Ala Mhigo Reconstruction

[Liam_Harper]

Stormblood really didn't paint the Ala Mhigans in a favourable light. The Domans have their ups and downs, but the Ala Mhigan commonfolk just come across as a weak, cowardly, prejudiced, whiny, bloodthirsy group. I'd find it more likely they ignore Raubahn and do something stupid like start a revenge war on the Eorzean Alliance.

[Theodric]

The Ala Mhigans, to me, were never painted in a particularly flattering light. Let's not forget that Fordola, as a child, witnessed Ala Mhigans stone her father to death right before her eyes. Upon being imprisoned for her own crimes, at no point did the Ala Mhigans try to understand why she did what she did. They wanted to stone her to death as well.

Othard and Hingashi were far more interesting and enjoyable to me. The latter especially, given that it is neutral territory.

I also think people were too hasty in assuming that Stormblood was going to be the 'Ala Mhigo' expansion.

[Liam_Harper]

The Ala Mhigans, to me, were never painted in a particularly flattering light. Let's not forget that Fordola, as a child, witnessed Ala Mhigans stone her father to death right before her eyes. Upon being imprisoned for her own crimes, at no point did the Ala Mhigans try to understand why she did what she did.

Aye, basically they couldn't beat the empire, were too cowardly to try and turned on an easy target to vent their anger... their own people, which is rather disgusting. Not to mention they stoned their own to death for siding with the Empire, but when you come to rally them to war, they'd rather stay submissive to the Empire.

And then the whole wanting to butcher Fordola in the streets and desecrate Zenos' grave while Yotsuyu walks straight into Namai in broad daylight and the Domans can be talked into reason. Not to mention the amount of resentment towards the other nations for not helping them earlier in their war, that they can barely be bothered to fight themselves.

[Bright-Flower]

Aye, basically they couldn't beat the empire, were too cowardly to try and turned on an easy target to vent their anger... their own people, which is rather disgusting. Not to mention they stoned their own to death for siding with the Empire, but when you come to rally them to war, they'd rather stay submissive to the Empire.

And then the whole wanting to butcher Fordola in the streets and desecrate Zenos' grave while Yotsuyu walks straight into Namai in broad daylight and the Domans can be talked into reason. Not to mention the amount of resentment towards the other nations for not helping them earlier in their war, that they can barely be bothered to fight themselves.

On the other hand in Doma you have Yotsuyu's messed up backstory, not everything was bright and shiny there either. And it's not like we see only bad from them. Wanting someone like Fordola executed doesn't strike me as evil but realistic, and the mob was then talked down. By an ala mhigan no less. We see plenty of examples of positive ala mhigan characters throughout the story, it's not that one sided.

And it's not like any other nation is beating the Empire on their own. Heck, before Gaius took advantage of the rebellion against the Mad King ala mhigo was holding off the Empire just fine.

There's also many years in between the death of Fordola's father and the present. Years of struggle and bloodshed with nothing to show for it can wear down the morale of people. Nor is any society a monolith.

And as for the desecration of Zenos' grave, that was probably the Ascians given what we know.

[Lauront]

Stormblood really didn't paint the Ala Mhigans in a favourable light. The Domans have their ups and downs, but the Ala Mhigan commonfolk just come across as a weak, cowardly, prejudiced, whiny, bloodthirsy group. I'd find it more likely they ignore Raubahn and do something stupid like start a revenge war on the Eorzean Alliance.

I hope so. I never particularly liked them and still don't.