#i posted this in my ffxiv friend discord but it dvd screensaves its way in my mind and i thought abt it again

[zwierzodudle]

thinking about how lucia was supposed to spy on ishgard only to become aymeric's most loyal knight. we never really hear about any other garlean spies so it's very funny to imagine that she was the last straw and they never bothered sending another one.

anyway here's my candidates for Potential Previous Failed Garlemald Spies In Ishgard:

first one was eaten by a dragon. it's ishgard, it happens

several who joined the ironworks and stayed because the union is better and they do little to no human experimentation

DRK wol killed one while mowing down inquisitors and doesn't even remember it as something particularly important. it's ishgard, it happens

one became a priest as a cover then found halone for real

another got wildly into the local figure skating competition, became their best coach in years and stayed forever

^years later they will get ishgard gold in the Etheirys Olympics because they're still salty about being made to join the garlemald military instead of following their skating dreams