Quote Originally Posted by BlitzAceRush View Post
I thought the same, I still feel Sharlayan might be a subvert, more so with it being revealed now, while it's very possible we do just go there, given how much ground I feel would need to be broken (they're even more entrenched in their ways then Ishguard) I just don't feel, even with the fate of the world, them just throwing their doors open, because for it to be the other capital city they need to give a reason for why more than just us being there, like how Ishguard in the wake of us helping them in the Steps of faith and them buckling under the weight of the war, they were willing to allow adventures beyond the WoL inside to help them not collapse, before the ending of 3.0 had them fully open up. Sharlayan's story just feels too grand to relegate to being shoved into the background of the climax of another story or quickly handwaved as it was all sorted off screen.
What I could see is Krile winning a vote of aid, and them sending some help, or them outright still refusing but some realizing how stupid that is given what's at stake going against the board and returning with Krile with "borrowed" knowledge, could even be the twins parents, at least their mother, as Alisaie states she's where Alphinaud gets his idealism from.
5.55 could easily swing the other way, as we go off to accomplish another task, take a set back, only to get a call from Krile to say maybe the WOL and twins need to come to Sharlayan as there is another issue. Or Krile just doesn't report in (maybe with a "Meanwhile in Sharlayan" seeing her taken or arrested). Maybe these aren't the most exciting cliff hangers but Sharlayan is very much still in play until fanfest says otherwise.