Tales from the Storm Discussion

[Kyran-Varlsen]

Lyse being free to travel all the way to Vylbrand from Ala Mhigo suggests that things back in Gyr Abania are fairly calm. I can't help but question if that should really be the case, especially with the concerns that the liberation of not one but two nations happened a little too quickly and cleanly.

The end of Stormblood is naturally a calm before the next storm <Insert Patch Update>. Both places were left as ruins and the Garlean response has been muted. However, there will likely be the threat of renewed civil unrest as both Doma and Ala Mhigo try to sort out the political situation. First, we will see divisions between those people who worked with or sided with the Imperials (the Fordola Factions) and infighting between the factions that helped defeat the Empire (Republic versus Monarchy).

Then, we have to consider that conscripts from both nations will likely be trickling back home - should they be welcomed back or isolated for fear of Imperial infiltration efforts? But the biggest question by far may be what to do with the Imperial technologies and weapon caches left after the 12th Legion was defeated. Who should control them and to what end? This is especially the case with Ala Mhigo, where alliance leaders may want to have a say as to where that giant cannon in the Peaks is pointed.

And when all is said and done, the Empire will still likely retaliate against the rebel provinces. Everything we know about Emperor Varis seems to suggest he is open to reason, but he may yet surprise us.