What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[ReynTime]

Why is what Hien did in the steppe that much worse than convincing Ishgard to get involved in the war against Garlemald?

[tokinokanatae]

Why is what Hien did in the steppe that much worse than convincing Ishgard to get involved in the war against Garlemald?

We didn’t take over their main form of government in order to induce them to fight in a dangerous war without direct political gain.

[ReynTime]

We didn’t take over their main form of government in order to induce them to fight in a dangerous war without direct political gain.

You murdered the archbishop of Ishgard.
In the steppe you participated in a ritual that you were explicitly allowed in.

[tokinokanatae]

You murdered the archbishop of Ishgard.
In the steppe you participated in a ritual that you were explicitly allowed in.

The archbishop was a nutcase that was planning on becoming a god and ruling over the entire world forever. We didn’t kill him because he stood in the way of adding Ishgard to the alliance against Garlemald.

We’re also allowed to meet privately with many heads of State. That doesn’t make it okay for us to beat up Kan-E-Senna, insert a padjal puppet government that’s willing to declare war on the Elementals, and then moonwalk completely out of the area when we’ve gotten what we wanted.

[Teraq]

We’re also allowed to meet privately with many heads of State. That doesn’t make it okay for us to beat up Kan-E-Senna, insert a padjal puppet government that’s willing to declare war on the Elementals, and then moonwalk completely out of the area when we’ve gotten what we wanted.

But that scenario would constitute a breach of trust. With the Naadam everyone agreed to the rules.

[tokinokanatae]

But that scenario would constitute a breach of trust. With the Naadam everyone agreed to the rules.

So we told the other participants outside the Mol they would be expected to fight and die for another country if we won? I must have missed that scene.