Quote Originally Posted by GoldStarz View Post
Reclamation and conquest are completely different things though. Reclamation would be the Garleans using their newfound power (which by the way, enabled them to create a habitable society in the land they were pushed to already) to fight their oppressors and take back the land that was stolen from them. Conquest is them then continuing their campaign passed their old territory and into lands that they never had ownership over.
Yes and they engaged in both. Both reclamation and conquest. Neither of these is inherently bad. It always comes with its benefits. Hell, we see that Limsa did the same exact thing. Limsa engaged in conquest to take land from the Kobolds. If it wasn’t for that they wouldn’t be here.