[SPOILER] "The garlean Primal solution?"

[Theodric]

Perhaps it will pave the way for Garleans becoming a playable race in the future? One can dream!

Still, I'm hoping that Zenos' research doesn't end up being used by the Emperor. Or, if it does, it's done for the sake of defending Garlemald itself/defeating Eikons.

I also hope that we see Hydaelyn's favouritism called out in regards to her blessing specific individuals from specific races but leaving others to fend for themselves. Didn't she also intervene to save Krile when the Isle of Val was wiped out but effectively let everybody else there perish without intervention?

[SaitoHikari]

Perhaps it will pave the way for Garleans becoming a playable race in the future? One can dream!

Still, I'm hoping that Zenos' research doesn't end up being used by the Emperor. Or, if it does, it's done for the sake of defending Garlemald itself/defeating Eikons.

I also hope that we see Hydaelyn's favouritism called out in regards to her blessing specific individuals from specific races but leaving others to fend for themselves. Didn't she also intervene to save Krile when the Isle of Val was wiped out but effectively let everybody else there perish without intervention?

One could argue that Hydaelyn was too weak to save everyone on the island, and even if she did, the Ascians would probably redouble their efforts to erase the island AND make sure to kill Krile the second time around just to weaken Hydaleyn even more.

On a side note, we haven't heard from Hydaelyn at all during SB.

But anyway, I expect the story to move towards the topic of artificial echo users. We may be rebuilding Ala Mhigo now, but that also means we're likely to discover a lot of technology and research the Garleans left behind. I don't think we even captured that scientist, he's probably still somewhere at large within the city.

[Remedi]

Still, I'm hoping that Zenos' research doesn't end up being used by the Emperor. Or, if it does, it's done for the sake of defending Garlemald itself/defeating Eikons.

Thinking about it elidubus said that zenos was a good test subject so maybe it wasn't his idea only the resonant thing, maybe the emperor had an hand in it

[EdwinLi]

Thinking about it elidubus said that zenos was a good test subject so maybe it wasn't his idea only the resonant thing, maybe the emperor had an hand in it

Yes the research on Echo has been going on for a long time now in Garlemald.

While originally they killed Echo users because of belief that they were no different from Primals, the 1.0 Warriors of Light actions for being able to kill Primals changed this view and now the Garlean Empire see the Echo as a possible solution to their "Primal threat" thus they began experimenting on how to replicate the Echo and learning more about.

This has been going for some time since 2.0 as there have been hints Garlean Empire have been reasearching the Echo. It is only now we see the fruit of their labor with experimenting on Echo users in Garlemald.