I actually enjoyed this part of a story because Ishgard is this enigma wrapped within a conundrum that we get just a little peek into by virtue of the fact that they had something we needed. Yeah, it was pretty obvious what was going on with The Spanish Inquisition.

But rather than be disappointed at how we are forced to play the fool, I'm left wanting answers to a lot of the questions that our little trek through the ice raised.

Was that guy heretical Ishgardian or a Dravanian in disguise? Can the Dravanians grant their followers special powers? Our obvious foe's end certainly left more questions than answers in the saga of Ishgard's cold shouldering of the Eorzean Alliance.