Quote Originally Posted by Felis View Post
Exactly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU5N2...ailpage#t=7407

And don't forget, the empire want to do a genocide on all beast tribes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU5N2...ailpage#t=5859
Yup. As far as the beastmen go, that also extends to the player, as was mentioned in 1.0 (as shown in a cutscene in that above link), the Garleans regard anyone with the Echo as a 'beastman' due to it's ability to allow communication with the beast tribes. Thus, for those wishing they could be a part of the Empire, well, they'd soon find life in Garlemald very unpleasant, and I guarantee, would be very quickly regretting their decision.