[Coil raid spoilers] 3.4 T9 Triple Triad card
Why is the Triple Triad card for Nael van Darnus an image of Nael deus Darnus?
They are not the same thing, in fact the name split is specifically used to separate them:- Nael van Darnus was a Garlean man in raven-themed magitek armor. (Edit: Or... not? See discussion below)
- Nael deus Darnus, as depicted on the card, was Bahamut's (highly) imperfect recreation of the deceased individual's memory.
When Nael deus Darnus (draconic-servant version) 'dies' again at our hands, and Bahamut finally loses all interest and releases control of Nael's mind/soul, the name explicitly changes back to 'Nael van Darnus' in dialogue boxes to make clear we're talking to the Garlean man (edit: ?) again, not the primal thrall, not Bahamut's aether-woven recreation.
Every time we interact with the warped draconic-servant creature depicted on the card, it is referred to as 'Nael deus Darnus', specifically to identify it as something separate and different than the 'Nael van Darnus' that once lived.
I think it is appropriate for this card to drop from T9, but it should be properly titled 'Nael deus Darnus', and 'Nael van Darnus' — in his(?) white magitek armor — should be a separate card.
By the current logic on this card, the 'Louisoix Leveilleur' card should be using an image of the T12 boss, Phoenix. It's like — yes, it's kind-of referring to the same individual? But it's also really not.