i wish the dev put the vampire chick on every path
I wish the mc could understand elvish while being on the magic weaver path. I mean, how hard can it be to learn 1 language? The mc doesn't have to be a hyperpolyglot* like on the scholar path but it seems weird to me that an (half)elf that has been raised by an elf, doesn't know his native tongue.
Best branching path is having Isis as a bride and letting her poison cass you become the red emperor
Red Emperor = Isis bride and Cass dead
Green Emperor (stooge to cass and her family) = Side with Cass
White Emperor = Aurora bride and imprison cass.
My "main path" is magic weaver, have a "close relationship" with Ellin while being married to Aurora and I executed Cass. So I guess I'm a "pink" (red+white) emperor lmao xD
Anyways; If you had a choice of which side to support in the western civil war. Which side would you pick and why?
My preference goes to being a (neutral-ish) third party;
- pressuring both sides into submission
- make reforms that the republicans want (the emancipation of women and elves, more rights and privileges for common folk and ex-noble's etc.)
- keeping the west as a monarchy (or maybe reform it into an elective monarchy)
With this;
- the lords of the west are more inclined to join the empire
- you keep the lords of your own domain happy
- you keep the republicans somewhat happy
- you have a chance to emancipate the elves
And I think it will be the least bloody path. Maybe killing Henry off because that guy is shady as fuck and will prolly never play along.
In theory, the republic sounds like a good idea and utopia for everyone involved... Just how to get there without a bloody civil war? Impossible in my opinion. Also it's one thing to make reforms in a monarchy and another is to revolutionize and make a vassal out of a republic. On paper it could work but I don't think it would work out. It would raise envy among the commoners in the feudalistic part of the empire and will only lead to uprisings. Maybe that's what the elves are after. (or at least the aunt of the MC, since she's the "radical" reflection of the mc's mother)
To fight against the republicans would tear the west apart and honestly, it's too bloody for my taste. Same goes for the republicans. To achieve a republic, they have to overthrow all the nobles in the region to create a republic. Not only will the streets turn into rivers of blood but also the lords of your own domain will not be happy and can rise up in result.
Too much change in a short time will only lead to chaos while too little change will achieve nothing and stays stagnant.
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* Hyperpolyglot; someone who can speak 11+ languages with fluency
Polyglot; someone who can speak 4+ languages with fluency