So is (s)he the leader of the 4th imperial legion ?

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From the Heavensward trailer "Dragonsong" :

Golbez Van Zemus ?

[StarDrake]

If you mean the person next to Varis, hard to say. The armor doesn't seen quite right for a Garlean Legatus, though, because they all share a base armor design and whoever that is seems to deviate from it heavily.

[Rocl]

I thought the kneeling Garlean might be another legatus, but there's nothing we can really glean from it unfortunately. Signs only point to him being a Garlean of probably some renown rather than Troop #47.

The dude with the shoulderpads is the newly crowned Garlean Emperor we've already seen.

[Balipu]

It was about time the garleans showed their faces again. Interestingly Varis is meeting with Alphinaud here. Will we really go full FFVI here with a "truce" with the empire that gets borken a few hours later?
I really hope girlpants learned from his mistakes and will be more cautious this time.

[DarthSanguine]

From the Heavensward trailer "Dragonsong" :

Golbez Van Zemus ?

That's the Emperor.

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Not Varis, the guy kneeling next to him.

I edited the image to avoid confusions.

[Brannigan]

Maybe it's like a praetorian guard. I wouldn't expect the emperor himself to just go around out in the open with average mooks to protect him.

[Frederick22]

From the Heavensward trailer "Dragonsong" :

Golbez Van Zemus ?

I agreed, this guy has a weird armor, different from all the rest. Something that is common on the legatus like Gaius or Nael. So yea I agree with you.

[Nalien]

I'm sure that is the IVth Legions Legate, seems they're going to fully embrace the "xth Legion Legate = Final Fantasy x villain". While Nael van Darnus didn't look like Sephiroth (or did he?), he played out a lot of similar scenarios, Meteor project, walking through fire, might even have had a mother obsession if we look at T9. Gaius van Belsar was the XIVth Legion Legate, and in the end he reflected Final Fantasy XIV perfectly by trying to copy the living hell out of Nael van Darnus (right down to copying the battle music). Final Fantasy XIV is a game that references past titles endlessly, Gaius van Belsar referenced the previous Legate we encountered. Much as I loath him for that, it is quite fitting.

Would this mean we're in for more Final Fantasy IV references in the plot, rather than VI (which we assumed what with the Floating Islands and all)? Holy crap yes we are, the whole Alexander = Giant of Babil thing I've been pointing out seems all the more obvious now... How far will they take this... Are we going to get an evil alien invaders plot too? I mean the Ascians kinda already fill that space. Wonder if this Legate will eventually become our ally as well... Long lost brother to a certain Ishgard Garlean we know, mayhaps? Can we get a Red Wings remix for Free Company Airships too? Holy crap, hype intensifies!

[Fenral]

While I'm still holding out for properly original material, I'm wondering if we're going to have two competing Legati again, like 1.0's 1.X's plot. We still have seen some leanings towards FFVI what with Doma and the Warring Triad (but Floating Continent is also FFIII), so I wonder if there will be both a IVth and a VIth Legion at play.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, more blurred lines would be cool if they can make it work. Trying to stick too hard to only one at a time gets tragically predictable.