Dead characters should stay dead (spoilers?)

[Iscah]

Not to mention that the whole setup for that arc has been long forgotten, Nanamo has done nothing to promote what she was doing back then again and the status quo pretty much remained.
They gave her a character growth scene in 4.1 which matured in 4.5 when facing the emperor, but aside from that nothing really

Unfortunately for Nanamo's character development, a lot of the aftermath was covered off-screen in the sidestory For Coin and Country and not really touched on in-game - short version, she realises dissolving the sultanate (and particularly her handling of it) was a bad idea and abandoned it.

[Remedi]

Unfortunately for Nanamo's character development, a lot of the aftermath was covered off-screen in the sidestory For Coin and Country and not really touched on in-game - short version, she realises dissolving the sultanate (and particularly her handling of it) was a bad idea and abandoned it.

Must've missed that line in the short story, still makes the whole thing annoying.
To the walk of shame for dropping that plot point I say

[ObsidianFire]

That said, there's enough relevant plot-points that are in the short-stories that we should know by now to read them. This includes stuff like Alphinaud and Alisae's reasons for coming to Eorzea, how Aymric and Estinean met, what Ysalye was doing with Hrasevelgr between the Aery and when she showed up at Azys Lla, what Alisae was doing for most of ARR, how M'nago knows Lyse, the circumstances that Raubahn was in when he adopted Pipin, how Zenos and Yotsuyu met, what Esninean was doing before SB, what Fordola is doing after SB, and how Cid and Nero met.

It just feels like we should know to read those stories when they come out. Also, they are on-line for free: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes.../#side_storyes

[MrThinker]

Arent there are some unique stories that were released in the 'Chronicles of Light' compendium as well?

[ObsidianFire]

Yep. This is from the product description.

In addition, the book contains four new chapters penned by the development team:
“The Hunt Begins” offers a glimpse into Zenos’ past.
“The Players and the Pawns” details the struggles of Hancock and Tataru in Kugane.
”Ever After” features Hien and the recovery efforts of Doma.
“The Samurai Who Couldn't Die” follows Gosetsu on his travels after the events in the game.

Now if only the book would get out of pre-order...