The Great Betrayal!

[MilesSaintboroguh]

So you want a ditzy Princess Peach soundalike as leader of the Scions?

[Mahri]

So you want a ditzy Princess Peach soundalike as leader of the Scions?

(y)

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[GhibliTheSW]

Not trying to be a pain but I find Alisaie is much hotter than Milf-filia...
Anyone may die... but please don't let it be my sweet Alisaie T_T

[Toranja]

I will just point out we still don't know why Ishgard alone is at war with the Dragons, there was a shield surrounding Ishard and the Ascians have a thing for that City-state.

On the other hand, Iceheart claims she is answering Hydaelin's call and sides with the Dragons.

All the while, Hydaelin has remained silent. Get ready for some nice revelations.

[RyuDragnier]

I will just point out we still don't know why Ishgard alone is at war with the Dragons, there was a shield surrounding Ishard and the Ascians have a thing for that City-state.

On the other hand, Iceheart claims she is answering Hydaelin's call and sides with the Dragons.

All the while, Hydaelin has remained silent. Get ready for some nice revelations.

Well considering what Iceheart is doing may lead to some events and subsequently them letting the Au Ra into the city, she may very well be heeding Hydaelyn.

[Prototype909]

I will just point out we still don't know why Ishgard alone is at war with the Dragons, there was a shield surrounding Ishard and the Ascians have a thing for that City-state.

On the other hand, Iceheart claims she is answering Hydaelin's call and sides with the Dragons.

All the while, Hydaelin has remained silent. Get ready for some nice revelations.

So what Hydaelyn told her and her followers to kill all the un-related Ishgardian soldiers?

[Zeful]

So what Hydaelyn told her and her followers to kill all the un-related Ishgardian soldiers?

Probably not, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Echo had Iceheart see the past (and with how long Dragons like Midgardsomr can live that can be a long time ago) I wouldn't be surprised if Ishgard started the war and just play the victims as a part of internal policy.

[Prototype909]

Probably not, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Echo had Iceheart see the past (and with how long Dragons like Midgardsomr can live that can be a long time ago) I wouldn't be surprised if Ishgard started the war and just play the victims as a part of internal policy.

Even if that's true it's doubtful that the rank and file soldiers would know anything about that, let alone be responsible for that. If they try to pull some Iceheart/Shiva apologist plotline I'm gonna frown so hard.

[KodiHivaer]

I will just point out we still don't know why Ishgard alone is at war with the Dragons, there was a shield surrounding Ishard and the Ascians have a thing for that City-state.

On the other hand, Iceheart claims she is answering Hydaelin's call and sides with the Dragons.

All the while, Hydaelin has remained silent. Get ready for some nice revelations.

"Look to those who walked before, to lead those who walk after"

Iceheart probably misconstrued those words to think:

"The people before me did X so I should do X as well!"

[Mahri]

Killing off characters is treading a fine line. It's really easy to alienate fans if you do it, and even if you're willing to take that risk, it has to be done with considerable finesse in order to uphold the quality of the writing and serve the overall narrative.

I'm gonna trot out the most obvious example ever (to a board about FF games): Aeris. This was a character death that was handled considerably well in narrative terms. Several things were established in advance of her demise: One, the hero was leaning on this character for emotional support, with other characters having been demonstrated as too recalcitrant (Tifa) or incapable for their own reasons (everyone else). Two, she was the only person who had an inkling of what precisely the real problem was that the heroes had ostensibly set out to resolve. Three, as a result of two, the villain perceived them as being the only true threat to their own goals. Her death kicked off the hero's breakdown that culminated in the revelation at the North Crater of just what precisely Cloud was and what he had been doing all along -- a story reveal that, if there can be said to be any real spoiler for Final Fantasy VII, was it. (But this isn't a spoiler to you because you've played FFVII, right guys? ......right?)

Anyway. That's food for thought on the kind of balancing act a writer should consider when killing off a character in a story of this genre. Different genres have different rules, of course. This is heroic fantasy/adventure. If you're writing horror or melodrama, the strategy is different, but there's still a strategy that competent writers stick to.