What is Behind Shantotto's Horrible Laughter?

Shantotto's horrible laughter is MMOsite editor Duoery's message ring tone, I can still remember the moment we heard it... Everyone stopped typing...

Shantotto is very popular in Final Fantasy XI. Her charming laughter brought her a lot of fans. Early in TGS 2009 Square Enix annouced a piece of exciting news - FFXI new expansion - A Shantotto Ascension (Read more). And today a new Japanese trailer was released - Shantotto's story.

Final Fantasy XI - Japanese Story Trailer

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The eccentric Professor Shantotto returned to Windurst one day after a mysterious, unexplained absence, shocking her colleagues with behavior so outrageous it put her old self to shame!

When she goes so far as to proclaim herself ruler of her own empire, adventurers set out to discover the truth behind her alarming shift in personality.

Former story review:

The story involves the return of a giant Crystal of legend above Jeuno, which triggers many strange events across Vana'diel.

A Crystalline Prophecy features Aldo and Emeline, the children introduced with the opening CG movie of Final Fantasy XI, and how they are connected to the mysterious "echo".
- Ode of Life Bestowing

It all started with an innocent drop of rainwater and a rickety, ramshackle Mog House desperately in need of repair.

Little did anyone suspect that this would be the beginning of a harrowing nightmare unheard of in the annals of moogle-kind.
- A Moogle Kupo d'Etat

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