Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser-Ace View Post
Not to mention Nael was full fledge Tempered by Bahamut. And Lahabrea duped Gaius into reactivating The Ultima Weapon. Neither telling his that The Heart of Sabik was inside it nor that it could cast the forbidden and highly destructive spell "Ultima" that even Gaius him self protested the use of, as shown by the phrase "Ultima Again!?! Damn you Acsian!". Which clearly shows he wouldn't have cast that spell even if he DID know he could have.
Yeah. This is often neglected in 'Garleans are antagonists' discussions. I mean, yes - they are - but they're not incompetent. They've simply been tricked into doing stuff...like most prominent Eorzeans have including the WoL. As for Regula and Varis? We don't know enough about their motives just yet. We've a few hints but nothing we can piece together firmly.