Ala Mhigo Reconstruction

[Lauront]

The autumn war was 100 years ago by now or so. Generations ago. LIke, nobody with a normal human life form who was a toddler during the autumn war is still alive int he present. It seems very silly to use it an example of why ala mhigans in the present are undeserving of sympathy.

Should we hold the people of present day Ul'dah responsible for what happened to Sil'dih? Any group is going to have skeletons in the closet if you're willing to go back several generations. Yes, we see flawed and bad ala mhigans, we also see plenty of good ala mhigans.

I've noticed this tendency to try absolve other city-states of their sins because they were committed in the past.

Strictly speaking, yes, I agree that their people, as such, are not responsible for the actions of their governments. However, Ul'dah's government today can only wash its hands of anything in Sil'dih, because Ul'dah back then utterly destroyed its sister city by zombifying it. Ishgard, meanwhile, managed to embroil itself in a thousand-year war the consequences of which could have easily spread across the globe and probably would have, given Thordan's ambitions. Ala Mhigo, had it not been thwarted, would have aggressed against Gridania and possibly other city-states. The shoe was, until recently, on the other foot. Pretty much the same fate as Garlemald's neighbours came to suffer, after they had pushed it around for a while. The only reason I think Ala Mhigo tamed its ambitions was because it was resolutely driven back by the alliance of the city-states and faced internal strife later on. Also, although I won't lump him with Ala Mhigans in general, there was Ilberd, who was willing to bring about another calamity just to realise his treasured goal of liberating Ala Mhigo.

I don't think they deserved Zenos, but I can't say I care overly much what happens to them now that they're free. It doesn't help that I enjoy neither Lyse nor Raubahn as characters and would prefer as little as possible of them. Arenvald and Fordola have the potential to interest me.

Like I said, though, putting aside NPC writing, I like the actual zone and aesthetics, so I'd not be averse to a reconstruction for it. However, unlike Doma, Ala Mhigo itself is pretty much intact, so it'd have to be areas around it.