Will we ever... (t9 related)

[Fenral]

Alright. I've been wondering for a while, but Fenral, I have to ask, what is the deal with CT and G'raha Tia and you? I didn't feel the story was incomplete, beyond the obvious 'potential future plot hooks' that all MMO's have... so what about it am I missing?

Entirely too much prior literary baggage concerning tropes relating to free will, self-determination, inherited memories, and the role the past should have in shaping the future. Much of it coming from Final Fantasy games, some that even seemed to be referenced in the story itself. And it *kupo*d all over all of it at the last minute as a means to permanently "resolve" a character I was hoping to see a lot more of. ("Get it? He's Desch!" Uh, no. Not even close.) If you had gone into it thinking in the way I did, it would feel wrong to you, too.

What I posted above, though, is legitimate speculation based on what we know about the Allagans so far. Please forgive me for wanting to believe that some part of it somewhere was actually meant to have significance beyond the end of the storyline.

EDIT:
Long story short, I feel that trying to discuss Allag without bringing up G'raha at all would be like if Heavensward took us to meet Hraesvelgr without Ysayle, or had us confront Nidhogg without Estinien in the party. Yes, it can all spin on without him (or Doga, Unei, or Noah), and quite possibly will, but so long as he remains our only link to the people of Allag in the entire (original) cast, major or minor, it feels weird to treat him as a fully resolved character who never needs to show up again.