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Square Enix made a post about the upcoming beastmen strongholds that will be appearing in Eorzea from patch 1.19. The post describes an Amalj’aa stronghold located in Thanalan. The post is quoted below.

“Beastman strongholds—these two imposing words speak for themselves. In keeping with convention, however, we will describe to you these enemy fortifications that will soon rise across the Eorzean landscape.

Teeming with foes and home to copious treasure chests, strongholds are formed of multiple sections, each of which is guarded by a contingent of defenders. Adventurers must cut their way through line after line of enemy resistance, breaching one gate after the next, before finally reaching the heart of the compound. Be forewarned: fearsome adversaries lie in wait within, ever ready to put a swift end to those trespassers who enter unprepared.

Zahar’ak

A stronghold erected by the Amalj’aa, its name meaning “like a rock” in their native tongue. Its location was said to be chosen by thaumaturges who, through ancient rituals, divined the position to be auspicious for waging war. Beginning life as a humble frontier outpost, over time Zahar’ak grew to become the foremost Amalj’aa base in all of Thanalan, boasting an intimidating array of siege engines and troop conveyances as well as a facility for breeding war drakes. Recent moons have seen a sharp rise in activity at Zahar’ak, which has sparked disquieting rumors among Ul’dahns of a full-scale assault on the sultanate.

Flamefist Ahlygg Roh

A commander of great renown, born into one of the most influential clans of his race. Even among the ranks of the Roh—the warrior class charged with enforcing order in Amalj’aa society—his unsurpassed fighting prowess places him in a class of his own. Despite his notable bloodline, Ahlygg Roh exudes an air of humility, and is ever relentless in his pursuit of excellence in Amalj’aa martial disciplines.

More beastman strongholds and numerous other notorious monsters aside from those mentioned above will descend to plague Eorzea come patch 1.19. Adventurers are urged to keep their weapons honed and armor sound ahead of this mounting threat.”

Source: Lodestone

Patch 1.19 will see further revisions to the guildleve system.

These revisions are intended to create a more flexible play style for levequests as well as streamline the overall system. To accomplish this goal, the ability to accrue and store guildleves will be introduced, certain aspects of regional and local leves will be standardized, and the guildleve system will receive an overall UI adjustment.

Guildleve Issuance

Guildleve issuance will be revised as follows:

Players will receive an allowance of four leves every 12 hours (Earth time), up to maximum of 99.
The allowance will be shared amongst regional, local, and faction leves.
The Adventurers’ Guild will update its list of leves when you complete (or fail) a levequest, or when an additional allowance is issued.
The ability to exchange leves and the associated bonuses will be abolished. However, alternate bonuses will be introduced by way of a new evaluation system.
* Players who have reached the allowance cap may choose to return leves.

Levequest History and Evaluation

Upon completing a levequest and collecting the rewards, the leve will be moved from the player’s Journal to Levequest History, which displays the details of the eight most recently completed leves. Requesting an evaluation at the Adventurers’ Guild with at least one levequest in the history will earn you a new leve, the nature of which varies based on your levequest history. At this point in time your history will be cleared.
* Leves issued via the evaluation count towards the player’s allowance.

In patch 1.19, the combination of levequests in the history will determine the bonuses granted upon completing a levequest issued via evaluation. However, the evaluation system will be expanded in the future.

Retrying Levequests

Players will be given the option to retry a failed levequest at the cost of a leve allowance.
Regional and Faction Levequests
The retry option will be available in the Journal entry, at the Adventurers’ Guild, and the aetheryte menu.
Local Levequests
The retry option will be available in the Journal entry, at the Adventurers’ Guild, and in the option menu displayed upon failure.

Abandoning Levequests

The option to abandon levequests will be added to the Journal entry. Players may choose to abandon leves regardless of success and failure.

Source: Lodestone Forum