Elementals and the Shroud

[Alleluia]

The whole "We obey the elementals' will, even when that will is to leave this poisoned man to die for no apparently good reason." is definitely the thing that turns me/my WoL off the most about the Shroud. Like... the elementals are jerks. Or the people interpreting their will are.

The Elementals might have their reasons about not allowing extra people in for settlement, like "the ecosystem can only handle so much", etc. And that's fair enough. The Elementals were there first, after all.

But in the Quarrymill case, the Ala Mhigans were already rejected. They'd accepted the rejection. They were trying to leave. They just needed some aid before doing so. And rando adventurer WoL just kills some antelope for horns, trades em to Buscarron for powdered horns, gives the Ala Mhigans the aide they need... and nothing happens to us. Thus, the Elementals seemingly didn't have a problem with Meffrid's man being cured. But the Gridanians who refused aide sure act like they think that was the case.

So either the Elementals are bluffing about the consequences of defying them, the Gridanians aren't interpreting the will of the Elementals correctly, or the Hearers are lying about what in particular the elementals have said/they are embellishing the answers cus the elementals aren't giving a complete answer to everything they ask. Or, they assumed Meffrid's group being rejected meant that they were untouchable, even if the Elementals are in reality indifferent. Safer to let the strangers die than incur the green wrath. And unless you become a Hearer (which I assume is WHM?) then there's no way to tell the right of it.

Gridania may be one of the most pleasant areas geographically, but its got some real drawbacks. Gimme my freedom loving ruffians, volcanic isles, and Mediterranean climate with a mild chance of earthquakes and tidal waves, anytime. lol