Thread: 3.1 MSQ Reaction [SPOILERS]

Originally Posted by Cilia

He also seems (flatly) annoyed that the duo was actually killed and that he has to clean up their mess.

Unrelated, but I found Elidibus hilarious in the epilogue. I mean, it's common for antagonistic characters in Japanese games to be apathetic about their colleagues dying, but Elidibus actually bothered giving a rather lame "boo hoo," before complaining about how much blood there was on the floor from their bodies.

If nothing else, he is pragmatic enough to see that the loss of an ally, no matter how rogue, is detrimental to his cause.

. . .If Elidibus wanted them both killed, he would have supplied us with two; though we don't yet know the rarity of the material, I'm quite confident he could easily obtain it. Why didn't he?

More seriously:

I actually believe Elidibus only wanted Lahabrea out of the picture. Just in the short time we saw Lahabrea in-game he has acted inappropriately, in Elidibus' eyes, at least twice, disregarding anything he might have done in the past because we don't know anything about it. Elidibus gave him chances, hoping he would calm, but Lahabrea didn't; he proved he wasn't willing to learn from his mistakes.

As for why only one auracite - because, as I mentioned above, Elidibus is nothing if not pragmatic. Why lose two when you can lose one? Igeyorhm could possibly have been reigned in. While she was basically given no personality, she didn't seem as rash as Nabriales or Lahabrea. Quite the opposite, actually, she was more level-headed judging by her pre and mid-battle dialogue.

That, paired with you having unfinished business with Lahabrea, makes it an understandable gamble that, with only one auracite you'd choose the Ascian you know rather than the Ascian you don't. The only reason we went for Igeyorhm first was because she exposed her Dark Crystal first in attempt to escape - which, by the way, I think was a rather foolish decision on our character's part, but hey, it's not like we can do anything about it.

Originally Posted by CyrilLucifer

That, paired with you having unfinished business with Lahabrea, makes it an understandable gamble that, with only one auracite you'd choose the Ascian you know rather than the Ascian you don't. The only reason we went for Igeyorhm first was because she exposed her Dark Crystal first in attempt to escape - which, by the way, I think was a rather foolish decision on our character's part, but hey, it's not like we can do anything about it.

I thought we offed Igeyorhm first was out of a similar sense of pragmatism, we know the extent of Lahabreha's strength and how arrogant he is, by contrast Igeyorum is an enigma, and like you said could be reigned in unlike the former. If we went after Lahabrea then he would be dead, instead of gallivanting about on his own projects and generally setting back Elidibus' plans, while more Ascians would come at us and they may not be as easy to stop as Lahabrea

on other words; instead of killing the one we know we could stop, we took a risk and offed a potential threat...and then Thordan comes around and kills Lahabrea anyway, making this a moot point.

Originally Posted by CyrilLucifer

I actually believe Elidibus only wanted Lahabrea out of the picture. Just in the short time we saw Lahabrea in-game he has acted inappropriately, in Elidibus' eyes, at least twice, disregarding anything he might have done in the past because we don't know anything about it. Elidibus gave him chances, hoping he would calm, but Lahabrea didn't; he proved he wasn't willing to learn from his mistakes.

As for why only one auracite - because... Elidibus is nothing if not pragmatic. Why lose two when you can lose one? Igeyorhm could possibly have been reigned in. While she was basically given no personality, she didn't seem as rash as Nabriales or Lahabrea. Quite the opposite, actually, she was more level-headed judging by her pre and mid-battle dialogue.

That, paired with you having unfinished business with Lahabrea, makes it an understandable gamble that, with only one auracite you'd choose the Ascian you know rather than the Ascian you don't. The only reason we went for Igeyorhm first was because she exposed her Dark Crystal first in attempt to escape - which, by the way, I think was a rather foolish decision on our character's part, but hey, it's not like we can do anything about it.

Being the devil we know, leaving Lahabrea and going for the deathblow on Igeyorhm instead was the pragmatic choice.

Pragmatism and gambles do not mix.