Heavensward sidequests that hit you in the feels

[TinyRedLeaf]

I've only just completed the Ishgard sidequest, "Unfulfilled Dreams", and it saddened me more than I would've expected.

Here is my character, the Warrior of Light and the slayer of gods and dragons, but he wasn't even able to save a child from needlessly freezing to death.

What use is personal glory, if it can't help you save lives when it matters?

For that reason, Lyland Battersea is keeping the small gem given to him after the end of the quest, as a reminder of how powerless he was in the face of social inequities.

What about you guys? Do you have any other "feels" to share from the Heavensward sidequests?

[Keres]

I like the sidequest you mentioned because it felt like they were building that character up to play some larger role, but instead, they throw a curveball that actually illustrates the hardship of the lowborne in Ishgard. For all of the times the game tells you "oh yeah, it's really cold, and these poor people have it really bad, and they're hungry and stuff," actually having a (sort of) recurring character die was a good way to actually demonstrate that. She didn't even die on-camera in some dramatic scene, it just happened one night while you were off doing other things, which was the perfect way to do it.

Other quests I liked:

- The soldier in Cloudtop who declines a promotion to stay with his "family."
- The story in Coerthas Western Highlands with Margyt and Ayleth
- The dragonling at Anyx Trine who likes you, and doesn't understand why his fellow dragons hate humans.

[Chewy2nd]

I can't remember the names too well, but the Chocobo that the guy in Tailfeather rose being killed by that bastard hunter.

[Eul]

I forgot the quest name but it's in Western Coerthas when there's two elezen who gonna kill the dragon. It's kinda hit my feels.

[Atoli]

The Vath quest about that one Gnath deep inside the hive that suddenly became self-aware.
At first I was annoyed having to go all the way back into that bee-nest full of things capable of easily killing me more than once, but the idea really grew on me, it made me happy to help even one insect to find her way to freedom, to a place in which she could explore her likes, dislikes, what she wants to do with her life, which food she'd like..just, becoming a PERSON instead of just a mindless part of something bigger.

In the end, that never happened, because she heard the voice again shortly before we reached Loth ast Vath, and she went back to the hive, never having experienced anything but the fear and danger of having to think for herself and making decisions.
Through that quest, it struck me really hard how fleeting the nature of the Vath is, and how they suffer with the fear of one day hearing the voice again and returning to being only a part of the collective conciousness of the Gnath, losing any sense of self and any freedom of thought.
It's scary, and it made me apprechiate that beastmen race a lot despite hating insects in general xD

[Grayve]

The orphan in the Brume was sad for me. I wanted to save her.

And brave Amberbeak as well.

[Waffilicious]

Amberbeak Never Forget.

Matoya's most precious thing. <- the feels on this one was so real.

Poor girl in the brume. (i really wish i could donate gil to a npc and in future updates see a bit of an improvement....)

[RickiFake02]

The brooms! So many feels ;_;

[ruskie]

Soo many feels. I'm just glad they have started adding more of this in the game. But yeah that orphan. I believe the gem given for that quest is used for Thavnairian Headdress or Orthodox barding(among other more mundane things). So I will use it for one of those to keep the memory alive.

[Cassandaria]

The sidequest with the frog, desperately seeking some purpose and given Matoya's final wishes, so that she knows when she passes away, things are tended to. The concept that all she is, is waiting for death, made me cry.