And yet he was slain by his own son, who sought to once again challenge the Warrior of Light. So driven by this selfish and atavistic desire was Zenos, that he would not permit his father's own petty and poisonous ambitions impede his goal. Varis had to be swept off the board in order for his wayward offspring to continue the hunt.
Keep forgetting that Varis is a giant. His son is massive, and Varis is even taller than he is. Rest of the alliance is seating comfortably at the table and his knees barely fit underneath.
14:49 this smile and the camera zooming in is just so satisfying. Shit's about to start and things are about to be real and those two things just made it much more cinematic.
Only in the sense that if he had actually achieved his goal everybody would've been killed anyways. The source of victory was literally the fracturing of the worlds. :D
@@cesblazikenturmoil9455 It's big spoilers but since you asked: Basically the thing that lead to the apocalypse on the original world was an external assault on their planet. They summoned a Primal to try to stop it and were feeding their souls into it to keep it going. This was futile because they'd eventually run out of souls to feed it, because the souls weren't being recycled as they normally would. Hydaelyn stopped this by fracturing the worlds, essentially making it harder for the external force to attack them by making their magic weaker - weak enough that the external threat either wouldn't bother with them, or would have a harder time finding them through space/time. I don't remember the exact explanation offhand. If he succeeds in remaking the original world via calamities as he states, all he's actually achieved is bringing them full circle: back to the start where the external force is trying to kill them and they have no means of stopping it. The reason Hydaelyn fractured the worlds was to weaken humanity's power enough that they'd essentially have to exploit a second, more ambient power source, which is what the external threat was using to attack them. She spent thousands (millions?) of years essentially training entire generations of humanity to learn how to use this other energy source so that they could eventually combat the external threat. So, yeah. If the Emperor got his way, all he'd do is doom humanity. Meanwhile if he loses (which he did, canonically) the Warrior of Light then goes on to defeat the external threat and ensure that humanity across every fragmented world is now safe - both from the predations of Ascians and from the external threat. Also technically from Hydaelyn because she's no longer around either. No light vs darkness, just people existing.
@DisgruntledArtist Dude, I,understand the story and what the ancients did to not go extinct, but you said "the source of victory is/was the fracturing of worlds," what does that mean🤣☠️?
@@cesblazikenturmoil9455 Fracturing the world - what Hydaelyn did - is what bought enough time for humanity to learn how to use the other energy source and harness it to fight the thing that was attacking them. Without it they'd all have just been destroyed, as was happening when Hydaelyn split the world in the first place. Is that clearer? ^^;
This is what makes Fascism so dangerous: a taste of ideology spoken by an eloquent strongman is all it takes to whip an uneducated and disillusioned people into acting against their best interests. And make no mistake: the Garlean Empire is a totalitarian fascist regime that rivals the like of Nazi Germany. It specializes in the destruction of faith by the most violent means possible: the assimilation of culture, the culling of the strong and able, then the extermination of the weak and young. Human races that are not Garlean exist solely to serve Garlemald as a second class citizen, and anything labeled a Beast Race is to be exterminated, as to not suffer the existence of a culture that can summon a primal. Garlemald's State-mandated religion is Aethism, and the state-mandated culture is Garlean. The useful parts of your culture will be assimilated, and the rest will be banned by law.
One if he was really like Hitler he qould seek the destruction of everyone that isn't a Garlean. His goal is actually a noble one but the problem is that he is willing to risk more calamities upon the world just to obtain that peaceful world he desires.
@@historian252 Yeah, to him if you don't survive then you weren't meant to and the ones who did would be stronger for it. To him its easier to do this than to continue dealing with the imperfections of the world.
@SteveyTheEx-Eevee saying someone needs mental help just for having a different opinion is a bit... extreme, no? In the end, its just fiction. But, Emperor Varis makes a few valid points here - while the Alliance just throws a tantrum over past wrongdoings, he carefully deconstructs their arguments (Merlwyb especially). As for the treatments of Ala Mhigo and Doma - those were not the results of Varis' direct rule. They were placed under the rule of people who hated those nations, likely in part by accident. Yotsuyu definitely would seem like the perfect candidate for an imperial ruler in Doma as she knew the region.. just a pity she hated the place. In the end we find out about the Ascian schemes and all that, showing the Empire being merely a puppet for the great rejoining but if we ignore that, honestly? The Empire isnt that bad of a place, and so long as you can make proper negotiations over who becomes the governor of the region, accepting their rule is really not that bad. I mean hell, look at Gaius and Regula. Both were/are respectable men who knew right from wrong in the end. Gaius still works with the Alliance after realising the shit the Ascians have done to his Empire, and Regula put his differences with his enemies aside to face a common threat. Even the late Legatus of the First Legion was a good man. He had lost all hope, true... but he still had a good heart.
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He single-handedly roasted the entire Eorzean Alliance. He should be on MTV's Wild N Out.
I want that sort of level of savagery. To just enter a room, get thrown insults, then just use them against them
And yet he was slain by his own son, who sought to once again challenge the Warrior of Light. So driven by this selfish and atavistic desire was Zenos, that he would not permit his father's own petty and poisonous ambitions impede his goal. Varis had to be swept off the board in order for his wayward offspring to continue the hunt.
Keep forgetting that Varis is a giant. His son is massive, and Varis is even taller than he is. Rest of the alliance is seating comfortably at the table and his knees barely fit underneath.
I like Varis because he is a true humanist, he want makind master of his fate but his method are more than discutable.
