Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
It's confirmed in the lore book - and it's not as if they had the Warrior of Light to fall back on to solve all their problems, thus they had to resort to increasing desperate measures for the sake of their continued survival after being forced to carve out a living in a wasteland. Should they have rolled over and allowed themselves to be wiped out instead? Push people far enough and they start pushing back. Much like the Roman Empire, there's a lot of bad, yes, but they're hardly irredeemable and one only has to look at how many 'good' countries in the real world get involved in conflicts that they shouldn't but still have their own redeeming qualities.
They had a plight. It stopped being a plight 50 years ago. Most Garleans alive today have been part of an expanding empire for their entire lives. There is pushing back and then there is conquering everything you can and forcing the bulk of your population into a role little better than slaves. Now if your fortunate to have a benevolent governor its probably not too bad. But if you don't its not like you have many options. You cant up and move. They kill people who try that.

The Victim card only is valid for so long and it doesn't excuse you becoming the one victimising others.

Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
We've already seen redeeming elements in regards to Regula and - to a lesser extent - Gaius. The latter more so in 1.0 than 2.0. Zenos is likely to be a straight up villain, though from what little we've seen of him so far it's clear he doesn't care all that much about his own allies which is likely to be his downfall, I believe.

As an aside, I wonder if the Doman Viceroy and Hien used to be lovers? Or if they're directly related - as siblings, perhaps. I could have sworn it said 'a family torn' as it panned to the Viceroy...but that may just be me.

As per usual, the trailer may be strategically cut in places to make us believe one thing is happening whilst something else is actually the case. It'll be very interesting to see how it all plays out...and as a fan of FFXII, I'm eager to see which elements of that game they bring into 4.0. FFIX, too, will get a lot of love and in-game references I hope!
Actually I have a feeling that she will turn out to be either a rival house or in some way the victim of traditions. It would explain her hatred of her own people's desire to return to their old ways. In that way I could see very well why she would see herself as in the right.