"Battle fever comes over the Heaven's Ward!"

[CyrilLucifer]

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All of those seem like you're stretching justification to me. All of them - especially Nabriales. That portal is supposed to be closing - even waiting 30 seconds would have been to much.

The second one makes no mention of bringing others or the Gnath letting others come through their lands unmolested. You're in the depths of the Hive, I'm pretty sure you can't just come there when the WoL calls you. Furthermore, why would the Gnath allow you to call your friends for aid?

So for the last one? What was the point of everything before that, then, and how did they get they to the ARF? Even assuming our "helpers" aren't bound by the same rules we are in having to Attune to the currents, they had to have gone on our super secret, almost unique little flying machine. So they'd be flying over one by one, or two by two, if they can teleport your chocobo with them (which is another one of those stretching it bits). Way to take your time when your friends are all fighting and, as far as you know, dying on your behalf, WoL. That's almost comical, actually. (Keep in mind, things like Kirin and the Magitek didn't fly until 3.1, so we can't really consider them).