Midgarsormr

[Yvresse]

Keep playing... I don't know why people come here begging to be spoiled. Play the game.

Honestly most of it I already missed or forgot.

A lot happens in this game, it's a lot easier to read concise answers from people who understand the lore.
And if its a spoiler, it doesn't matter to me. I'm not gonna get mad because I learned x or y before it actually happened, it doesn't ruin anything for me.

[Yvresse]

Some of these questions are giving me the impression you've misunderstood some aspects of the story you've already received and might be well served to rewatch some cutscenes. No shade and no insult meant, sometimes a story can come across hard to connect. And yes as others have already said, most if not all of your questions will be answered just by continuing to play the MSQ.

Yeah, the game has a lot of plot and it's not always so easy to understand, maybe on a second playthough I might go 'aha so that was who that was'

[Iscah]

I see, so he thinks trading a life for death is equal.

Where are you getting this from? He has nothing to do with Moenbryda dying. He might not particularly care, but it's not something he chose to make happen.

And the "blade of light" is thoroughly discussed in the preceding cutscenes – collecting a vast amount of aether to channel into a blade. Not a simple task we can do whenever, and ultimately requiring Moenbryda's life-aether for us to have enough to destroy Nabriales (who is entirely the person to blame for her death). But she spent a lot of time in that story arc working on and talking about the device that would let us do it.

[kaynide]

Kinda echoing others- I suggest getting through the story to where Heavansward starts, then rewatch the cutscenes that covers between ARR and HW.

There's a lot of filler between scenes, so yeah, you might be zonked out getting through it. Just get to where you can access Ishgard (city) then spend a good 20 minutes in the inn to review.

Alternatively, google a story summary for the part of the game you're done with (so I would guess for you an ARR and pre HW)

Here are some quick ones I found:

2.0 ARR Story Recap
2.1-2.5 ARR Story Recap (You might not be done with this yet)

[Yvresse]

Where are you getting this from? He has nothing to do with Moenbryda dying. He might not particularly care, but it's not something he chose to make happen.

And the "blade of light" is thoroughly discussed in the preceding cutscenes – collecting a vast amount of aether to channel into a blade. Not a simple task we can do whenever, and ultimately requiring Moenbryda's life-aether for us to have enough to destroy Nabriales (who is entirely the person to blame for her death). But she spent a lot of time in that story arc working on and talking about the device that would let us do it.

He said so in the cutscene in the Rising Stones. I'm quoting him.

[Iscah]

He said so in the cutscene in the Rising Stones. I'm quoting him.

In comment on Moenbryda giving her life to bring about Nabriales' death? That's an observation, not a plan.

[Yvresse]

In comment on Moenbryda giving her life to bring about Nabriales' death? That's an observation, not a plan.

Yeah, keep in mind I dont actually know the lore. So if im saying something that sounds wrong its not intentional.

[kaynide]

All good Yvresse; you're really excited and that's good Enjoy digging into the lore.

For now, I think you'd be better served rewatching cutscenes and maybe watching those summaries.

If I were you, I wouldn't assume too much on motivations/etc until you're caught up storywise. Of course by all means do ask the questions, but a lot of our answers are just gonna be "It'll make sense around 4.0" or "You'll see in Shadowbringers", etc.

[AnaviAnael]

I'm going to echo what a lot of other people are saying; keep playing through Heavensward since a lot of the questions will be answered. Also, I'd watch those videos Kaynide posted because a lot of the groundwork for the Shadowbringers storyline is laid out in ARR. You run the risk of being a bit lost in ShB if you don't have a grasp of ARR.

[SentioftheHoukai]

Eeeh, that is debatable. While he's not directly involved, for 'twas her own conscious decision you can't really say he didn't have a hand in it. After all, if Middy hadn't sealed the blessing Moenbryda's suicide wouldn't have been necessary. The necessity of her sacrifice is directly impacted by our lack of blessing, if we had it she wouldn't have needed to die. Considering his callous reaction at the funeral, it does feel to me at least a little bit as petty revenge. So I'll always hate him a little for that, such actions are something Nidhogg would do.