In Memorium (*SPOILER*)

[Lemuria]

I had my little shrine to Nanamo set up before the patch even hit. My 1.0 character was originally from Ul'dah before I was migrated to Gridania for 2.0 on account of being a Conjurer. I have a lot of love for that huggable pink-haired sovereign, so when she was offed my first instinct was to curse the writers. My second was to kill Teledji. My third was to brutally murder Lolorito by tying him to wild chocobo's and sending them for a dash through Northern Thanalan.

Sadly, I didn't get to kill Teledji, but I still had that satisfaction. Lolorito on the other hand now deserves a far worse fate. I'm still deciding just how to ensure he dies in the most gratifying way possible.

[Ametrine]

I actually took Nanamo whiting out verses the many times we see ourselves black out, is her, well, dying.

Consider also the NPCs around Ul'dah. Their new commentary is either spreading the rumors of a Scion attempting to kill the Sultana, there being a massive cover-up of the real events, or that Nanamo is violently ill and getting no visitors. She's dead, but they don't want the general public to know.

And DAMN was watching Raubahn lose his shit was.... impressive.

[myahele]

Lets not forget Wilred...anyone remember him?

[Ametrine]

Lets not forget Wilred...anyone remember him?

POOR WILRED

[kyuven]

This is so sad. I mean wow, SE should have killed another character instead. They chose the cutest and the most defenceless.

That's precisely WHY they killed her.
Savvy players probably put 2 and 2 together as far back as the speech Raubahn and Nanamo give at the remembrance ceremony:
Merlwyb gives her speech alone, flanked by her attendants.
Kan-E gives her speech alone, flanked by her siblings and attendants.
Both Raubahn and Nanamo give a speech.
This means that, functionally, one of these characters is redundant and is thus being set up for either betrayal, or death.
Combine this with the not-so-subtle hints that the only thing keeping Ul'Dah from turning into a wretched hive of scum and villainy is the Sultana, and she may as well have a target painted on her cute little forehead.

[NoloeTazier]

There's actual precedent in-game for Nanamo to not be dead and for her to return. For those who don't/haven't visit(ed) the Lore forum please check out my post: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post2883003

[Mahri]

Lets not forget Wilred...anyone remember him?

I liked that kid. He deserved better. Buncha dirty rats.

And DAMN was watching Raubahn lose his shit was.... impressive.

While it's a sad irony that such a thing came about due to basically the single worst thing that could ever have happened to him, Raubahn pretty much won the patch with his choice of reactions.

[kyuven]

There's actual precedent in-game for Nanamo to not be dead and for her to return. For those who don't/haven't visit(ed) the Lore forum please check out my post: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post2883003

this is really, really stretching, though.
The laws of dramatic storytelling say that, due to the circumstances of her death (she dies in front of the player with witnesses in a semi-graphic way and leaves a corpse) she is deader than disco and floppy disks.
Her only avenues for return are as a zombie, dream, Ascian impostor, or some form of spirit guide.
Nanamo is as dead as Aerith and Teta, with the same basic results and purpose.

[Balipu]

Hehehehe. Dumbledoresnotdead.com over again. Frankly I'd be disapointed if Teledji is the only one to stay dead.

[Ashrak]

Aerith, Dumbledore, Puma D. Ace, Mufasa, Robb Stark, Tupac, Elvis and now Nanamo... yeah, history repeats. Denial is strong.