Revelations from Patch 5.3

[Alleo]

I think in this case it was done so as to avoid necessitating

Misija monologue her motivation/the Queen's backstory for a good ten minutes with the Blade at Mikoto's neck, rather than actual shock value. The initial twist lands when we see her being 'captured' and then allows her time to have a discussion, in a not-so-dangerous situation with her where we get the backstory/the truth of Gunnhildr and her supposed sacrifice. By the time there's a dramatic confrontation we've already got all the understanding we need as to her past and motivations for serving Garlemald (or at least Gabranth) and can focus on what her actual scheme is. It's less about facilitating a dramatic twist so much as establishing that this won't be a cut-and-dry case of plucky, unambiguously heroic freedom fighters swooping in to save the day with WoL.

On another note, easy to miss, but you can 'talk' (overhear) the three Resistance soldiers who were giving lip to Misija and their plan to have the common-born leaders killed once Bozja is liberated in order to reinstate the noble caste system. Misjia's remark about Bajsaljen being "one of the first to go" due to his optimism of creating a new, more equal Bozja with her is presumably referencing said nobility and their plans to stop his designs coming to fruition. No doubt they're going to prove a problem in the future storyline.

Thanks for that information. So we can totally overhear them planning murder and we wont report that...

@Crushnight:

Yes its an easy way to keep Mikoto in danger and thus having us following what the other said. Instead there was imo no reason why we did anything other than kicking the traitors ass, especially since we had the numbers to back us up. (One could have easily gone an protected our friend while the rest went to fight)

[Calixis]

Thanks for that information. So we can totally overhear them planning murder and we wont report that...

My interpretation is that WoL's still walking towards them when we click on them and don't overhear it and only gets within ear shot when they notice him, otherwise WoL would just be comically idiotic. Story And Gameplay Segregation and all that. My favourite part is that all of immediately break into very generic, convincing, "You're the Warrior of Light! It's such an honour to fight beside you Blade [Name]!" that any other standing around NPC would say.

[EdwinLi]

Yes its an easy way to keep Mikoto in danger and thus having us following what the other said. Instead there was imo no reason why we did anything other than kicking the traitors ass, especially since we had the numbers to back us up. (One could have easily gone an protected our friend while the rest went to fight)

It is sadly not that simple in their current position.

They are short on soldiers due to being a small resistance group thus can't aford thinning their ranks right now. Also they are still loyal to the resistance until the war is over so Bajsaljen still need them to act as soldiers and they may not be lone in their plans to betray Bajsaljen once the war is over so waiting a bit longer to identify those who are with these three planned traitors is ideal.

No doubt Bajsaljen is already aware of their betrayal plans for a while as leadership goes with more than just loyal people but also those who only seek to use him for their own benefit only but due to how things are they can't risk putting in distrust among their own ranks in the middle of a war zone.

Reinforcements from Dalmasca Resistance are arriving soon but they just had a major loss due to the tempering of their Blades as well which each one are basically Commander Rank in the resistance due to their combat skills and leadership abilities