Gerun Oracles

[Theodric]

I've said this before but I'm hoping that we will be forced to ally with Garlemald to take down a bigger threat. Garlemald deserves more than to constantly be pushed as convenient antagonists - there's a lot of potential for the Garleans to be much more than that. Looking back at earlier titles in the Final Fantasy series shows that many 'antagonists' can actually become firm friends or at least reluctant allies from time to time. It happened with Shinra in FF7, it happened with Gabranth in FF12, it happened with Kuja in FF9...and so on.

We need more of that in my opinion - especially if the story is ever going to evolve beyond the WoL conveniently taking down any and all threats that stand in their way.

[Belhi]

I've said this before but I'm hoping that we will be forced to ally with Garlemald to take down a bigger threat. Garlemald deserves more than to constantly be pushed as convenient antagonists - there's a lot of potential for the Garleans to be much more than that. Looking back at earlier titles in the Final Fantasy series shows that many 'antagonists' can actually become firm friends or at least reluctant allies from time to time. It happened with Shinra in FF7, it happened with Gabranth in FF12, it happened with Kuja in FF9...and so on.

We need more of that in my opinion - especially if the story is ever going to evolve beyond the WoL conveniently taking down any and all threats that stand in their way.

I don't know if Shinra and Kuja are good examples. Shinra did ally with the protagonists of FF7 but then promptly turned around and betrayed them going straight back to be antagonists. As for Kuja, he was really an antagonist till pretty much the very end of the game.

I want to see Garlemald as a more complex power structure with factions, some moderate and some more extreme. I highly doubt that the we will be dealing with more moderate groups until we at least set foot in Garlean held territories. Currently the ones in power in Garlemald are really antagonist material.

I could see us forced to work with them in extreme circumstances though (after all we have to put up with lolorito still) but currently I'm not sure what is going to be sever enough to warrant it. I seriously doubt we will see the WoL change his or her stance towards Garlemald's aggressive expansion and campaign of conquest, particularly with their current track record of how they have treated their conquered nations.

In the end though it will be the WoL who takes down the threats. We are the protagonist and the hero of the story.