(08-29-2014, 02:22 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote:(08-29-2014, 02:01 AM)Ryoko Wrote: With the elementals watching over Gridania, I have no clue how one would stage a successful invasion of the Shroud.
I don't think it would be successful, but it could very well destroy Gridania, as well.  When the Shroud is in the Greenwrath, it isn't picky about what it's killing.  If the Great One in Everschade were to waken, for instance, the White Mage questline  seems to indicate that he could level most of the Shroud.  And that he wouldn't really care who he killed in the process.
It's possible that a sabotage mission could cause the shroud to self-destruct, but at that point there's no gain to anyone. Better to let them live their lives isolated in their silly little forest than to kill them simply out of spite.