Quote Originally Posted by Brightamethyst View Post

The Warring Triad quests (optional, but worth doing IMO) also explain a lot more about what the Garleans are doing up there.
I'll be sure to do those when I can! I can definitely see why plenty of people woulda want to be there, and I guess I could see Ysayle slipping through after the WoL. Interesting to know that later on the barrier isn't a problem later on.
But.. the empire just being there already seemed.. implausible. It's not likey they followed us or anything. Their big ol ship was just. There.