Quote Originally Posted by RyuDragnier View Post
There's one other reason why I don't think it'll be the empire. Zenos himself. He wants a grand stage for his battle with us. A falling empire is so...not fitting for a battle. I have a feeling he'll be leaving Garlemald by 5.5 and we'll be pushed towards our next destination. It also means we could get an entire Alliance Raid dedicated to Garlemald, which IMO would be easier to pull off and be far cooler depending on what they do (a FFXV style lategame empire area perhaps?).
Or it could be him setting up a big war to try and release Zodiark to consume him (but hopefully not succeed seriously I do not want Zenos as the season 1 final boss after seeing much better villians this expansion) and turning the entire continent of Islabard into a battlefield including the capitol similar to the third Hunger Games book. This will also work with Sharlyan being the main hub city as you try and use the resources there to stop him but the actual exploration zones being in Islabard. plus I would rather they not take examples from how FFXV handled it's imperial capitol with that ring mission (Shudders) i want it to be done right and i think after the criticism Ala Mhigo received the Dev's want to do it right too.