FYI, here’s a past relevant quote from Havie to consider: “Fire-breathing is totally off the table for auto-Plektosis, and wings are pretty questionable. Sorry for all would-be dragons out there.”
Hopefully, a “pragmatically violent MC x Tamran” teamup will turn out to be more fruitful than my dysfunctional/current “compassionate/restrained MC x K” Game 1 dynamic!
(especially since I’m tentatively assuming that Tamran has far more capacity/willingness (than K) to make compromises to achieve her goals)
Dialogue-option wise, can a (former) pacifist MC (who starts adding violent tactics) quote Roosevelt’s “speak softly, but carry a big stick” ideology (aka “negotiate peacefully whenever possible, but if you can’t, then come prepared with a strong military as your backup plan”) as their justification for making the switch?
And which forumgoer category would you say I fall under, Havie? 
As a general FYI, I’d like to clarify that my earlier-described “reign of terror” Robespierre build is a random “opposite choices” build that I recently decided to test and theorize out of sheer curiosity/whimsy (instead of truly reflecting my typically preferred XoR playstyle/philosophy).
On a separate note, which stat specialization (and/or mix) is your Cao Cao Aristo MC pursuing in Game 1 and beyond?
I’m very eager to find out how closely my aristo MC will parallel (or vastly diverge) from yours!
@Havenstone
I wonder if there are plenty of ways to add nuance to the “Theurge hunter/inquistion” perpetual rebel path:
MC would be willing to make the following compromises:
1- Agricultural and healer Theurges (of treaty participating nations) will be tolerated, thus limiting MC’s hunting scope towards any Theurge who’s caught using Theurgy to murder/pillage/assault/conquer people (unless the Theurge was to proven to have reasonably acted in self defense).
2- (“Nuclear deescalation” arms treaty)
In return for restricting his hunting targets, MC demands that all nations (who participate in his treaty) set firm regulations on how many Theurges can be trained/employed at a time.
(With MC’s allies regularly making audits every month or every two weeks.)
Any nation who doesn’t agree with MC’s treaty is fair game (for having their Theurges killed/imprisoned).
And likewise, all “black market”/unlicensed Theurges will be fair game for targeting.