About the Emperor [Major Spoilers for 4.4]

[Balipu]

If anything, recent lore suggests Eikons/primals are even MORE of a threat than we had previously surmised, as they can be summoned with great facility and very few resources.
That much is true. But the part where the Empire wants to stop it, is a lie. Ascians want calamities


You're reading far too much into this. He said the founding father of the Garlean empire is an Ascian. Not that Solus was always an Ascian. They are incorporeal
Well I might be reading a lot into it, but we know very little about the Ascians and have to reevaluate some of them after this patch



It's not an obstacle to the Ascians.
I'm not saying it's an obstacle to anyone. I jsut find it weird that the aristocracy isn't filled with magic users, considering Solus is what he is. Or what he was by the time he founded the empire


It was never suggested that they were all blond - just most. I mean we knew there's white-haired ones. They do seem to predominantly have very light features, no doubt in consequence of their adaptation to their cold environment.
I consider white as a shade of blonde. At any rate, black is a pretty big departure.


Well no. The lie here is that Solus believed in them. It does not mean the Emperor or Garlean people do not. And this is assuming the Ascian is not lying. I am going to throw in some speculation here, as it's unclear when Varis became aware that Solus was possessed by an Ascian, but assuming it was whilst Solus was still alive and not recently, he probably thought he was done with that whole mess when Titus was killed, giving him the opportunity to steer the Empire in just the direction Solus claimed to want to move it in. This works even if Solus had made his true intentions aware during his lifetime, although the narration in the epilogue suggests that Elidibus brought him back to soften Varis's resolve/resistance, through exposing this alleged truth - only, it hasn't worked.

You can argue semantics with a linguist, but you shouldn't. If the emperor doesn't believe in the ideals it is very unlikely that the actions of the Empire actually benefit those ideals. His only intention was to cause chaos and he did it for half a century.




We have no idea but it is probable that it is "Solus", would be the correct answer.

True, we don't know it for certain, but he IS the largest immediate threat. And it is highly unlikely that Elidibus will be removed this early in the game.



"Solus" doesn't. Yet he is an Ascian who was dormant until recently.

How recently? Nothing suggests he wasn't there for a long time. Solus died in 2.2 I think. And Lahabrea's idiocy was in 3.0 As far as we know Solus was there behind the curtains from 3.1 Onwards.

It isn't really a lie, though. Varis appears to bear a desire to put the reigns of history into the hands of mankind. His main concern appears to be ensuring that his people have a place in the world - and after all they've suffered, it's completely understandable. Their ancestors did, after all, find themselves forced out of fertile territory and into a wasteland. The only thing that stopped them from being wiped out was the presence of ceruleum - which for a time was simply used as a source of heat and fuel until Solus entered the picture. At which point they started striking back at the 'savages'.

Given that Varis is described as a master strategist in the lore book it is very likely that he will work at improving not only his own position but that of his people. The Ascians will likely seek to oppose him, or even to overthrow him - but with aid, he could easily be the one to usher in reform himself. Especially if he ends up teaming up with Gaius, Alphinaud and the Warrior of Light.

Oh no argument there. This is probably where the story is moving. But I don't think he has much free will at the moment with Solus and Elidibus watching his every move. And bear in mind that the lorebook is not all knowing. It described Solus as dead and Yda as alive.