Gaius Van Baelsar...

[Enkidoh]

Gaius destroyed Ala Mhigo (figuratively, he stirred up trouble behind the scenes causing their last king to purge their military leaving them vulnerable while at the same time stoking unrest among the civilian population to overthrow him, thus leaving the nation utterly powerless for him to move in and take over). RP wise he was therefore responsible for the deaths of my character's parents. He slaughtered the Ala Mhigan Resistance wholesale, he shot my Path Companion (and went to shoot me as well if Yda hadn't jumped in and saved me at the last moment).

His only saving grace was he saw Dalamud for what it was, an abomination, but even then he only resisted Nael's plans for Project Meteor simply because he wanted a land to conquer. Hells, everything he did in ARR was actually without the approval of Garlemald itself! Solus was living on borrowed time, and thus he knew that he had to position himself quickly in order to weather the inevitable civil war that would result when Solus passed on, and finally bringing Eorzea to heel would accomplish that. He might have been the lesser of two evils compared to Nael, but

he was still a bastard whom I am not mourning (assuming SE doesn't pull a 'never found the body' trick and bring him back alive at a later date). He can rot in the seventh hell. ><

Also the thing about him supposedly being more virtuous because he was determined to seal the Primals rather than endlessly fighting them only made him a massive hypocrite because he teamed up with the very force responsible for the beast tribes summoning in the first place! The moment he allied with Lahabrea he destroyed any credibility he had.

BALUMNG? OPEN? YOU LIE SIR,

the great gates of balmung hath been closed for eons and shall remain closed >:V

Actually I've been seeing quite a few newbies on Balmung lately so I guess the gates have opened now (at least briefly).

[SonKevin]

SNIP

Yeah, but what was Ala Mhigo doing anyway? Nothing. They were kind of just there.

[Theodric]

Yeah, but what was Ala Mhigo doing anyway? Nothing. They were kind of just there.

Ala Mhigo would have likely continued to attack the rest of Eorzea if not for Garlemald's intervention anyway.

[Vejjiegirl]

Ala Mhigo would have likely continued to attack the rest of Eorzea if not for Garlemald's intervention anyway.

The Irony of it all

[Theodric]

The Irony of it all

If we do visit Ala Mhigo - which seems likely - then I do hope the lore team highlight how volatile the Ala Mhigans actually are. They did a great job at making the Ishgardians and Ul'dahns very morally dubious (but not without some redeeming qualities) so I'd love to see the same thing applied elsewhere. Plus it'd be cool to have more Garleans who are more like Gabranth and Drace from FFXII. The sort that, whilst loyal to their homeland, we can work alongside and ally with. The Garleans deserve more than being fodder for quests, raids and dungeons.

[LystAP]

Gaius destroyed Ala Mhigo (figuratively, he stirred up trouble behind the scenes causing their last king to purge their military leaving them vulnerable while at the same time stoking unrest among the civilian population to overthrow him, thus leaving the nation utterly powerless for him to move in and take over). RP wise he was therefore responsible for the deaths of my character's parents. He slaughtered the Ala Mhigan Resistance wholesale, he shot my Path Companion (and went to shoot me as well if Yda hadn't jumped in and saved me at the last moment).

If I recall from the MNK quest chain, Gaius didn't have to do all that much. The King of Ala Mhigo was already a paranoid ass for quite some time; it was inevitable that he would crack, and the Garleans at Ala Mhigo's door only exacerbated it.

[PArcher]

If I recall from the MNK quest chain, Gaius didn't have to do all that much. The King of Ala Mhigo was already a paranoid ass for quite some time; it was inevitable that he would crack, and the Garleans at Ala Mhigo's door only exacerbated it.

I think Gaius helped to make him paranoid and start that whole mess up. If the Monks were still around, Gaius would have had a TON of trouble taking the city.