Quote Originally Posted by Eloah View Post
I think having him interact with Cid and Lucia would give him some nice development. They are the two known Garleans who actively fight for Eorzea. They could show him that true comrades wont care about your birth, but by what you do with the life you've been given.
I think Arenvald knows that. Conrad states it in the beginning of Stormblood:

Arenvald:I’m here to fight for a free Ala Mhigo. For an Ala Mhigo where women like my mother are never made to suffer. I pray you grant me this honor.

Conrad: …You are a trueborn son of Gyr Abania, same as me. This is not my honor to grant, but yours to freely take. Welcome, brother.

I honestly don't understand the idea that Arenvald needs to have character development that involves him reconciling with Garleans. This is someone who was born under traumatic circumstances, and the notion that it's on him to make peace with his father's heritage of rape and abandonment is bordering on offensive, especially since the only reason for it seems to be to elide the atrocities that the Empire committed during the occupation.