Quote Originally Posted by Alleluia View Post
And Papashan is not particularly important in the grand scheme of things, no offense meant to him, so I don't entirely see how that has anything to do with determining which city is most relevant to canon events?
He's not especially important on his own, but because he often accompanies Nanamo some of the time we do just see him "around" and I think it's nice to have had the proper introduction to him. Maybe not enough to be remarkable on its own, but enough to mention alongside the bigger ones.

Also, I'm not sure whether Y'shtola was being treated as a mascot at that point, but Thancred is the more important one in the plot of ARR since he gets possessed by Lahabrea, so it makes sense to have more spotlight on him earlier.