Quote Originally Posted by Khai View Post
Has it been said why we're going all the way to Othard, instead of focusing solely on Gyr Abania? I've seen speculation that we've been exiled from Eorzea proper or that we're being shipped to the east as part of a bargaining deal with the Garleans, but I haven't been able to find anything official.
We can only really speculate at this point. What's clear, though, is that the Garleans are not the aggressors this time around. Anything they do from Baelsar's Wall onwards is purely reactionary in response to Ilberd's scheming - and whilst we've been told that Zenos is a bad apple that isn't something that is applicable to Garlemald as a whole. My guess is that he'll seize power (either over Garlemald in its entirety given that he's the Emperor's son and thus presumably next in the line of succession) or he'll be 'disowned' by the Emperor for screwing up and will be pushing his own, separate agenda like Gaius and Nael.