Quote Originally Posted by Vhana View Post
If you asked me at the end of Dawntrail:

“Name the character most defined by a complex about their parents and siblings.”

My immediate thoughts go to Bakool Ja Ja or Zoraal Ja, not Wuk Lamat. I’m not saying it’s not there at all for her… it’s just… not what I took away as something they were trying to explore with her character.
Oh, they definitely did. It's her entire arc. Zoraal Ja is the strong one. Koana is the smart one and she...and she...loves peace! And her arc is realizing that's enough to be the sovereign ruler of an entire nation. Matter of fact, it even makes you more fit than people with the other two virtues. As if Koana didn't also love peace. Her arc is realizing she's absolutely perfect the way she is and YoshiP thinks the problem is she lacks confidence...No, the problem is the premise is wrong. She's not an ideal leader. She's not even a moderately competent leader. She's comic relief. I think Emmanellain is a perfectly entertaining character, but if we were trying to make him the sole ruler of Ishgard, I'd have some questions:
1. Has my character gone insane?
2. Has my character been tempered by Zodiark?
3. Am I attempting to cause the next calamity?

Quote Originally Posted by VoidsentStatus View Post
How to say you skipped Zoraal Ja's dialogue in the beginning without saying you skipped Zoraal Ja's dialogue in the beginning.
I don't think she skipped it. From watching a lot of playthroughs I've noticed that a lot of people take Zoraal Ja at face value at the beginning and when you do that, he sounds nonsensical. You want to conquer the world to teach people war is bad? Like the refugees in Garlemald don't know war is bad. Like Ishgard doesn't know war is bad. What even is this?

Usually we'd get an Echo flashback showing all his daddy issues, like a scene of him pouting as his father brought home Option 2 and Option 3...errrr...I mean the Second and Third Promises. He lays it out as he's dying, but Gulool Ja Ja is painted as a good father and you don't get a kid that feels so inadequate they are gonna kill everyone on the planet to show they are better than you if you ever taught them that the way they were was enough. That they didn't need to be "resilient" just being your son was good enough.