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Honestly, I imagined scenarios like that too, because I’m curious of what would come out of it.
Though well, it won’t happen on my playthrough, obviously :rofl:
I’m glad I imagined Leon almost exactly as he looks like though!

Damn…

At the very least you thought and imagined of them.

Still Illya for me but I’ll go for Eliana in another playthrough when the time comes…

Although I hope there’ll be enough angsty suspense when MC meets/sees Illya/Leon.

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So much discussion here, so I will throw on my 2 cents, my mc is with Iliya all the way, when it comes to basically being tortured to use the Arcana my MC would rather die even if being reunited with her best friend Eli, in my MC’s eyes she died to save the kingdom and expected that outcome (I assume the collar sister put on her prevented her telling anyone) My MC will do all she can to resist the arcadians, she will even tell them to their face she refuses.

The comment about being tortured refers to the pain she always feels when she uses Arcana.

Another thing in my MC’s eyes they have died already and did it to protect others. Being brought back goes against the nature of the world so is wrong, is she religious maybe :wink:

PS sorry about all the edits, keep thinking of more and spotting typoes.

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Ilyamancers Assemble

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I have put on the doom eternal ost. And ready to enact vengeance.

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Bruh, the Arcadians are literally the Eldians from Attack on Titan while Param is Marley. Did no one catch that? The whole reason why the Arcadians think the MC will side with them is cause 1) they burnt his/her/they ass. ( Which idk bout you but itd be hard asf to forgive in real life, kindness or not) 2) Their people has been oppressed and enslaved for generations. If they werent, the MC wouldnt have had their House and nation subjugated. 3) Who is to say the MC came back the same way? The author included that scene of your MC deciding whether to take their old personality’s hand to return the way they were, or to reject it and come back with another personality.

All in all I believe the author is doing INCREDIBLE things, lowkey things that should be discussed about.

ALSO!!! Join the Patreon, the community is so nice and cool. The author is very engaging and theres art of our heroes and side stories there that can be played as a game using ChoiceScript. Hope everyone has a marvelous night/day!

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Honestly, in my own interpretation, the MC doesn’t particularly loathe Leon & Co. purely for the fact that they burned his ass (mainly because after killing off the simbol of purity and holiness beloved by basically everyone without offerong any kind of explanation, getting killed for it is to be expected), but mostly because how much friggin eager Leon was for executing his trusted ally right then and there, like damn he didn’t even think twice about it, he just went straight to the conclusion that the MC should be turned into ash.

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Yeah it reminded of me that too. I’m interested to see how Arcadians acted before they became opressed.
Eldians did some heinous crimes to Marley and other nations

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I really hope we get to see the Arcadian oppression firsthand. I feel like that would give the mc a stronger motivation to become pro-Arcadia than being threatened “If you’re not with us, you’re against us” or being pressured to join all because they have arcadia blood.

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Honestly? Imho leon changed , he became a king , and mc being a war hero with arguably more achievements/popularity then the king was considered a threat to his reign , not to mention the power he showed against sister .
So leon took the 1st excuse life gave him without any investigations on the whole thing and inspite knowing the nature of mc(i mean ilya and sabin easily figured it out why couldnt leon , obviously he did but kept mum) he decided to eradicate this potential threat.
Mc my does loath leon for literally BURNING HIM ALIVE and hopes to bring down his reign.
On the other hand he also loaths how he was kind of stronghanded into joining the arcadians(even though more than thankful for a new shot at life).
So i hope there is an option for arcadian takeover with mc leading the things.
I also hope we are given more details about arcadian slaughter/oppression so mc have an option to sympathise with their cause.

Also i absolutely love this wip and us having 2 shots at life with motivations differing or remaning same in two lives , also the whole dynamic of relations here is great.

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I would like that option too, since rn siding with the Arcadians seems like the enemy side rather than, I don’t know, another side?. I would love if their motives were more clear and their suffering was shown in some way, maybe even a flashback by one of them, so I can actually choose to join them because I want to help them instead of joining them just because I hate Param and will join anyone else except them

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Great choice! The ambiance would be impeccable.

Interesting! I’m not far enough into AOT yet to know the reference here, but given the rave reviews I’ve heard about it, I’ve no doubt that the dilemma is well-portrayed. So to hear this is really high praise! I’ll do my best to provide even more nuanced portrayals of both sides of the conflict as the game progresses. :smiley:

Working on this with the next update! Here’s hoping the Arcadians will resonate a little bit more with readers, though I’d argue that it also positions the White Fangs (and them specifically, rather than Param as a whole) in a pretty good light.

Thanks for your kind words, everyone! And to top this all this off - have Flyss’s character art!

Flyss

Tahlia is next, and her portrait will wrap up the core cast’s character portraits!

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Wow she looks different than what I thought. Also is it me or the pic makes her look taller.

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To be honest, it’s kinda hard to see Arcadians in a good light, since MC kinda got resurrected out of their will.

And we had spent so much time with The Param royals first, the aftermath of the war, and MC’s backstory to top it all.

Part of the reason why the majority of people hated Gabi on AoT too. Mostly because readers spent so much time with Eldian cast instead of the marleyan ones.

So I kinda have high hopes for the next update.

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Yeah Gabi was not liked :grimacing::sweat_smile:
Though in AoT I hated Marley while here I actually already like Arcadians. I have a feeling I’ll be even more pro-Arcadia after the update

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I was actually enjoying Gabi’s arc when the anime went on it’s hiatus, despite what she did. Still got half a season to go though, so there’s still time for them to drop the ball.

Am I right in thinking F & Yu aren’t in the current demo btw?

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Huh?

Leon feels so guilty about executing MC that after finding out the truth he literally locks himself in his room for a week.

All the signs pointed to MC’s guilt. He saw the bodies at the scene, and MC was unable to provide any explanation for their actions. Ante had been whispering of her suspicions for months. He felt pressured to look up to his older brother as an example of kingship and dole out swift, decisive justice. Who can blame him?

(He’s also shown to be not quite as intelligent as Saine or Ilya, so it’s a real stretch to claim that he was secretly on the same page as them)

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Huh. Didn’t we meet them post-resurrection?. Or am I having a weird-ass fever dream?

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Maybe. I’ve only just given this one a shot, and I noticed on the author’s Tumblr FAQ that they turn up in the 3rd demo, but I’m unsure which demo is currently available.

We are at the fourth one now, i believe.