Future leader of Apa Mhigo

[Morningstar1337]

The Garleans are master manipulators who are implied to have even set the events in motion that lead to the fall of Allag and the following calamity.

Garleans? master manipulators? ALLAG?

I think there are few things that don't add up (I assume you meant Ascians but I'm gonna have some fun in debating why the Garleans aren't Xanatos-tier chessmasters).


First I'm gonna address the Allag Calamity part since that seems more obvious, if only by the separation of 10 or so eras, an the fact that the only context of Allag and Garlemald is that of the latter emulating the former.

Not for the manipulator part. They certainly are intelligent, but a little bit too short-sighted for to be successfully manipulative. To go back to Allag, Nael's pet Meteor shall be the first example. Nael van Darnus claimed Allagan heritage an the country in general claimed to emulate the Allagans. They are also on attempting to stop the Primals. espite both points they didn't seem to know that the lesser moon was actualy a Deathstar powered by an Elder Primal and that the destruction would had released said primal until after the fact.

For my 2nd point, I shall point out that their only displays of manipulation are their 1.0 tempering scene, and Gaius timing Livia's slaughter of the Waking Sands with out battle with Titan (Probably the take over of Ala Mhigo too). Gaius himself was manipulated into piloting the Ultima Weapon to unleash the eponymous spell and finish what Bahamut started.

To their credit all we know about their succession issues was that Varis had his (grand?)father assassinated. We do not know the details, and given the inherent treachery of politics, I'd expect that plans and gambits to take place by all the parties involved and that Varis might be the better schemer, So under his rule, they might grow to be more manipulative and cunning. But for now, they don't really see all that bright.