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

[Charismatic]

I say make it interesting and kill em off...except for Kan-E-Sama....

If we wanted to make things interesting why would we keep the least interesting one?

[EinSoFZ]

If we wanted to make things interesting why would we keep the least interesting one?

She's interesting to me. Then again, I'm partial to that form of speech/character.

More or less, all three leaders are the same if you think about it. Charismatic, wise, powerful and strong leaders. Some just don't throw their fists up in the air~

[Charismatic]

Don't get me wrong, I like all three of them... Merlwyb is a woman of action. Kan is a woman of words.
Raubauhn is THE BULL!

Plus, I mean... Merlwyb's speech cutscene sealed the deal for me. I mean who catches a throwing axe and tosses it back mid-speech without even skipping a beat? The Admiral. That is who.


That said, what is more pressing is whether or not Raya-O-Senna survived! She better have.

[Orophin]

I think any NPCs of any significance, with the exception of Louisoix, will make a return in ARR.

[Mudd]

They deserve to die, they did f*ck all in that battle.

Raubahn and Merlwyb may have been capable, but they are Generals/Leaders of the Grand Companies..
Someone in a position like that can't risk themselves in a conflict when there could be more to come.

Like now..

If (I'm relatively sure they are alive) they were on the main battlefield, they could have easily been killed from the the fall of the "key" out of Dalamud, the initial debris from Dalamud, or just gotten cut down in general.

You (the player) may be "important" but as far as I see it you are like a champion, and are meant to be in high risk battles like that.

Plus, its obvious at the end that Louisoix knew something of how the battle would turn out, so they probably had forewarning of some sort (that Dalamud would open), even if they didn't know the exact outcome.

[Abriael]

If Admiral Fishwife lives she needs a patch on one eye a hook hand and a peg-leg.

I actually think she would look awesome with an eyepatch.

[Abriael]

I see you're gonna make me dig the interview up...


Source: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post900910
There's also more in the interview about what the story in ARR will actually entail.

There's no official translation, of course, but this is evidence enough, and more recent than the old statement you're referring to.

They scrapped most of the original 1.0 storyline (path of the twelve and all that pacifist crap), but the circle of knowing is officially part of the grand companies storyline, and they aren't scrapping that.

[Obsy]

They deserve to die, they did f*ck all in that battle.

At least Kann-E got off her choco and took a somewhat battle-ready stance!! Grid was READY! As for them other 2 clowns...

This is just a shot in the dark, but I'm pretty sure that as military leaders, their role on the battlefield is to survey the war as it happens and call the shots for their armies, much like van Baelsar was doing from the air.

[Kallera]

This is just a shot in the dark, but I'm pretty sure that as military leaders, their role on the battlefield is to survey the war as it happens and call the shots for their armies, much like van Baelsar was doing from the air.

Hopefully we'll see more of the Van Generals in the future. (Van as in the front of the army.)

[Felis]

This is just a shot in the dark, but I'm pretty sure that as military leaders, their role on the battlefield is to survey the war as it happens and call the shots for their armies, much like van Baelsar was doing from the air.

He wasn't here to give commands in the battle, he was just an observer to see which site win.
He want to conquer Eorzea without Dalamud destroying everything.