[Spoilers] The Patch 4.2 Discussion and Speculation Thread!

[Enkidoh]

The idea that Regula was going to be FFXIV's version of Kefka came about simply due to Nael's appearance in FFXIV 1.0 as a rough expy of FFVII's Sephiroth (both go insane, destroyed a city, summoned a 'meteor' on their respective worlds, both even had a 'waking into the flames' scene), and that Sephiroth being the villain of FFVII also matched the numeral of Nael's Garlean Legion (the VIIth). Because Regula was Legatus of the VIth Legion, it led to wild fan theories that from now on each Legatus was going to emulate the main villain for the FF title that corresponded to their Legion number and thus, players expected Regula to go totally insane with the Waring Triad and become a Kefka-copy accordingly (Gaius being the Legatus of the XIVth Legion was therefore 'FFXIV's own representative'.).

Thankfully, with Regula that was not the case (and Zenos further consigned that theory to oblivion by hardly emulating any FFXII villain, he did not match Vayne at all and was too insane for Gabranth).

[Anonymoose]

The idea that Regula was going to be FFXIV's version of Kefka came about simply due to Nael's appearance in FFXIV 1.0 as a rough expy of FFVII's Sephiroth<...> it led to wild fan theories that from now on each Legatus was going to emulate the main villain for the FF title that corresponded to their Legion number

I'll admit I was curious if Nael was a coincidence or if there'd be other nods here and there. I didn't expect much, and I still wonder if the tiger Regula summoned was another coincidence or a little nod to the Tower.

Zenos...not so much in the vein of Vayne. Unless you count that he was the emperor's son with skewed ambitions, enhanced himself with the manifestation of magical energy, transformed into something vaguely draconian, and perhaps had his body possessed by a dark otherworldly force afterw ...Wait.

I'm going to abandon ship before I start seeing shapes in the clouds again /ac "Sprint" <me>