It broke my heart when they took these two (origin) main characters away ..

[Tonkra]

The title says it all.. when i first jumped into FFXIV 1.0. back then (pre A Realm Reborn) the first two characters with whom my characters had the first contact with...

in this superb Intro movie (watch it also after the small fight):
Final Fantasy XIV Gridania 1.0. Intro


Cant believe that SE took their lifes so easy away. I mean YDA's death was for more or less a huge SIDE note (Oh sorry guys im not YDA, im Lyse - her sister, she died some years agao)... sorry that wasn't something Yda deserved.. to get cut out of the game like a small sidekick note.

But well maybe the original Yda and Papalymo died already in the launch of "A Realm Reborn"... when they received different voiceover etc. too (which i liked more back then).What i dont understand why do all characters have to die that SE doesnt want to be part of the party anymore? They could leave the parties for other reasons than death... and make a comeback in other expansions or not. But death is so finate. And with Yda it felt way too constructed (and unnecessary) i dont understand for what we needed Lyse?

My 2 cents for Yda and Papalymo..