Tales from the Storm Discussion

[Belhi]

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I think the idea was to have a story which is just a scene of characters we know just relaxing and being friends. In a way it makes them more normal and human which is something we rarely get to have presented in game. Not every story has to have a big reveal of vital information. That is what I liked about this. It was just a story of friends who do extraordinary things coming together for a moment of relaxation and normality.

For the WoL, Lyse's name reveal wouldn't have been a major thing. It's like if you had a friend you had known and worked with for a while who said "actually, my name is George.". It might be weird for them to have lied about it but it didn't change anything about who they were. We have never known Yda. Ever. Even those who played 1.X would have been dealing with Lyse outside the Echo visions. If the WoL was a friend of 'Yda' then they would be a friend of Lyse. At least Lyse's reasons made some sense even if they were a little foolish.

Honestly I think you missed several details. Alisaie needed Alphinaud's help to add the Domans organising their resistance push as well as repairing their Aetheryte. She couldn't do it on her own. Plus Alphinaud is the planner. He stayed behind before because Alphinaud is better at diplomacy and logistics and Kugane was our only potential source of additional resources and info. Lyse took up her sister's name and mask, in a sense out of grief after her sister had died as a way to try and keep her dream alive and partially because she felt insufficient to do it herself as Lyse. She is often shown feeling like she isn't up to her sister or her father's level.

Its worth pointing out on the Garlemald front, one of the reasons Garlemald has been slow to react is because Doma and Ala Mhigo's liberation has sparked resurgent activity and talk in other provinces and the leadership is hesitant to move troops out of regions that might be at risk of an uprising to mobilise against Doma or Ala Mhigo. Its unlikely Varis would ignore it completely as it would likely hurt him politically to allow provinces to rebel without any response. This is be basis for Hein's current defensive strategy and Doma's shinobi are actively encouraging such unrest in other provinces.

[Mysterysword]

Honestly I think you missed several details. Alisaie needed Alphinaud's help to add the Domans organising their resistance push as well as repairing their Aetheryte. She couldn't do it on her own. Plus Alphinaud is the planner. He stayed behind before because Alphinaud is better at diplomacy and logistics and Kugane was our only potential source of additional resources and info.

I'm not wondering why the writers decided to shunt Alphinaud right into Namai for whatever he ended up doing, I'm wondering what in-story catalyst drove Alphinaud out of Kugane to Namai. Nobody mentions anything about contacting him, and whatever he ended up doing in Kugane while we were going swimming, none of it ever affected the plot after that, or was even mentioned.

I also don't really care about Lyse's reasons for taking up her sister's name, I'm just saying that having her lie to us for any reason whatsoever, especially about something as important as her identity, and then having the story try to sell us as friends, is a little incongruous in my opinion.