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

[Toranja]

Ragnarok is a class of spacecraft, not the name of the vessel.

[Balipu]

Back on topic. If that dude really is the legatus of the 4th imperial legion. What's his story? It is unlikely that he is Alphinaud's brother.

[StarDrake]

Nobody knows. We've gotten precious little information on the structure of the Legions outside of the ones that have come to Eorzea. Presumably we'll learn something when we encounter this person in-game.

[Balipu]

Nobody knows. We've gotten precious little information on the structure of the Legions outside of the ones that have come to Eorzea. Presumably we'll learn something when we encounter this person in-game.

True, but like the saying goes: It's fun to speculate.

[StarDrake]

Yeah, but the problem is, we don't even really have enough to speculate on. We know only very, very broad strokes about how Garlean society works and have no details about the rest of the Legions, or even inland Islabard itself.

Right now any speculation would be pure guessing, sadly.

[Nalien]

What's his story? It is unlikely that he is Alphinaud's brother.

Down right impossible I'd say.

My money is on some relation to Lucia though. If they're going for the same Final Fantasy IV "I am your brother!" twist, that makes sense to me, she's obviously Garlean and that point has gone unexplained. She's a gender bent Cecil, if it turns out she was a Dark Knight before serving Aymeric then all the more so.

[StarDrake]

My money is on some relation to Lucia though. If they're going for the same Final Fantasy IV "I am your brother!" twist, that makes sense to me, she's obviously Garlean and that point has gone unexplained. She's a gender bent Cecil, if it turns out she was a Dark Knight before serving Aymeric then all the more so.

That might work, especially since, on that note, I absolutely do suspect Lucia was "dark" before coming to serve (and befriend) Aymeric of Ishgard.

After all, some of the things she did when serving Gaius van Baelsar were very dark indeed...

On that note, I do wonder generally: how has the disappearance of Gaius affected Garlean politics at large? THAT we can speculate on. We know he was a favorite of Solus and that he slew a number of pretenders and usupers to the Garlean throne, and I don't think it's coincidence that the Garleans suffered a civil war the instant he was really out of the picture. Just what was Varis' attitude toward Gaius? Is the guy in question in the OP someone who would've been disfavored by Gaius & Solus? Just how much is the Garlean political scene getting shaken up now that he's gone?

[Bloody]

When did Lucia serve Gaius? I think you may be mixing her up with Castrum's boss Lydia.

[Takfloyd]

With all the references to plots in the earlier games, I think it's such a huge waste that they didn't keep the original emperor around for this expansion, to be killed like Gestahl in FFVI. They could have the Varis take the role of Kefka, though honestly I don't like him as a villain from what we've seen - looks too much like a generic WoW villain - so I hope he's getting offed instead, at least.

[Fencedude]

When did Lucia serve Gaius? I think you may be mixing her up with Castrum's boss Lydia.

What if Lucia is Lydia

(yes I know)