[Spoilers] Garlemald is a wasted opportunity

[Theodric]

I'm arguably the biggest fan of Garlemald around as some here would probably attest...and I was pretty happy with how it was handled. We've been getting bits of lore on Garlemald as far back as 1.0 - though I, myself, only began playing as of 2.0 and beyond.

Endwalker brought all the Garlean lore simmering in the background to the forefront. There's also plot threads strongly suggesting that there's going to be more to the Garlean story moving forward.

Overall, I would have liked Endwalker to be the two expansions that it was originally planned as being - but there's no reason to assume that we're done with Ilsabard and there's a lot of nuggets of Garlean lore to be found through leves, item descriptions, side quests and the sight seeing log.

Although nothing has been confirmed as of yet, some manner of content similar to Doman and Ishgardian reconstruction is likely to be available through the rest of Endwalker. Perhaps Island Sanctuary may tie into it, somehow.

I'm rather excited to see more of Jullus, at any rate. He stole the show for me during Endwalker. I'm also eager to learn what became of Nerva, since that seems like something that requires closure. He's mentioned in a couple of side quests and he's been name dropped often enough without showing up that it's likely a tease for what comes in the future.

[dynus]

Yeah, Jullus tore at my heartstrings. Poor guy. I hope his new friendship with the twins is explored too.

[Slatersev]

Actually speaking of Garlemald, anyone interested in it should really play the Reaper class quests. They really supplement the Garlemald MSQ quite well.

[Shurrikhan]

I like what we got. I just want more, even if as Eureka-like side-content in the ruined city proper.

[waifugenerator]

My biggest complaint about Garlemald is that the capital city is the size of like, a suburb. Unless there's more neighborhoods on the other side of Babil

[Jandor]

My biggest complaint about Garlemald is that the capital city is the size of like, a suburb. Unless there's more neighborhoods on the other side of Babil

Probably, and what we see is probably not meant to be wholly accurate either.

Several characters mention that Camp Broken Glass is pretty far on the outskirts, but it takes a couple minutes to run to the ruined city proper, so I reckon it's clearly not meant to be true to scale.

The area is meant to represent one portion of Garlemald and its outskirts, but actually having to spend an hour walking from outlying villages to the city would get very boring very very fast, so it's all shrunk down for gameplay convenience.

[Slatersev]

I honestly assumed a ton of the space taking up by Fandaniel's tower was originally more of the city. I don't think the Palace was meant to be exactly as big as the tower Fan built was.

They straight up say he more or less stripped the city of everything to build it after all.

[RyuDragnier]

I suspect they didn't have time to fit Nerva into the Garlemald msq and one of the patch stories may deal with him.

While EW's patches will be a new story and not leading to a 'second climax' in the same way as prior expansions, I could still see them exploring the fallout in different zones, or checking in with different areas with the scions in the patches while waiting for 7.0 to come.

I'm kind of hoping they don't keep with the monarchy though. Garlemald was a republic before Emet-Selch came along, I'd rather see them pick up those roots rather than continue having an emperor.

I'm suspecting it's the Corvos stuff that will deal with him. It has been name dropped far too much in the MSQ, side quests, and even the Reaper questline, and is likely incredibly important for this reason. It's also where descendants of those who pushed the Garleans out are kept in constant servitude. Meaning likely a hotbed of Terminus for us to take out. I'm going to assume Corvos will be our "relic building" zone like Eureka and Bozja.

[Kesey]

I'm suspecting it's the Corvos stuff that will deal with him. It has been name dropped far too much in the MSQ, side quests, and even the Reaper questline, and is likely incredibly important for this reason. It's also where descendants of those who pushed the Garleans out are kept in constant servitude. Meaning likely a hotbed of Terminus for us to take out. I'm going to assume Corvos will be our "relic building" zone like Eureka and Bozja.

I agree. The Corvos stuff has this Legion civil war thing building up for it. Innocents caught in the cross fire. New places to explore. All that is missing is a legend of legednary weapons that Garolt can reproduce and we'd have the perfect blend of Bozja and Eureka--especially if Krile and G'raha get the new Students of Baldesion involved...

[Cleretic]

Probably, and what we see is probably not meant to be wholly accurate either.

Several characters mention that Camp Broken Glass is pretty far on the outskirts, but it takes a couple minutes to run to the ruined city proper, so I reckon it's clearly not meant to be true to scale.

The area is meant to represent one portion of Garlemald and its outskirts, but actually having to spend an hour walking from outlying villages to the city would get very boring very very fast, so it's all shrunk down for gameplay convenience.

Not only that, but remember that across all of Garlemald, we visit two different train stations outside of it, and travel through a third to get into the Tower of Babil. Even if we assume that train journey to be essentially one stop, the fact the trip necessitated a train line be made in the first place suggests there is a substantial size to the city.

...hell, there's most likely two train lines, given that the one we take into Babil is likely for freight while Tertium is clearly for passenger trains.