Quote Originally Posted by Anonymoose View Post
I really expected Aulus to be revealed to be Elidibus or an underling of some kind. Even the name felt like a clue: Asina... Ascina... Ascian...

Would have made a good pun for the title for head medics being "mal" (a common word root from Latin malus; bad, evil, illness).
Aulus is a rather odd case. He boasts a fairly unique design and is responsible for research that is very much a game changer. The nature of his research makes it plausible that he could, in theory, easily be written back into the story assuming he also experimented on himself. I was very much expecting him to turn out to be FFXIV's 'Hojo'. The vats used to house his research subjects are also very visually similar to those seen in FFVII.

I suppose it's possible that he was only ever intended to serve as a plot device to justify Zenos' power but I do feel as though he perished rather quickly and with many questions unanswered. Incidentally, that's my beef with Regula as well. I can't help but wonder if both were originally intended for larger roles yet had them cut short at some point during the development cycle.