Fordola

[KalinOrthos]

I'm actually far more interested in seeing what Fordola does in 4.2. I'd imagine at that point, Garlemald will have mustered enough forces to attack both Doma and Ala Mhigo in a massive counterattack, in conjunction with whatever it is Elidibus has planned. I assume we'll see Gostestu and Yotsuyu return as well, with the latter fully backing the empire in a murderous rage. It would make for an effective contrast with Fordola, who is, at this point, probably going to have to ask herself whether she truly is for a strong Ala Mhigo, as she has always said she's been, or is she really for the Empire, who has oppressed her people since she was a child?

[347SPECTRE]

If they gave her any actual redeeming qualities (or at least made them more apparent) then maybe I'd be all for a redemption arc, but as it stands I'd rather see her dead. Same for Yotsuyu.

[ErryK]

If they gave her any actual redeeming qualities

See, I think this is my issue with Fordola, besides her sad excuse of a backstory. At least Yotsuyu had domestic abuse to back up her hatred for her people, and if you ignore that, she has her cattiness and willpower going for her. Fordola had nothing special, she was just Zenos's dog.

[alimdia]

See, I think this is my issue with Fordola, besides her sad excuse of a backstory. At least Yotsuyu had domestic abuse to back up her hatred for her people, and if you ignore that, she has her cattiness and willpower going for her. Fordola had nothing special, she was just Zenos's dog.

Idk, being born and raised as a soldier slave seems like a pretty strong reason to do what she did, she also explained her intent, to get the empire to recognize her homeland as people, to give them better rights, which is wrong but you can't expect her to just follow the resistance when she had been trained as a garlean slave-soldier since birth, watching the ala mhigan resistance fail to the empire countless times.

She won't be redeemed because she has done too many bad things, but she won't die a villain, I'm fully expecting her to die protecting Ala Mhigo when the garleans launch their counterattack.

[ErryK]

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I don't expect much out of a flat character in the first place. She's such a predictable character. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Jennika]

I guess I'm in the minority, I don't agree with what she did but I like her character.

[Khalithar]

I want her and yotsuyu dead personally.

[Savagelf]

they said same about the person that killed Haurchent

[Rymm]

I feel fairly confident that SE is going to do one of two things with her-

Either she is going to see the light, be redeemed, and become an important and welcome member of the new Ala Mhigan state while almost everyone conveniently forgets the atrocities she committed in the name of the Empire and the few who don't are presented as bitter, piteous villains who can't let go of the past and who we have to fight and/or kill to protect her.

Or she is going to hold on to her Imperial loyalties until some bitter end where she sees the light at the last moment and sacrifices her life and dies in a shining blaze of glory to save something or someone important (Lyse/the WoL/Ala Mhigo as a whole/etc.)

Personally, I will like her so much, much more if SE uses neither of these tropes with her as they have been done to death in almost every form of media, and literally anything else they do would be more interesting and make her a better character.

[Evumeimei]

I feel fairly confident that SE is going to do one of two things with her-

Either she is going to see the light, be redeemed, and become an important and welcome member of the new Ala Mhigan state while almost everyone conveniently forgets the atrocities she committed in the name of the Empire and the few who don't are presented as bitter, piteous villains who can't let go of the past and who we have to fight and/or kill to protect her.

I have this bad feeling that the above might happen, but I really don't want it to go down like that. Mostly because it makes no sense within the world (an exception to the rule for the sake of "story"). If they can forgive her to the point where she becomes welcome, then that should be a common occurrence. Not something that happens just because she has a name/story relevance and isn't NPC #1003.

Idk, being born and raised as a soldier slave seems like a pretty strong reason to do what she did, she also explained her intent, to get the empire to recognize her homeland as people, to give them better rights, which is wrong but you can't expect her to just follow the resistance when she had been trained as a garlean slave-soldier since birth, watching the ala mhigan resistance fail to the empire countless times.

I just felt that she was selfish. She disliked Ala Mhigans because they made her look bad (at least, that's what I took from it).

She apparently believed that her actions were for the good of her people, but her way of thinking was completely backwards. She knew the Garleans looked down on Ala Mhigans, but instead of wanting to be free of their rule, she wanted their acceptance. It's hard to say just how much her views were warped (probably a lot), but joining the oppressor is far easier and less frightening than standing up for yourself. When given the choice to follow Zenos' orders and kill her men or not, she ultimately chose to sacrifice them. Her failure or their life. Everything seemed to be about her deep down.

Perhaps we can't blame Fordola for doing what was necessary to survive, but she had choices to make and she arguably chose selfishly.