Thread: Patch 3.4 - Soul Surrender

Originally Posted by Theodric

Well, realistically Ilberd doesn't have a shred of hope rallying a bunch of rag-tag Ala Mhigans to his side and then throwing them at his homeland to reclaim it...

3.4 should provide some solid answers though. Yet any attempt to reclaim Ala Mhigo isn't going to be clean or justified - it's going to be messy. One could say it'd be a storm of blood, even. Yet with all the talk of cycles and history repeating itself Ilberd's actions could be the very thing that ends up forging peace and stable bonds between Eorzea and Garlemald's more moderate elements.

While the Ala Mhigans may not have a means to reclaim their homeland right now, if Ilberd Masked Man speaks true that's about to change in pretty short order. Just what his ace in the hole is remains to be seen, but he does seem to have one.

Any attempt to reclaim Ala Mhigo will not be clean because the Garleans have proven they are not open to peacefully relinquishing territory and allowing the Ala Mhigans to be repatriated (just look at Doma). Their cause is certainly just, however - and while there are certainly going to be bad apples in the Resistance, that's simply a matter of course. Siding with the Resistance is not a bad decision overall, so long as you curb the influence of extremists. Nobody is suggesting terrorist attacks, and stopping it from coming to that is of paramount importance.

... but, guerrilla or otherwise, war is war. The reality is that bad things are going to happen, innocent lives on both sides are going to be lost, and we're going to hurt people without meaning to. There are no heroes or survivors of war - just the guilty and the dead. (Haven't I mentioned this before? I think I have...) And, given the Garleans' love of conquest and war...

Originally Posted by Balipu

That makes all the Ascians Ilberd as well, seeing that they all wear masks. And Unukalhai.

Highlander dude with Ala Mhigan crest on the back of his cloak, hiding his whole face, and talking about reclaiming his homeland? Pretty suspicious... why hide his face unless it's someone we already know but they want us to sympathize with in spite of doing horrible things?

Not saying it's Ilberd... but, it's Ilberd. He's the prime suspect right now, at least - I could be wrong. Possibly wrong. Plausibly wrong. Nanamo survived asphyxiating thanks to "it was just a sleeping potion, give her some coffee and she's fine lolz!", so...