Teledji and patch 2.55(spoilers)

[lia yia]

as we know teledji arrested the WoL. He could had very well could a had caused a all-out eorzean war if the WoL had been executed?

[Gegenji]

I think it's a matter of how important the WoL is to the people in general, and if they would riot should he (using the Derplander as the default for gender considerations here) be put up on the chopping block.

 

However, and it's been a while since I saw the events of 2.55, I think at that point in the story is when the WoL is supposedly at his "lowest." Which could also means folks may not think as highly of him since they could be buying into Teledji's claims. So, less likely there would be riots against the execution. They might still happen, sure, but it would've been far less likely.

 

More of a "he used to be so great, then he killed the Sultana!" sort of situation.

 

So, I don't think there would've been an Eorzean war over the WoL being killed. Outcries and spots of outrage, sure, but I don't think there would've been a war over it. Then again, that isn't what happened, so we will never know for certain.

[Talan Yaeger]

It's been awhile for me, and I'm beyond the point where I can go and review it, but I think a good amount of the NPC dialogue right after that in Ul'dah and Thanalan state that the authorities were trying to keep a lid on what transpired in that patch out of fear of the public backlash.

 

To me, that implies that a war within Eorzea would have been rather unlikely...but largely because that entire framing was obviously a paper-thin justification to make a grab for power while also getting the WoL and the Scions out of the way. I didn't get the impression that even most people in Thanalan who weren't deep in the Moneterists' pocket would have seriously bought that the WoL randomly decided to poison the Sultana for seemingly no reason at all.

 

Also, Teledji was apparently planning to enforce his rule by acquiring the Omega Weapon and lost everything because he had the brilliant idea to push all of Raubahn's berserk buttons within bisecting distance just for the lulz. I'm note sure if public relations or long term planning were really at the forefront of his mind at the time.