A question arises based on the Dragonsong trailer

[kyuven]

Question's in the pic.

[UltimateAoe2]

You'll probably find out in the MSQ for HW

[kyuven]

Yes...but he's so...intriguing.
He doesn't look like anything we've seen before, AND he's hanging out with the notoriously xenophobic Garleans. THE EMPEROR of the xenophobic Garleans. This guy...i think he might be cool.
Or a prisoner. Empy prolly just wants his horns for a hat.

[lololink]

The place you meet with the emperor is a camp in the sea of cloud ( the place you see in the benchmark )that seems to be where friendly vanu vanu lives, that must be why the metting is there, it's a neutral ground, that guy might not be related to the empire at all.

[Gamer3427]

Does anyone else notice that the circled character in question looks absolutely huge when compared to the Garlean soldier that appears to be standing the same distance away? It could be a trick of the perspective, but still.....

Anyhow, my guess is that it's a member of one of the new beast tribes they mentioned would be introduced. I don't know that much on the matter, but I remember hearing that at least two new tribes were going to be available in the same way the Ixal, Kobold, ect are now.....

[Exodus-E]

For all we know, Varis Zos Galvus may have completely different ideals/visions compared to his grandfather, Solus Zos Galvus.
So he may (or not) be more "accepting" of what the Garlean Empire refer to as "beastmen".

Or it could be that they're in neutral ground for negotiating something with us...

[Kukajoo]

definitely not a possible playable race thats for sure

[KaedrianLiang]

letting conscripts that close to the emperor..... you'd think he would have his own personal army of primus and judges

[LystAP]

letting conscripts that close to the emperor..... you'd think he would have his own personal army of primus and judges

The previous emperor was a elitist genocidal prick. Varis was a high ranking officer in the relatively diverse Garlean legions before he was emperor; there's probably a good reason why he won the civil war. Imagine if he turns out to be a reasonable authority figure that we still can't join because of story.

[kyuven]

The previous emperor was a elitist genocidal prick. Varis was a high ranking officer in the relatively diverse Garlean legions before he was emperor; there's probably a good reason why he won the civil war. Imagine if he turns out to be a reasonable authority figure that we still can't join because of story.

He won't be. Even if he's reasonable compared to his gramps, he STILL wants to stick Eorzea under the boot of the Garlean empire, which makes him our enemy.
Even if he IS reasonable, he's not Eorzean, and the Garleans are still jerks.