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Ah Breden. As I mentioned, it is still my opinion that if Breden really were trying to stir up a rebellion on behalf of the Hegemony, then Breden would have played a more active role in the Fourth Harrowing whereas instead in certain routes the Laconniers have to bust the MC out of prison after the Harrowing.
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That was Linos actually, but my interpretation is that revolts are inevitable not that the Hegemony actually desires them. The logic doesn’t hold up to believe that the Hegemony would actually want the revolt. The rebellion has less than 1000 people and the amount of aetherial blood spent by 8 to 11 Theurges over the weeks of the summer campaign flying around, throwing fireballs, airlifting Plektoi, and so on likely exceeds the amount of aetherial blood gained even if the Hegemony successfully Harrowed the entire band. The Hegemony simply does not need the excuse of an actual rebellion to fabricate charges of such and Harrow entire villages. The Hegemony did exactly that during the winter in Harrowing an entire village that had nothing to do with the rebellion.
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It is up to the MC how to interpret that as such in my opinion it does not qualify as evidence. My MC interpreted Breden’s advocating for such defeatism as Breden’s resenting the arrival of the skeptical Disbelievers under their charismatic leader.
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That is an interesting puzzle. An alternative interpretation is that every adult helot (rebel or otherwise) knows that Harrowing is their ultimate fate. I suspect slow Harrowing may be less efficient at producing or simply cost more aetherial blood than normal Harrowing. Therefore, the only possible deterrent for adult Helots is to threaten to Harrow their children.
My MC is not really a pet person, books yes but pets no. My MC would however make an exception in this case for a living breathing self-reproducing propaganda weapon aimed at the heart of the Hegemony’s religion. It also occurs to me that if a breeding pair or whatever combination that creature requires could be brought back, then selling such exotic pets would not only be an act of propaganda warfare but a valuable means of fundraising. I don’t know whether the nobility and other wealthy classes prize exotic pets as a means of showing off status even if such pets would have to be hidden from the Hegemony, but having the wealthy bankroll the rebellion by purchasing pets that undermine the Hegemony’s lies would be appealing to my MC.
And yet, I just can’t bring myself to do otherwise.
I can't remember whether anyone has caught this bug before, but in Chapter 2 if Fedrel gets uppity, then even a skeptical MC swears by Xthonos instead of Rhupos.
Based on the source code from the end of the open beta:
*fake_choice
#"Who bought you, Xthonos damn it?"
A despairing snarl rises from the shadows on the ground. "Damn you, ${lname}. You want us not to starve this winter? Let one of us hand you in for the swiving price on your head."
"You were going to share the gold then?" you ask caustically, trying to catch your breath and your thoughts. "Come back and throw a feast, like the loyal friend you are?"
"I'd have gone back to Wheldrake to see if my woman was still alive and my children there." Fedrel's voice is thick. "I had a life before this, you little
*if aristo
aristo
*if helot
helot
shit. Don't you talk like I should be loyal to someone who pitched up not two months ago and starts trying to get us all killed."
I think the problem is the source code uses Xthonos instead of ${oath}.