where is our "Sephiroth"?

[Ramesses]

To the OP... Nael was hands down our Sephiroth for 1.0... I thoroughly loved his chatcater and he was actually a brilliantly written charcater. If you want the whole detailed lore regarding him, you can read the fan-written lore that was actually officially approved by the Devs. HERE

Now for 2.0, several of us expected our "Sephiroth-like" villian to be Gaius, especially since there was an intricate (and dangerous) yet delicate conversation that Nael and Van had prior in 1.0 (refer to the quest "Two Vans are better than one" HERE.

Not to mention that Gaius was heavily featured in the pre-launch trailers... and this generated a LOT of excitment because many of us had loved Gaius since the ORIGINAL 1.0 storyline HERE.

That particular CS which showed him taking on four of the Circle of Knowing was actually legendary in those days; and what helped inspire most people to finish the story even though the game had several issues. By the way, his voice acting was also done to perfection there... and not the crappy forced voice he had in 2.0.... but that's just me.

So now as we head into 3.0, the problem now becomes how to develop a new villian that we all will love to hate... especially since the last two candidates for that position are sadly no more.

Shame really... because I was actually rooting heavily for Gaius to become the new Garlean Emperor so as to generate a whole new slew of lore, quests, missions and villianous excitement for the future. Heck, at some point prior to 2.0 launch, I even joked to my friends that Gaius might actually be an older version of our Hyur Warrior of Light NPC who goes back in time, joins the Garlean empire and rises the ranks to become the Black Wolf.

Ahhh well... guess we shall find out if we get a new wicked villian (or villianess?) in Patch 2.4