Part of the problem is that the Primals substantially complicate the situation because of their viral and destructive nature. As long as the beastmen tribes keep summoning them, Hydaelyn is at risk. Those in the know realize that not all beastmen are summoning Primals, and that not all Primals are equally destructive (Ramuh, for instance, is much less destructive than Garuda), but the average citizen who knows that beastmen summon Primals is likely going to paint all of them with the same brush. When you combine that with a healthy dose of racism and culture clash, mistrust turns into hatred and outright war.
Now, of course, there's other factors at play...
...but ultimately some characters are going to side with the Garlean viewpoint, which is to commit genocide to stop the Primal summoning altogether -- Primals being viewed as a larger threat than killing off entire races. My character, L'yhta, has at least considered the possibility that such "grim work" is the only viable solution to the Primal question.
I don't know if you found them, but there's actually a couple of older dev posts that address the whole city-state versus beastmen issue. They comment a bit darkly on Ul'dah's behavior, which is characterized largely as greedy men and women waging war against anyone who might impact their profits. I'll have to dig those up.
Now, of course, there's other factors at play...
...but ultimately some characters are going to side with the Garlean viewpoint, which is to commit genocide to stop the Primal summoning altogether -- Primals being viewed as a larger threat than killing off entire races. My character, L'yhta, has at least considered the possibility that such "grim work" is the only viable solution to the Primal question.
I don't know if you found them, but there's actually a couple of older dev posts that address the whole city-state versus beastmen issue. They comment a bit darkly on Ul'dah's behavior, which is characterized largely as greedy men and women waging war against anyone who might impact their profits. I'll have to dig those up.
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