Quote Originally Posted by Belhi View Post
Rowena as a syndicate member makes sense too. She is probably the most dominant merchant in northern Eorzea at this point and pretty much holds dominance over the antiquities market. I still think there is more going on with her and her motives than we have been shown. I wonder why she wants to get into politics though. That is more a play for power than wealth, even in Ul'dah.
Well money is also used as a source of power, and the political power would open up avenues for her to get more rare artifacts from outside Eorzea's borders. Such as the Sharlayans, Othard, maybe even Garlemald.