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[Y2K21]

Because history being recorded improperly or stories being covered up is a recurring thing in Matsuno's works (which Bozja draws heavily from). It was a key part of the story of the Ivalice raids, too, if you remembered that.

And, in fact, going by Ryu's post above this, Noah Van Galbranth is pulling something oddly similar to what Ramza and his crew did for the history of ivalice/dalmasca in the FFXIV universe.

That could be possible -- I just feel like it would be completely weird and random to just go down this path with very little fanfare. I hope you are right and there is more to it - but I dont see it in the grand scheme of Endwalker.

[RyuDragnier]

That could be possible -- I just feel like it would be completely weird and random to just go down this path with very little fanfare. I hope you are right and there is more to it - but I dont see it in the grand scheme of Endwalker.

Not for 6.0 anyway. But since 6.1 on is the start of a new storyline, having Noah show up as the possible new main antagonist (under a new name) COULD be possible, but I don't foresee them doing so personally. Now, having him show up again for a raid/trial storyline dealing with Lea Monde as a Vagrant Story nod...that I could foresee.

[Y2K21]

Not for 6.0 anyway. But since 6.1 on is the start of a new storyline, having Noah show up as the possible new main antagonist (under a new name) COULD be possible, but I don't foresee them doing so personally. Now, having him show up again for a raid/trial storyline dealing with Lea Monde as a Vagrant Story nod...that I could foresee.

The issue here is that Noah van Gabranth is just a call-back character to Gabranth of FF12 -- making him into a brand new character under a new alias reduces the point of the original character (which is supposed to be a reference to the fan favorite villain of 12). They might as well just make a brand new character if that was the plan.