I've said this before but I'm hoping that we will be forced to ally with Garlemald to take down a bigger threat. Garlemald deserves more than to constantly be pushed as convenient antagonists - there's a lot of potential for the Garleans to be much more than that. Looking back at earlier titles in the Final Fantasy series shows that many 'antagonists' can actually become firm friends or at least reluctant allies from time to time. It happened with Shinra in FF7, it happened with Gabranth in FF12, it happened with Kuja in FF9...and so on.

We need more of that in my opinion - especially if the story is ever going to evolve beyond the WoL conveniently taking down any and all threats that stand in their way.