If I was going to retire Franz for good, I'd have to first determine how I wanted to end his story. I have a few possible scenarios that I'm working towards.
1) Franz lives out his life in Eorzea. Alone. ((He's been doing this one pretty well lately!))
2) Franz actually gives up on trying to get back to his family. Maybe he becomes aware they've moved on. Or maybe he learns that they've perished. Now without the single factor that's been driving his motivations, he comes to accept that his life is going to stay in Eorzea and makes the best of it.
3) Franz somehow makes it back into Garlemald only to discover his family is dead. Thinking there's nothing left to live for, the broken man decides to end his life.
4) Franz is reunited with his family. Perhaps it's because his wife's been spying around Eorzea trying to find him ]currently to no avail]. Or maybe the MSQ progresses to a point where the war is over and the Garlean Empire goes back to just being Garlemald and everything's cool now because it was really just an Ascian plot to destroy the world and they've moved past their issues! (Watch as this is exactly what it is. I'll look for this thread again just to point it out that I called it.) Franz picks a country to settle down in and his story ends with him happy and alive.
1) Franz lives out his life in Eorzea. Alone. ((He's been doing this one pretty well lately!))
2) Franz actually gives up on trying to get back to his family. Maybe he becomes aware they've moved on. Or maybe he learns that they've perished. Now without the single factor that's been driving his motivations, he comes to accept that his life is going to stay in Eorzea and makes the best of it.
3) Franz somehow makes it back into Garlemald only to discover his family is dead. Thinking there's nothing left to live for, the broken man decides to end his life.
4) Franz is reunited with his family. Perhaps it's because his wife's been spying around Eorzea trying to find him ]currently to no avail]. Or maybe the MSQ progresses to a point where the war is over and the Garlean Empire goes back to just being Garlemald and everything's cool now because it was really just an Ascian plot to destroy the world and they've moved past their issues! (Watch as this is exactly what it is. I'll look for this thread again just to point it out that I called it.) Franz picks a country to settle down in and his story ends with him happy and alive.
