Revelations from Patch 2.55 [SPOILERS]

[Anonymoose]

I do wonder if Nanamo is really dead

That would have to walk a very fine line. It's like with Louisoix, where going back on the death would negate the emotional impact of this patch's contribution to the story and give people trust issues. It's not the ambiguous fade to black / white / flames that not-death-deaths can take advantage of (see: the scions), she hits the floor and NPCs give their he's-dead-Jims, and then Raubahn loses everything over it. For SE, going back on that would be... complicated. Lolorito would have had to have staged the death even to Nanamo, herself, and then they'd have to navigate a minefield of character development getting out of it. (Not that I don't think they could; in the end, SE fully respected Louisoix's sacrifice even though I thought for sure they were going to cheapen the hells out of it once I saw him in Turn 1.)

I am, however, massively dissapointed in Merlwyb and Kan-E-Senna for just standing there

I can't agree with this enough. I can see Kan-E-Senna helpless to do anything; there's no way to reason with or give succor to that situation. But Merlwyb? This is the first time I've had my Limsa / Maelstrom pride shaken. In the end, I wasn't even worth some token proclamation of faith? Not even an, "It can't be," or "I won't accept that," ... just ... silence? <sadly hangs up his officer coat on the way out>

As for Lolorito

Don't forget, the first time we ever met an Ascian in Ul'dah, he was shadowing Lolorito's men. Perhaps there may be more to this chaos than meets the eye, and more than just a selfish Lalafell's machinations.