5 years have passed in Garlemald...

[Kirito]

They may be the Draconian race SE was talking about.

Or maybe that mi'quote elzen hybrid they hinted about a while ago. lol

[NoloeTazier]

They may be the Draconian race SE was talking about.

That'd be Dravnians, the people who are at "war" with Ishgard. Literally Dragon people who worship Dragons.

[Alaltus]

You mean dravania? did they actually say they were dragon people? i only ever remember reading that they were dragons that worship a dragon god aka Bahamut.

[Erana]

You mean dravania? did they actually say they were dragon people? i only ever remember reading that they were dragons that worship a dragon god aka Bahamut.

No mention of "Dragon people" in FFXIV. But you're right about the Dragon's worshipping a dragon god (a rather temperamental one at that.) Which was revealed by a lore NPC in Cortheas I believe.
As for Dragon worshipping, I'm thinking we might see the "lambs of Dalamud" pop up again as Bahamut Cultists.

[NoloeTazier]

Dragon people in the sense that they aren't like Drakes is what I meant. They're intelligent and at a perpetual war with Ishgard and the Holy See. As for the Lambs of Dalamud, they'll definitely appear again. I'm more inclined to think they'll have more to do with Fenrir than Bahamut, they wanted to make sacrifices to "Menphina's Hound" after all.

[Nuinn]

No one died! Let's just say I wouldn't be surprised at all if we see Louie or Nael reincarnated in some way.

As mentioned in the OP, a female legatus would be nice, though I don't want a Hyur/Elezen/whatever-sexy-lady . . . . Personally, I'd much rather have a disgustingly obese female villain à la Queen Brahne (she was horrid! even though not reaaally a ture villain).

[Erana]

ah yes, my mistake then. I assumed you meant lizard people of sorts :P
It would be interesting to see some worship of Fenrir, although in Eorzean mythology "Menphina's Hound" was the other name for Dalamud back when people thought it just orbited the moon.

[Zenaku]

No one died! Let's just say I wouldn't be surprised at all if we see Louie or Nael reincarnated in some way.

As mentioned in the OP, a female legatus would be nice, though I don't want a Hyur/Elezen/whatever-sexy-lady . . . . Personally, I'd much rather have a disgustingly obese female villain à la Queen Brahne (she was horrid! even though not reaaally a ture villain).

Ya no one really die only a few army people of each side to each other bahamut attack was stop right when we see louisoix smiling. SE said something happen that make bahamut stop and the reason why they had time to rebuild.

For the op i think Gaius Van Baelsar would be taking his spot and trying to take over eorzea. Nael Van Darnus idea was to kill and blow everything up but then they wont really be anything left to control. While Gaius Van Baelsar even help us try and stop darnus so he had something to control at the end of the day.

I see 2.0 being base on Gaius Van Baelsar attacking eorzea once we take him down. I think the story would then lead to us trying to find the sick old empire king and take him down.

[Elexia]

They may be the Draconian race SE was talking about.

They don't look like Gria to me.

[Catapult]

The ineptitude for magic among garleans more likely stems from the lands they were born and raised in than their race. The 5 races are not unique to Eorzea, where as the aethyritic signature IS. If you're raised in a land that runs thick with aethyr and crystals, you're going to be naturally better attuned to it. Consequently, if you were raised in Ala Mhigo, you're going to get more diverse magical prowess, explaining the mages in the former VIIth legion.

As for the political and martial stability of Garlemald, I wouldn't be worried. Up until the final moments, the corrupt Nael may have had His Radiance's ear, but that would have fallen apart the moment Gaius reveals to his emperor that the Meteor project was designed to unleash a primal. Soz Galvus HATES primals. That sh*t is going down!

Anyone in the VIIth legion who maintained loyalty to van Darnus would have been summarily executed, with any remaining troops absorbed into the legion of the military tactician, Gaius van Baelsar. The VIIth legion would likely remain dissolved for some time in dishonour of being traitorous.