Tales from the Storm Discussion

[FJerome]

Not to let Ala Mhigo entirely off the hook (given their well known history of belligerence), but the Ala Mhigan civil war and the atrocities committed by the King of Ruin was actually due to Garlean plotting - Gaius was the one responsible who realized attacking front on Eorzea's 'strongest and most technologically advanced' citystate was not going to end well for him, so he waited and schemed, stirring up trouble inside the city and feeding Theoduric's paranoia.

Naming no current real-world examples because that way lies trouble and flame-wars but it's not unusual for a foreign power to exploit internal divisions in a country for its own gain. Even if Gaius was fueling the situation, everyone's lingering resentment is still very real?

The Venn Diagram of "People who Just Put Up With Theoduric because He Was King and That's What You Do" vs "The Rebellion" pre-occupation and "People who Collaborated With the Empire" vs "The Resistance" post-occupation is probably pretty interesting.