In Memorium (*SPOILER*)

[Hakuro89]

Oh god it's Aerith all over again, complete with the denial theories.

[Cyrus-Wallace]

Oh god it's Aerith all over again, complete with the denial theories.

No, this is way worse. At least for me. .-. I started in Ul'dah. Nanamo was my favorite lala ever. First the red wedding, now this. This world doesn't love me... SE should fire George R.R. Martin...

[Noshpan]

When the servers were down for maintenance, some friends and I were discussing who was going to die in this patch. The majority suggested Yda and Papalymo. When I said it was going to be Nanamo, everyone's response was "YOU TAKE THAT BACK!"

Then they made me go sit in the corner and think about what I had done when I had logged on after the servers were up.

[AdamFyi]

I just noticed something fishy about the cutscene!

After Nanamo drinks the poison, we can see for a brief moment, in her own perspective. Notice how there's a flash of white light before we return to the 3rd perspective. I thought it was pretty strange. Maybe she's still alive?

[Kallera]

I just noticed something fishy about the cutscene!

After Nanamo drinks the poison, we can see for a brief moment, in her own perspective. Notice how there's a flash of white light before we return to the 3rd perspective. I thought it was pretty strange. Maybe she's still alive?

That's if you are coming out of unconciousness/comas, bright lights while losing conciousness usually mean death.

[AdamFyi]

That's if you are coming out of unconciousness/comas, bright lights while losing conciousness usually mean death.

Ah, that's pretty sad. So it's most likely that she's dead. D:

[Mahri]

Oh god it's Aerith all over again, complete with the denial theories.

Nah, not really. Well, narrative-wise anyway. Aeris' role was that of a semi-mentor/teased loved interest to Cloud, and the only person Sephiroth considered dangerous enough (with her half-understood connection to the Lifestream) to personally go after. There's a lot more that can be said in terms of narrative retrospection and analysis, but it can be boiled down to this: The death of Aeris was a lot like the death of Obi-Wan. Only our "Luke" character was an incredibly fragile headcase rather than a generally well-adjusted guy. :P

The assassination of the Sultana is more of part of a political intrigue story. The Game of Thrones comparisons are pretty apt. In FF terms, it's a turn of events that wouldn't feel at all out of place in any of the Ivalice games. In terms of our character's personal narrative, the biggest impact it has is twofold: The attempt to implicate you as the assassin, and whatever "headcanon" relationship your character had with her (to mine, the fairly respectable ruler of another state, to yours, perhaps the focus of absolute loyalty for whom you'dve gladly died instead). In the strictest sense, though, the conflict here is not "our" fight; it's Raubahn's, and by extension the Immortal Flames, the Sultanguard, and whomever else in Ul'dah that generally opposes the monetarists.

Only, of course, by trying to implicate you, the Monetarists have pulled you into the fight as well, and given our track record, that doesn't bode well for them.

[Eul]

Tamtara EX COMFIRMED!

...Or maybe this is based on Romeo & Juliet story? Like they put Nanamo to fake her dead.

[Marisela]

Shes not dead.

I actually hope all of them are dead when it show them in the cut scence. It just make it more dramatic and such an awesome ways to start a new Expansion. It's pointless to build up such a great dramatic story just to find out later none of them are dead. We need new main character NPC to fight for the cause in the new expansion.

[Mahri]

Minfilia: Definitely not. And maybe she'll go on to do something interesting for once.

Thancred, Y'shtola, Yda, Papalymo: Probably not. Yda and Papalymo are probably jailed (next door to Raubahn, I wouldn't doubt) and Y'shtola and Thancred seem primed to show up in some dramatic turn (also, something about Thancred's English VA talking about being in Heavensward. EDIT: Confirmed. Around 10:20 here)

Nanamo: 99% certainly, to not be would be a hell of a contrivance after all that.

And of course,

Adeledji: Deadest. So deadest. He dead.