Arenvald in 6.x As a major character

[zeylos]

Ok so I have been replaying the entirety of the game on a brand new character from scratch. I begun Stormblood and begun to get to know Arenvald's character and I am absoluetly shocked at how rich his character is. He has backstory that is deep and makes me empathize with him greatly, plus he has

the Echo, which could tie well into the story.

I belive he is incredibly underrated and would be an amazing addition to the main roster for whatever brand new storyline the devs have in store for us in 6.x, and truly belive he would be one of the most interesting characters to bring into the forefront of the MsQ going forward given how much room for development I belive he has.

[SomeRandomHuman]

Then end of Shadowbringers kinda puts him out of action. Man's in a wheel-chair because his injuries crippled him.

Trust me, I'd love to see this man wheeling through battle full-throttle and impaling enemies on a lance. Sadly I don't foresee that happening.

If he does get to make some kinda come back he'd probably have to take the chocobo knight route for practicality reasons.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Other characters have pulled off far more ridiculous recoveries. (Looking at you, Y'shtola.) But if he does, I hope they actually show some of the process, not just have him pop up all better out of nowhere.

[zeylos]

Then end of Shadowbringers kinda puts him out of action. Man's in a wheel-chair because his injuries crippled him.

Trust me, I'd love to see this man wheeling through battle full-throttle and impaling enemies on a lance. Sadly I don't foresee that happening.

If he does get to make some kinda come back he'd probably have to take the chocobo knight route for practicality reasons.

Tbh I think that after 6.0 he can just be healed with magic or whatever, I mean

Ysh'tola came back from death who knows how many times already lol

[SomeRandomHuman]

Other characters have pulled off far more ridiculous recoveries. (Looking at you, Y'shtola.) But if he does, I hope they actually show some of the process, not just have him pop up all better out of nowhere.

Y'shtola is an accomplished magic user. Arenvald is a knight and has openly admitted that books weren't his strong-point. I could see him taking up the magic mantle, but I see him becoming a chocobo knight before that.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Y'shtola is an accomplished magic user. Arenvald is a knight and has openly admitted that books weren't his strong-point. I could see him taking up the magic mantle, but I see him becoming a chocobo knight before that.

Y'shtola has also had to be rescued out of her own magic twice now, and suffered minimal consequence for it. (Yes, the spell that lets her see with aether is supposed to be draining her life span, but unless the game actually moves on from the time bubble it's been in since ARR, that's basically meaningless, because nobody ages.) The second time, she literally laughed it off.

At this point, I have to assume that she's just noticed how much plot armor the Scions carry and decided to take advantage of it.

[WhiteArchmage]

He could get more prominence in the MSQ without having to be in the front lines. That was Minfilia's role in 2.x, after all. And yeah, we've also had people recover through worse (Thancred's inability to manipulate aether only serves to make him need a babysitter to power his bullets, he still travels at the speed of plot, otherwise), so while it's good that there's finally tangible setbacks for the protagonists. His scene with Fordola makes me think he may hang back and support us behind the scenes.

Who knows, with Minfilia gone, there's not many people studying the nature of the Echo...

[HollowedDoll]

Pray return to the Rising Stones.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Pray return to the Rising Stones.

[Bright-Flower]

His last scene with Fordola seemed to be pretty obviously setting him up for 'something' in Endwalker. Probably not a glorious return to the battlefield. But that doesn't mean he's written out of the story.