Who is your least favorite major character and why?

[Ramesses]

Eh, I guess I would say Gaius because he’s so damn boring and I don’t know why they had to bring him back. I didn’t care about him back in ARR either. It annoys me that his entire explanation for why he didn’t die in the Praetorium was basically just “Well, I was going to let myself die but then decided ‘Nah, not today’ and so I didn’t.” I still have no idea who those two people who hang around with him are either. As far as I can tell they don’t have either names or personalities. If they really had to have a Garlean for Estinien to hang around with, why couldn’t it have been Nero or something?

(Slowly raises an eyebrow)--- Gaius? Your least favourite?

I beg to differ-- and I say so shamelessly because I'm a massive fan. He is arguably one of the most well-written characters in the entire game and I wager you say that because you likely skimmed through his whole story from ARR onwards. You obviously didn't know him back in 1.0-- he was actually more impressive and one would think he had Sun Tzu's Art of War in his back pocket at all times. Matter of fact, at some point-- several years ago-- he was so popular that some players speculated he was related to Solus and would become Emperor.

He was literally the face of the Empire in all the 1.0 commercials --same as how Derplander was the face for the NA and European commercials (while Y'shtola became an instant favourite in Japan). Plus, his "Vadar-like" voice acting back then was absolute perfection-- not the "forced" voice used by his ARR voice actor.

• First off watch (THIS)-- where he took on all the Scions solo
• Then watch (THIS)-- where he has an insightful discussion with the WoL
• And THIS where he cleverly hands you the intel needed to foil Nael's plans

Wait till I find my videos of his three dreadnaughts constantly flying over Limsa, Ul'Dah and Gridania before Dalamud fell-- just menacingly flying over our heads, silently watching, silently waiting. It was almost unnerving and yet one had to hand it to the guy-- he had style.

This chap was Emperor Solus' favourite Legatus, conqueror of five cities, ruthless executioner of nine aspirants to the throne, and he secured Ala Mhigo for Garlemald with very minor casualties without having to forcibly invade it-- he was such an exemplary tribunus angusticlavias of the XIth Legion that the Emperor created the XIVth Legion just for him.

And that's just his back story-- if his later tales didn't evoke the feels then the entire nuance of this great charcater has escaped you.