(10-24-2014, 10:30 AM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote: Let's not forget Nael van Darnus was a madman. (Especially near the end of his days). I tihnk we could totally argue that the murder-happy White Raven wasn't the norm.
You are correct in that Nael was not the norm. Even Gaius van Baelsar thought Nael's methods were extreme. So much so that on multiple occasions in the 1.0 GC storyline he helps you in your quest to stop Nael.
Gaius wanted to rule Eorzea, not destroy it. Which is why Ala Mhigo still stands today. Gaius was the instrument to the King of Ruin's madness. He turned his own people against each other, and outlawed the god which his people had been worshiping for centuries. A king that does that is not going to be very popular. Which painted the Garleans in a good light five years later when Garlemald waltzed in and said "We'll kill that idiotic king of yours, np!" Only the Ala Mhigans who resisted were slaughtered. The rest of the city was spared.
