(04-20-2015, 01:51 PM)Natalie Mcbeef Wrote: I would love the idea of having to go back and save your friends, but at the cost of throwing Ul'dah into chaos.
...however he's probably going to be evil and have the ala mhigans in the slave mines or something. Oh well. I can dream.
I could still see that happening. There could technically be "peace" in Ul'dah... but it wouldn't be a happy peace. Imagine this:
Lolorito continues quietly removing potential threats and consolidating his power base, culminating in the big power play people speak of. Either he reveals that Nanamo's dead and he's taking over the throne, or he assumes a sort of "regent" position and keeps Nanamo "sick" to use as a scapegoat and/or a tool to help keep the Ul supporters on his side. After all, if he says that a decree came down from Nanamo, who's going to argue with him?
At this point, he turns on the Monetarists. As mentioned, with the removal of the smaller businesses, they Syndicate members could very likely turn on each other and the whole structure collapses into infighting. If they're still around by the time Lolorito decides to remove them from the equation, they wouldn't have the power base needed to oppose him. At best, they could serve as a puppet council to give more "legitimacy" to his decrees because the "council" totally agreed with him.
This would solve the "biggest" issue of Ul'dah - the conflict between the two factions. There would likely be a few small uprisings here and there, but with the military and whatever remaining businesses under his control, it would be hard to mount a defense against Lolorito. So there would be peace in that regard, but whether he solves the other problems? Hard to say.
However, unseating him after he has his fingers in ALL THE PIES would not go well. Immense power vacuum. The chaos from that would be legendary as people either try to reclaim their pieces of the pie, or seek to make their very first grab for power.
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