Revelations from Patch 3.56

[Kallera]

Your explanation made the whole thing much more desirable.

The fact that SE doesn't have the capacity to render Eorzea under the hardships of a war gone wrong kinda blunts the trepidation of waging war, doesn't it? How convienient we don't have to worry about the prospect of failure, and are instead handed toy soldiers and fights we cannot lose by SE.

Not exactly the effort worthy of a continent spanning empire, but it seems war, a winnable war with utter confidence while the enemy quakes in their boots, is the goal here.

At any rate, i can see why people are feeling underwhelmed by this part of the story. Its basically a poor man's rehash of bahamut's awakening, sans the surprise and the mystery.

And in the end, Ilberd, though dead, comes out the winner. And Laurentius gets play of the game! What wonderful people to start our glorious march to the hell of war, By all means, provide more people to keep our hands clean along the way. /eyeroll

Even if Ilberd is dead, even if shinryu is silenced, he has his war; a war the alliance will assuredly win, and result in us casually walking through the gates of a Garlemeld conviniently ripe for chaos leading into democracy, huzzah.

One more thing I do not get.

Nidhogg is dead, and his soul gone
The soldiers were praying for Rhalgr.
The eyes do not have nidhoggs soul, and are just reserves of aether.
Why did Ilberd get shinryu?

How is this Shinryu any resemblance of Rhalgr?