**SPOILER ALERT** Levels 10, 15, 20, & 25 Gladiator Class Quests Call me crazy, but I think I might be in love. I know, I know. In order to be “in” love it implies that there are at least 2 parties who have mutual feelings for each other. They say it’s probably just a crush. They say I’m too young to know what true love is. They say I’m starstruck because the #1 Gladiator in Ul’dah just so happens to be a beautiful woman. They say I’m in love with the prestige of the First Sword, and not the person inside the armor.
I suppose it’s possible “They” could be right. After all, Mylla has never expressed any feelings for me. Sure, she’s praised me and thanked me repeatedly for all that I’ve done for the Gladiator’s Guild.
Let’s see, over the past year I’ve:
- Rescued several members of the Guild who’ve gotten injured out in the field
- Driven Pfarmurl and his band of Lominson Marauders out of the Quicksand
- Helped Bruce with dispatching some Duskwight sellswords who were murdering innocent Hyur out in Stonesthrow
- Defeated a band of raiding Amalj’aa archers at Camp Dry-bone
- And most recently, I was instrumental in helping take down Leavold, the leader of the elite criminal organization, The Alacran
I’m not naive enough to think Mylla would fall in love with me just because I did a few good deeds, but there were so many times we fought side-by-side…so many victories we won together. I even saved her life in our last battle with the Alacrans at Highbridge. I thought maybe that would have possibly sparked some feelings for me. I truly felt like we bonded there. I know every time she healed me, I felt something.
I mean, I even saved her old boyfriend, Aldis. I could have let Leavold’s assassin, Zana, just take him out at the Church of Saint Adama Landama. I could have found a really good excuse not to get involved with trying to stop the Sacrarium from executing him when he was framed for the attempted murder of the Sultana. But I’m a good person… So, of course, I had to help out, no matter who it was — but you’d think it would have meant something to her?
I realize that Mylla is pretty irate with Aldis at the moment and she has every right to be. For starters, he completely dishonored the Gladiator’s Guild by trying to rig his own matches at the Coliseum. He was also suspected to have been involved with her father’s death. And to top it all off, he disappeared for 7 years and let Mylla think he was dead! What baffles me is after all that, Mylla appears to still have feelings for that scuzzball!
I guess my point is, if she can still love him after all the trouble and misery he’s put her through, why couldn’t she fall in love with me??
Alas, I think Mylla is starting to suspect something. I’ve done a pretty good job of keeping my feelings buried, but it’s getting harder and harder. After that last confrontation with Zana, when I arrived back at the Guild Hall she could tell something was up. In fact, she even said, “Why are you staring at me like that, Adam? Is something the matter? You’re behaving rather oddly…” Sure, it could have partially been because I was keeping the truth about going to help Aldis from her, but I don’t know. I just don’t know how much longer I can keep this up…