Nanamo telling him he is not fit to govern lives rent free in my head
on god
14:49 this smile and the camera zooming in is just so satisfying. Shit's about to start and things are about to be real and those two things just made it much more cinematic.
me when ever i turn up to play in a EU4 MP full of novices
His words have more weight after Endwalker.
Only in the sense that if he had actually achieved his goal everybody would've been killed anyways.
The source of victory was literally the fracturing of the worlds. :D
@DisgruntledArtist explain the second half of your response, please🤣
@@cesblazikenturmoil9455 It's big spoilers but since you asked:
Basically the thing that lead to the apocalypse on the original world was an external assault on their planet. They summoned a Primal to try to stop it and were feeding their souls into it to keep it going. This was futile because they'd eventually run out of souls to feed it, because the souls weren't being recycled as they normally would. Hydaelyn stopped this by fracturing the worlds, essentially making it harder for the external force to attack them by making their magic weaker - weak enough that the external threat either wouldn't bother with them, or would have a harder time finding them through space/time. I don't remember the exact explanation offhand.
If he succeeds in remaking the original world via calamities as he states, all he's actually achieved is bringing them full circle: back to the start where the external force is trying to kill them and they have no means of stopping it.
The reason Hydaelyn fractured the worlds was to weaken humanity's power enough that they'd essentially have to exploit a second, more ambient power source, which is what the external threat was using to attack them. She spent thousands (millions?) of years essentially training entire generations of humanity to learn how to use this other energy source so that they could eventually combat the external threat.
So, yeah. If the Emperor got his way, all he'd do is doom humanity.
Meanwhile if he loses (which he did, canonically) the Warrior of Light then goes on to defeat the external threat and ensure that humanity across every fragmented world is now safe - both from the predations of Ascians and from the external threat. Also technically from Hydaelyn because she's no longer around either. No light vs darkness, just people existing.
@DisgruntledArtist Dude, I,understand the story and what the ancients did to not go extinct, but you said "the source of victory is/was the fracturing of worlds," what does that mean🤣☠️?
@@cesblazikenturmoil9455 Fracturing the world - what Hydaelyn did - is what bought enough time for humanity to learn how to use the other energy source and harness it to fight the thing that was attacking them.
Without it they'd all have just been destroyed, as was happening when Hydaelyn split the world in the first place.
Is that clearer? ^^;
People agreeing with this dude worries me.
Ya'll are kinda wacky.
I get he makes a point, but everything else the empire does says otherwise.
This is what makes Fascism so dangerous: a taste of ideology spoken by an eloquent strongman is all it takes to whip an uneducated and disillusioned people into acting against their best interests.
And make no mistake: the Garlean Empire is a totalitarian fascist regime that rivals the like of Nazi Germany. It specializes in the destruction of faith by the most violent means possible: the assimilation of culture, the culling of the strong and able, then the extermination of the weak and young. Human races that are not Garlean exist solely to serve Garlemald as a second class citizen, and anything labeled a Beast Race is to be exterminated, as to not suffer the existence of a culture that can summon a primal.
Garlemald's State-mandated religion is Aethism, and the state-mandated culture is Garlean. The useful parts of your culture will be assimilated, and the rest will be banned by law.
There's a reason why JRPG fans has such a bad reputation. I wonder why?
:)
It sounds nice and tempting.
they all kinda dumb
Varis beginning to sound like Adolf Hitler & a madman bent on genocide on a multi world level. 18:40
At least he didn't go Xander on them and go Nihilist and try to destroy existence by asked ng for services from the World of Darkness.
@@Blitzwaffen are you talking about the voidsent called "the cloud of darkness" that wants to return all worlds to nothing - ness.
@@Nikoli492 Yea my tired brain when I made the post defaulted to the raid name not the cloud in charge.
One if he was really like Hitler he qould seek the destruction of everyone that isn't a Garlean. His goal is actually a noble one but the problem is that he is willing to risk more calamities upon the world just to obtain that peaceful world he desires.
@@historian252 Yeah, to him if you don't survive then you weren't meant to and the ones who did would be stronger for it. To him its easier to do this than to continue dealing with the imperfections of the world.
What is the song that starts at 8 minutes? Can't find it for the life of me.
What's the song that starts at 2:27?
Varis cooked all of them. He's supposed to be the evil guy, so why was I cheering him on?
cause he lies
:( should have been an option to join him lol
@SteveyTheEx-Eevee saying someone needs mental help just for having a different opinion is a bit... extreme, no?
In the end, its just fiction.
But, Emperor Varis makes a few valid points here - while the Alliance just throws a tantrum over past wrongdoings, he carefully deconstructs their arguments (Merlwyb especially). As for the treatments of Ala Mhigo and Doma - those were not the results of Varis' direct rule. They were placed under the rule of people who hated those nations, likely in part by accident. Yotsuyu definitely would seem like the perfect candidate for an imperial ruler in Doma as she knew the region.. just a pity she hated the place.
In the end we find out about the Ascian schemes and all that, showing the Empire being merely a puppet for the great rejoining but if we ignore that, honestly? The Empire isnt that bad of a place, and so long as you can make proper negotiations over who becomes the governor of the region, accepting their rule is really not that bad.
I mean hell, look at Gaius and Regula. Both were/are respectable men who knew right from wrong in the end. Gaius still works with the Alliance after realising the shit the Ascians have done to his Empire, and Regula put his differences with his enemies aside to face a common threat. Even the late Legatus of the First Legion was a good man. He had lost all hope, true... but he still had a good heart.
Fair enough, you've got your opinion, i've got mine. Though I wish you could make the difference between liking a fictional faction and reality.