Quote Originally Posted by MikkoAkure View Post
You would hope the Garleans would eventually realize that the Populares fought against the people who were controlled or managed by ancient angry ghosts who ended up enslaving them to build a creepy tower and forced families to kill each other at the end. Also it would be nice if they remember they were a republic with a senate for 700 years and nothing world-shattering terrible happened.
I want to believe that this is the angle that they're ultimately shooting for, even if we probably won't see it for another few years. The Role Master quests in Endwalker had a distinct tone of nostalgia for a peaceful Garlemald, hearkening back to Locus Amoenus in the tribal or republic era, and a sort of celebration of Garlean ingenuity outside of the war machine. The logical step would be to follow through on that ideal in the MSQ, though I doubt we'll get that far until we actually get to central and southern Ilsabard in person.