3.x Story Speculation (Obviously spoilers for all of Heavensward)

[KisaiTenshi]

But that's the thing Sylphie found a way to stop relying on her own lifeforce, I'm sure there will be a plot that we restore her sight or find a way that she'll be able to use an external power source after she has some health issues, but nothing major like her death. I mean.. Not everything brought up in the story will have permanent effects in the long term, look at Nanamo's "death", how Hydaelyn's power was dimming from our wanton use of her power, or all the various mentions of us just being a "pawn" of people and having little agency of our own. Like.. Nanamo is alive, Hydaelyn is back and better than before, and we're still doing various side quests and getting treated like a messenger.

Sylphie , like all class NPC's doesn't show up again. There is lore reasons why you can't use your life energy do stuff like this. It shortens your life (which is what happened to... I think it was Sylphie's mom was it?)

I'd rather Y'shtola stick around, but clearly something is being setup or they would never have bothered to mention this. That's my point.

Hopefully Minfilia just does things besides sit in a room and be a damsel in distress. I don't get why everyone likes Thancred so much, he's kinda badass at times, but most of the times he's a huge flirtatious doofus.

I like Haurchefant, but his death is very satisfying. He did what he felt was right and good on him, it was a very noble death. Nanamo died randomly and in much more of a cheap way (Like you're telling me Nanamo totally wasn't paranoid whenever the walls have ears and she was talking about abdicating the throne?), I'm glad she's alive because she can actually continue to do things and be more of an active player in FFXIV's story.

I was kinda like "NOOO" at Haurchefant because that pulled the "Aerith on Disc 1" event. Why is it that people only perma-die from magical gaping wounds (See Ysayle), and not poison (Nanamo), or just the crap beat out of them (Ser Aymeric , Thancred, Raubahn)

More to the point Nanamo's supposed death is the "Women in refrigerators" trope. Right after Moenbryda (alas we hardly knew ye.) In HW we also have Ysayle dying for what I feel was inconsistent plot point... considering that we beat her up once when we treated her as a Primal and another Primal also beat her up.

So I'd be very disappointed if female cast members are being killed off just to pull at the player (and NPC's) emotions.