Merlwyb, Kan-E, Raubahn, Cid: Dead or Alive?

[3Jane]

Umh, where? I must have missed it if it's true.



Well, it wouldn't make much sense for them to die, considering that they were in a completely different location?

Actually they were very close, overlooking the battlefield from the hills. At 1.26 / 1.27 on the End of an Era video.

[Inaaca]

It's definitely the only genre in which such an event is extremely commonplace, especially when talking about several characters. I'm glad I helped you realize that.

Well we're not exactly talking about a run-of-the-mill fantasy occurrence here though, are we? It's the end of an age, and the end of a game, in the form of a widespread destructive apocalypse that no one can stop. The fantasy genre isn't exactly one to avoid character deaths in major moments like this, so I wouldn't write it off as an impossibility.

That being said, I don't believe it's likely that the GC leaders or the Circle of Knowing members have perished, because fantasy like this is more likely to spend moments with a character when they perish to create emotional impact, as was done with Louisoix.

Actually they were very close, overlooking the battlefield from the hills. At 1.26 / 1.27 on the End of an Era video.

The second comment you quoted was about the circle of knowing members, who were clearly shown praying in the major cities.

[Boxworm]

That being said, I don't believe it's likely that the GC leaders or the Circle of Knowing members have perished, because fantasy like this is more likely to spend moments with a character when they perish to create emotional impact, as was done with Louisoix.

Highly agree with this. The storyline has thrown a few 'holy crap wtf' moments my way, so I'm not going to make any assumptions here, anything can happen. But I do feel that the Generals are too loved to just kill off. They are strong characters, lots of personality, and very popular with the playerbase. I feel that the team would be hard-pressed to create characters to replace them in our hearts, and I think they would probably recognize that.

Plus, getting back to what Inaaca said, they weren't really showcased in the trailer the way Louisoix was. iirc there were only a couple brief shots of them. And I feel like if they were going to be killed off, they would have been killed on the battlefield, fighting til the bitter end, so we would remember them as heroes much like the way we do Louisoix. (as opposed to the 'omg they were cowards not doing anything' opinion somebody had)

As for Cid.. he's Cid, and I agree with everyone who said there can't be a Final Fantasy without Cid.

Edit: apparently this is off-topic now because everyone is arguing about the storyline. Oh well. Maybe this can bring the thread back on-topic.