Quote Originally Posted by LystAP View Post
The previous emperor was a elitist genocidal prick. Varis was a high ranking officer in the relatively diverse Garlean legions before he was emperor; there's probably a good reason why he won the civil war. Imagine if he turns out to be a reasonable authority figure that we still can't join because of story.
He won't be. Even if he's reasonable compared to his gramps, he STILL wants to stick Eorzea under the boot of the Garlean empire, which makes him our enemy.
Even if he IS reasonable, he's not Eorzean, and the Garleans are still jerks.