The WOL and Mass Murder

[EdwinLi]

As much as I would love a Garlean War Crimes Tribunal questline, I don't think many people would enjoy it as much as me, and I'm not sure how it could move the overall plot along.

Interesting enough, if players remember, that back in Stormblood we have a side quest in Ala Ghiri that covered this topic involving a garlean conscripted named Baut.

He does openly admits he done horrible things under orders from his superiors when he was still a low ranking conscript soldier but once he manage to get a higher position and became the leader of the Garleans stationed in Ala Ghiri, he made active changes to policies towards treatment of people under the Garlean Controlled town of Ala Ghiri.

It resulted in both conscripts and even Garleans respecting him for improving the conditions of the town he is charged with and he made certain any mistreatment of the people in the town was punished.

However, as he admitted he still done horrible things under the command of his superiors when he was lower rank and he is only a conscript because his family and loved ones were at risk due to the Garleans taking over his home thus basically holding them hostage.

Out of fear that he may be executed, the towns people did actively hide him despite how he was willing to give himself up because they had already accepted him as one of their own due to how much he did to make the town better once he gained a high position and his position before the town was liberated was not a simple one since his family and loved ones were at risks if he done anything against the Garlean Empire or gave them a reason.

[thegreatonemal]

Interesting enough, if players remember, that back in Stormblood we have a side quest in Ala Ghiri that covered this topic involving a garlean conscripted named Baut.

He does openly admits he done horrible things under orders from his superiors when he was still a low ranking conscript soldier but once he manage to get a higher position and became the leader of the Garleans stationed in Ala Ghiri, he made active changes to policies towards treatment of people under the Garlean Controlled town of Ala Ghiri.

It resulted in both conscripts and even Garleans respecting him for improving the conditions of the town he is charged with and he made certain any mistreatment of the people in the town was punished.

However, as he admitted he still done horrible things under the command of his superiors when he was lower rank and he is only a conscript because his family and loved ones were at risk due to the Garleans taking over his home thus basically holding them hostage.

Out of fear that he may be executed, the towns people did actively hide him despite how he was willing to give himself up because they had already accepted him as one of their own due to how much he did to make the town better once he gained a high position and his position before the town was liberated was not a simple one since his family and loved ones were at risks if he done anything against the Garlean Empire or gave them a reason.

He wasn't a conscript he joined to do his twenty years of service for citizenship but his family died in a plague just when he hit that milestone. Other than him saying he was a meatshield like pretty much all conscripts are he never really talks about doing anything horrible. The citizens of the town hide him because they think the Alliance will just lock him up or kill him.

[EdwinLi]

He wasn't a conscript he joined to do his twenty years of service for citizenship but his family died in a plague just when he hit that milestone. Other than him saying he was a meatshield like pretty much all conscripts are he never really talks about doing anything horrible. The citizens of the town hide him because they think the Alliance will just lock him up or kill him.

Depends on how you will view his method of joining. Certain Garlean Soldiers that viewed their actions to join the Garlean Army as conscription because while they were offered citizenship after X or Y years of service, there was in reality no actual choice except to join unless they wanted to continue living under less rights for not being deemed Garlean Citizens or face worse consequences. However, that also depends on who was recruiting at that time and the region since we know not all garlean leadership were evil but had to manage around those that are evil.


I also already said the town intentionally hid him because they fear that the Alliance will execute him. However, if you misinterpreted that part of my post as me saying the Garleans will execute him instead then I am sorry it was not clear that I was talking about the Alliance.