The WOL and Mass Murder

[Sinh119]

I don't think that we'll ever be reprimanded for our actions, at least not by anyone in Eorzea or Doma. This is due to how people in Eorzea and Doma view our character. When the people of Eorzea think of us, they see don't see a murderhobo. They see the Warrior of Light, hope incarnate, a savior who has devoted their life in Eorzea to protecting and helping its people. If the WoL were to wipe out everyone in Gridania, the chances that anyone would turn against us would be very low. The first assumption would be that it either wasn't us (an imposter), that we did that due valid reasons others aren't aware of, or that something happened to us that caused us to act that way.

That doesn't mean that the people or leaders of Eorzea would never turn against us. In the Dark Knight questline, they established that different parts of the WoL's subconscious could physically manifest. As an example, let's say that the Warrior of Light subconsciously has the thought that they should take over the world and create peace by force (think Thordan). If this manifestation were significantly more powerful than the ones shown in the 60-70/30-50 quests, and we couldn't control whether it appeared or not, then it wouldn't matter whether we were virtuous. As another example, the WoL's echo could begin to become more powerful and involuntarily temper people around them.

Essentially, for this storyline to work, the Warrior of Light would need to be a constant danger to everyone around them. Would this be a good route to go down? Depends. Could be pretty entertaining to play through.

[Ilenya]

If the WoL were to wipe out everyone in Gridania, the chances that anyone would turn against us would be very low. The first assumption would be that it either wasn't us (an imposter), that we did that due valid reasons others aren't aware of, or that something happened to us that caused us to act that way.

I imagine the proper response to this would be to see what the Elementals do, because that would certainly trigger *something*

[Iscah]

As another example, the WoL's echo could begin to become more powerful and involuntarily temper people around them.

Unless there's some sort of hypothetical long-term exposure effects, I don't think it works that way. Even a full-powered primal has to deliberately unleash an aether attack to temper someone standing right in front of them - I can't see it being something you could do by accident.

That said, it could be an interesting business if someone else with the Echo works out how to temper people... but it could also require far too much concentrated power (as a primal naturally possesses) for a human to replicate it, at least on the scale that a primal can.

[Sinh119]

Unless there's some sort of hypothetical long-term exposure effects, I don't think it works that way. Even a full-powered primal has to deliberately unleash an aether attack to temper someone standing right in front of them - I can't see it being something you could do by accident.

That said, it could be an interesting business if someone else with the Echo works out how to temper people... but it could also require far too much concentrated power (as a primal naturally possesses) for a human to replicate it, at least on the scale that a primal can.

Well it was more like a general concept than a concrete idea, but it's not unfathomable. We have no idea if the effects of the Echo could be modified or increased artificially, nor what the effects of doing so might be. There's a lot they could do with the Echo, especially our Echo, as we really have no idea precisely how it works.