Thread: Patch 7.1 Discussions

Extra thing on Vana'diel:

Is Alxaal supposed to be filling an existing role? I had assumed he was being a WoL-insert character but then Prishe was muttering about someone else in a clearly-talking-about-the-WoL sort of way. Unless there's going to be a "multiple simultaneous identities of the WoL" meta-joke going on or something.

Originally Posted by Iscah

Extra thing on Vana'diel:

Is Alxaal supposed to be filling an existing role? I had assumed he was being a WoL-insert character but then Prishe was muttering about someone else in a clearly-talking-about-the-WoL sort of way. Unless there's going to be a "multiple simultaneous identities of the WoL" meta-joke going on or something.

It's a bit of an enigma even to FFXI-knowers, as far as I can tell.

The best guess people have right now is basically what you said, that he's essentially the FFXI Meteor equivalent, standing in for the player character, but Prishe's asides are throwing a wrench in the works there (and doing the same 'conditional based on player gender' as Azem, to boot).

It's possible they're having their cake and eating it too, somewhat; that Alxaal is a FFXI player stand-in, but not explicitly That Guy so people who internally believe that their female Tarutaru is the FFXI protagonist don't get told 'no'. Which would essentially make him the Ardbert here; a 'hey you get the reference' without actually breaking the illusion.