Garlemald's situation. (Spoilers 6.55)

[MikkoAkure]

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.

Yeah, the one good thing that came out of the empire was the Garlean rediscovery of advanced technology similar to their ancestors in Goug. They had and still might have brilliant scientists and engineers out there who had nothing at all to do with Ascians and a new Garlemald can exploit that. People pity party the Garleans, but the Ishgardians have the exact same story of a people getting pushed out from where they lived to move to a climate that's exactly the same as Garlemald's but they're apparently doing fine enough. Elezen used to live in central Aldenard until Hyur migrations from Ilsabard pushed them into Coerthas. Sound familiar?


I think the Garleans will go through a rough patch for sure, and some will remain in Ul'dah (Lemures), Sharlayan, and the Moon in diaspora, but Garlemald will lurch on and eventually carve their own niche in a more peaceful global community. Ishgard is near-ish by and would probably be on more friendly terms since Ishgard wasn't directly assaulted by Garlemald (though they might have things to say about the Calamity caused by them that ended their summers) and they have similar histories of being pushed out of their original lands to live in places otherwise undesirable and both are technologically minded.

Cid was still held in high regard even after defecting to the west and Nero is still around too. But I don't know if either will rejoin Garlemald.