Thread: [Spoilers] The Patch 4.2 Discussion and Speculation Thread!

Originally Posted by Belhi

Edit: Apparently the Scions are in financial troubles and we have someone wanting to potentially hire the WoL according to the new Dungeon preview. Makes me wonder if this is a side thing or a lead in to whatever is happening in Doma. I can't imagine any of the people we worked with in the Liberation need proof of our abilities. Maybe it is tied to the Four Lords instead of the MSQ? That would certainly be different.

Probably Doma-specific. I am pretty sure the Ala Mhigan side is temporarily flush with money, after we liberated Theodoric's secret stash of gold and hair product.

I'm not sure why we still need to prove our abilities even in the Far East, though; the Confederacy should be well aware, as will people in the vicinity of Doma (ie Yanxia), and Kugane should have at least heard about us in some of the Job questlines, not to mention Kugane Castle.

I'm not even sure why we need to raise so much money in the first place (as opposed to leaving it to, say, Hien and the Domans). What have you been doing, Tataru?

EDIT: It is almost certainly tied into the Four Lords, I think.

Hell's Lid dungeon:

To wit, you are to venture into the hidden depths of Hells' Lid, a volcanic island once home to a host of oni─at least, according to ancient legend...

Jade Stoa (Byakko) trial:

Legend tells of a peerless samurai who, at the behest of a king, ventured forth to drive a host of oni into the sea. Yet for all his strength, Tenzen could not do this alone, and so he turned to the Four Lords─greatest of the auspices─for assistance.

If the former does not lead into the latter, I will be very surprised.

The only thing I can think of that would push the Scions to such financial dire straits would be Tataru gambling with mortgage-backed securities in Hingashi. They haven't made any major purchases of late...

Also have a hard time believing... well, just about anyone would need proof of our competency. Word of our victories in both Doma and Ala Mhigo has spread far and wide, to the point even the Xaela know that we defeated Zenos.

I suspect participating in the liberation campaigns of both Ala Mhigo and Doma is what took its toll on the Scion's coffers.

Why would people trust the Warrior of Light blindly if they don't know them personally? I think it's pretty great that the Warrior of Light isn't blindly accepted everywhere - and he should not be, in my opinion, simply because he brings a lot of baggage with him in the form of biased allies and a considerable amount of blood has been spilled by him. Realistically, with Kugane being such a diverse city due to being a major trading hub and neutral on the world stage there should be first hand accounts floating around of the not so proud moments of the Warrior of Light's exploits, too. Such as when they inevitably kill or maim someone's daughter, brother or lover simply because they're in the way of their objective or someone hands them a sack of gil to go and do it. A plot point which is often glossed over, unfortunately and one I hope very much to see tackled in the future. It was handled exceptionally well in Final Fantasy Tactics.

As for the financial issues, setting up operations in a foreign land is hardly cheap...and neither is funding revolutions and rebuilding efforts.

As far as Yotsuyu and Gosetsu are concerned, I'm calling it now:

- Hien will be honour bound to pass judgement on Gosetsu for his past service to Garlemald if he intends to do the same to Yotsuyu. He may end up exiling both of them due to pressure from his people and the loss of Yotsuyu's memory will be an additional complication to consider. We'll likely see an Echo vision of Yotsuyu's past. She may or may not come to feel sadness on behalf of her 'brute' should she regain her memory.

That's assuming she isn't just playing a trick in a last ditch effort to try and take out Hien, mind you.

Elidibus will be Garlean Emperor soon under the guise of Zenos, calling it.