby FATE text to be sure, but as far as I can tell there's no info about the place beyond Conrad mentioning it was an abandoned ruin (frustratingly leaving it at that). But I'm in 100% agreement with V'aleera that its name suggests a connection to Nael van Darnus (aka the "White Raven") and the doomed VIIth Legion who later all perished on Carteneau. Towards the end of 1572 Nael was transferred from the eastern theatre to assist Baelsar take Eorzea. This resulted in a massive uptick in labor and military fortifications across Gyr Abania. It's possible, if not likely, that Castellum Corvi was Nael's base of operations during this time and as the VII Legion stole into Eorzea to build Castrum Novum in Mor Dhona to house the second incarnation of Meteor Project.
I would be very skeptical of calling Castellum Corvi anything remotely like a "base of operations", to be honest. It's just too small. An outpost, yes, albeit a curiously tiny one, considering the Garleans tend to over-build everything. And there are no signs that the facility used to be much bigger than it currently is. (There's a bunch of crashed Imperial fliers and airships and magitek machina scattered over a wide area, but seeing as most of them are still on fire, I think they're rather more recent.)
However, I do agree that the VIIth Legion probably needed a place to stay while they were constructing Castrum Novum. I just can't imagine Castellum Corvi being that, as opposed to, say, Castrum Oriens/Baelsar's Wall or Castrum Abania.
I would not be surprised if Castellum Corvi was just named after crows/ravens in general, rather than specifically for Nael van Darnus.