Through the whole thing, I was getting a definite "something isn't right about this" vibe. The Scions' plans reek of hubris, and honestly that's been a vibe I've been getting through the entire post-SB patch cycle. Letting the tempered Ananta into the council, Hien's complete failure to see Asahi's obvious duplicity (or confidence that he can deal with it)...our allies are making some pretty big mistakes and we're going along with it because we're still in the "follower" mindset. Now we get to this patch and..

Attempting to spark a civil war in the enemy's lands? That's exactly what the Garleans did to Ala Mhigo. "Get the rebels to overthrow the government, then march in and conquer in the chaos" is a tactic empires have used throughout the centuries because it's very effective, if morally bankrupt. The alliance is starting to act like an empire here.

Also, aether manipulation on the scale of the shield over The Burn is something rife with danger that they don't even seem to be aware of. Even Allag screwed it up as much as they succeeded, sometimes on a disastrous scale. I wanted to scream that at them.


As for the true villains:

I got more of a "This again?" vibe from them. Like two tanks in DPS stance, they were silently arguing over whose turn it is. Disposing of a duplicate corpse of the revered first emperor can't be easy.