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

The idea that Regula was going to be FFXIV's version of Kefka came about simply due to Nael's appearance in FFXIV 1.0 as a rough expy of FFVII's Sephiroth (both go insane, destroyed a city, summoned a 'meteor' on their respective worlds, both even had a 'waking into the flames' scene), and that Sephiroth being the villain of FFVII also matched the numeral of Nael's Garlean Legion (the VIIth). Because Regula was Legatus of the VIth Legion, it led to wild fan theories that from now on each Legatus was going to emulate the main villain for the FF title that corresponded to their Legion number and thus, players expected Regula to go totally insane with the Waring Triad and become a Kefka-copy accordingly (Gaius being the Legatus of the XIVth Legion was therefore 'FFXIV's own representative'.).

Thankfully, with Regula that was not the case (and Zenos further consigned that theory to oblivion by hardly emulating any FFXII villain, he did not match Vayne at all and was too insane for Gabranth).