Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
Asahi is likely to be an antagonist, I feel. He's the cousin of Yotsuyu and we know that her family turned a blind eye to her torment. I'll be disappointed if Doma's sins end up being linked to Garlemald itself as that would be quite a cheap cop out - though I'd prefer Asahi to be an antagonist over a protagonist as I want the 'Larsa' figure to be a Pureblood Garlean.

I have my doubts that Asahi is the same individual shown clenching their fist in Garlemald's palace. Could that individual show up and expose Asahi as a fraud?
I think that would be a long shot, particularly since he does have a pureblood Garlean with him and it would be pretty easy to check his credentials at the Garlean Embassy. More to the point, since Asahi is almost certainly going to be representing Garlemald in the next patch, even if he isn't a pureblood, if he is an antagonist it will make Garlemald the bad guy again. Plus, why would he even be turning up if he is a fraud? What is he going to get out of it? I seriously doubt he has the manpower to take over Doma and as a Garlean representative I doubt he can sway the people away from Hein.

Plus even if he is a 'Larsa' figure, that doesn't mean we won't be dealing with friendly purebloods eventually.