Quote Originally Posted by SkyRobo1 View Post

The thing that really made me wonder though are;
1) Why did Tataru smile like that during the scene on Costa del sol
2) What happened to Riol and Alliane
3) And what did the Emissary of the Ascian meant when he spoke to Urianger at the end.
I have to agree with you, it was pretty obvious that Ilberd was going to betray you, the 2.5 quests made it very clear Ilberd was lying about the death of the Merchant.

1) Tataru smile is weird, because all Lalafell smile like that, I noticed this with my Lalafell aswell, when he smiling it looks very rapey. I think the emote makes it look like she has something up her sleeve. It is possible that Tataru is a villian, but I doubt this.

2) Riol noticed in the last cutscene that some of the loyal CB members were getting killed off. When the corrupt CB members captured Alphinaud they were talking amongst themselves that they took care of the CB members that were loyal to Alphinaud. About Aliane, from Momodi, we found out that Aliane had something on her mind, she was so distressed that she did not finish her dinner. I think Aliane was one of the traitors, but she reconsidered her allegiance and was about to confess to the player. Sadly one of the CB members (I forgot his name, the scumbag that tried to sell you out during the Ifrit storyline) found out and probaly killed her and then left the vial of poison behind. or Aliane took the vial of poison to show it to the players as proof that the CB are going to kill Nanamo.

3) I doubt Urianger would betray the trust of the Scions and work with the group that was responsible for the death of his friend/lover Moenbryda. I am guessing the Emissary is not as bad as we think that he is and from earlier conversations, he only wants a balance between dark and light, unlike his fellow Ascians who want to destroy the balance.