Thread: Revelations from Patch 2.55 [SPOILERS]

Originally Posted by LaurelinKementari

I do wonder if Nanamo is really dead

That would have to walk a very fine line. It's like with Louisoix, where going back on the death would negate the emotional impact of this patch's contribution to the story and give people trust issues. It's not the ambiguous fade to black / white / flames that not-death-deaths can take advantage of (see: the scions), she hits the floor and NPCs give their he's-dead-Jims, and then Raubahn loses everything over it. For SE, going back on that would be... complicated. Lolorito would have had to have staged the death even to Nanamo, herself, and then they'd have to navigate a minefield of character development getting out of it. (Not that I don't think they could; in the end, SE fully respected Louisoix's sacrifice even though I thought for sure they were going to cheapen the hells out of it once I saw him in Turn 1.)

Originally Posted by LaurelinKementari

I am, however, massively dissapointed in Merlwyb and Kan-E-Senna for just standing there

I can't agree with this enough. I can see Kan-E-Senna helpless to do anything; there's no way to reason with or give succor to that situation. But Merlwyb? This is the first time I've had my Limsa / Maelstrom pride shaken. In the end, I wasn't even worth some token proclamation of faith? Not even an, "It can't be," or "I won't accept that," ... just ... silence? <sadly hangs up his officer coat on the way out>

As for Lolorito

Don't forget, the first time we ever met an Ascian in Ul'dah, he was shadowing Lolorito's men. Perhaps there may be more to this chaos than meets the eye, and more than just a selfish Lalafell's machinations.

Originally Posted by Anonymoose

I can't agree with this enough. I can see Kan-E-Senna helpless to do anything; there's no way to reason with or give succor to that situation. But Merlwyb? This is the first time I've had my Limsa / Maelstrom pride shaken. In the end, I wasn't even worth some token proclamation of faith? Not even an, "It can't be," or "I won't accept that," ... just ... silence? <sadly hangs up his officer coat on the way out>

They can't really do anything, most of the forces in Ul'Dah are monetarists, she would have just give a reason to lolorito to jail her and that would cause a war between Limsa and Ul'Dah, she knows she can't do anything so it's better for her to go away, that's what Aymeric did too, they couldn't have help in any way by staying there.

I really hope Minfilia and the others are alive, I'm so going to kill every single monetarist in Ul'Dah and the blue color of the crystal brave is going to turn red, then raise them to kill them again and again and again if not.

Originally Posted by lololink

she would have just give a reason to lolorito to jail her

That's good reason not to act hastily, but she's never held her tongue in the past. Even if she didn't blow anybody away, she still called it like she saw it. The very same patch, she told the architect of Operation Archon and diplomatic face of the Scion cause exactly where he could stick it just because his take on a situation was too idealistic and irreverent. I mean, here's hoping that the interactions we've had with her so far have just taught her that there are times to let actions speak without words, but, as I said before, not even a single-line expression of solidarity or a "just between us" signal - a tip of the hat - that they won't leave me behind? It's as little as the commonfolk did. Even if she takes action later, it won't undo that silence, imho.

Originally Posted by QuinceTaru

Anybody have any lore related to Pippin?

Adoptive son of Raubahn and a royalist - that's pretty much all we've got, even from The Sultana's Seven.

Originally Posted by Alym

It may be nothing, but it wouldn't be a total shock to me if she ended up having a hand in plot.

I picked up on a lot of the same hints, but I just don't want to believe them. In terms of "human goodness," Tataru has been made out to be the best of the best of us so far, and, though it would be slight of hand and unexpected, her betrayal at this juncture would just feel so ... manufactured. If we make it to the end of the game with just one person sticking by us, I'd want it to be Tataru. From the conditionless friendship to the comic relief, she's a fixture I've always appreciated.