Quote Originally Posted by faris View Post
There were times where I wondered what the hell the writers were even thinking with Baelsar (such as already mentioned, joining with the Ascians. I hope SE give out some kind of "Ascians bring out the worst in people" Thing with that, because Baelsar teaming up with a bunch of "touched" people trying to bring their Primal/"One True God" to Eorzea, when he himself understands what exactly these "gods" do? Really? Even with the How-To-Ultima-Weapon they no doubt provided through Thancred doesn't justify that)
We don't really get to see Gaius and Lahabrea interact much, but given everything we know about the Ascians and Gauis' surprise at Ultima's actual power I doubt they were actually straight with him about what they were up to. Did the empire even know that they were the ones that taught the beastmen to summon the primals? I don't recall it ever being shown. Not much is known about the Ascians publicly so Gauis may not have known anything beyond that Erozeans considered them evil bogymen who could possess people. Considering the empire's stance on all primals, including the Twelve, its probably just an "enemy of my enemy" situation.