Did Final Fantasy 14's Y'shtola Just Friendzone Runar?
Final Fantasy 14’s Endwalker expansion was met with critical acclaim and drew more players than the series has ever seen. The most recent patch, 6.1, focused on the events after Endwalker, and like most minor patches, it contained the saplings for major story beats in the future. Most of the patch, and the subsequent reaction to it, revolved around fan-favourite Y'shtola Rhul.
Plenty of other things happened in the patch, but despite this, Y'shtola stole the spotlight. This patch gave her a tremendous amount of attention, and even made a newcomer from Endwalker relevant to her primary mission: to find a way to traverse between worlds. His name is Vrtra, and he longs to reunite with a loved one just like she does.
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Her promise to return to another world dates back to the Shadowbringers expansion, having been driven since then to get back to her family and to her friend Runar. While a bit bumbling, Runar's earnest personality has earned him some fans, many of whom thought he was destined to end up with Y'shtola. She has previously (and brutally) shut down other characters expressing interest in her, and a potential relationship with Runar has been a hot topic in the fandom. As one of the guiding Scions in the series, plenty of people see their Warrior of Light with Y'shtola instead.
During 6.1, you go searching for forbidden knowledge to open portals to traverse worlds, and Y'shtola is asked why. To answer, she says, "For a brother who misses his sister. She was his guardian and his friend - a selfless hero who crossed the rift between worlds to save her homeland from horror and suffering. But the brother has given up
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