Regarding the Flora being a Bladestar situation, there will probably be two branches later on: one where horrible things will happen because of the corruption in Grand Dream City and you'll have to deal with those without the help of the Bladestar, and another where you do get the help of the Bladestar, as the problem is solved more quickly but can lead to Flora being possibly betrayed by the co-founder of Bladestar, that became/is themselves a corrupt person. I explored both branches, just in case.