Interesting. Is she a poly route character? Seems like the best political romance so far is going to be Lena or Xavier x Revna x MC if that’s the case.
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There’s only a couple of polys, and they all have Clara has one part of it.
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Ah yes, then I’ll go back to my original Lena x MC x Clara route. Thank you.
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Best poly, only Poly
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Revna doesn’t do poly. Astryn doesn’t do it as well.
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I remember Astryn! It broke my heart lol
I was never interested on Revna but the political advantage of a romance with her and Lena would get me trying that route if it was possible. Unfortunately it isn’t, but maybe romancing Revna when the full game comes out as a second playthrough will be fun.
I’m aiming for a Astryn playthrough too, but not with a chosen MC.
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Revna is my main cause white hair and sarcasm lol. Also interested to see how she deals with falling in love again after the first one ended badly 
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Man do I wanna spill the beans on the Revna but I don’t wanna ruin it for anyone, just know you won’t be disappointed. As for @QuestionableLemonade romancing Astryn is interesting I just hope you’re one charming MC for that run.
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For a non chosen MC with Atheris on the throne this might actually be a really good route since our sister is the warrior type and can’t charm people to save her life. We would be able to help and supply her with the court/scheming control she needs. Int/Politics/Charm MC is the one I’ll try for this.
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You know, the way i see it, Charles was in no way evil, and though he did ultimately make some mistakes, he ultimately managed to maintain a fairly prosperous seeming kingdom. I haven’t played the full game, so i’ve no way of knowing for sure, but from what it seems, he did the most logical, though pragmatic, decisions. Kidnapping the family members of royalty is an ancient practic carried throughout the world, so it’s by no means stupid. In reality, his biggest problem was his rough edge and lack of interpersonal relations, which helped not only cause a bad situation with Xavier (which the main character can fix if he is kind to him) but help grow a divide between his children.
That is why i believe, as an good heir to his kingdom, you should strive to make right where he comitted mistakes while also avoiding falling in the pitfall of being weak. In fact, from what it would seem, you’re able to be if nothing an upgraded version of charles - you are able to be serious and wise, but still kind as a ruler, being able to both defeat the enemy while showing kindness. You can also eventually romance both Lena and Clara without causing an rift between them as he did between his two wives - or so it would seem from what has been posted.
Richard, while by all means not bad, is stubborn. He doesn’t seem to have any goal of, for example, accepting an political marriage when it would benefit his kingdom due to his love of clara; Whereas (at least mine) main character would fully well take both options and run with it so that he may avoid both sacrificing his personal affection or the wellbeing of the Kingdom.
I haven’t played the game yet, but i really do hope you are allowed to continue and maintain a balance between being ‘pious and just’ and being ‘pragmatic and calculative’. After all, Machiavelli himself said that a prince should be BOTH Loved AND Feared
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i think Charles was an average ruler in comparison to real history. No worse or better, he did things that were standard for the day. japan had hostages taken from families to the daimyo or their overlord to ensure no funny business. Dude knew this guy was gonna betray him so he brought him and the heir to pull an UNO reverse card. In one fell swoop got to show off his imperium, and bagged a hostage. japanese style of insurance
He killed his siblings…so what? ottoman sultans and the sibling murders were accepted and expected while also being legal. It curbed the hell out of court intrigue and even helped bring about the Sultanate of Women for that one century since there weren’t MEN to do the political maneuvering lmao! Fraticide saves lives apparently?
Did you know the famous Order 66 event in Star Wars was inspired by the real life purge in the Western Roman Empire? The purged were family of the Emperor at that time.
Also, Charles ruling through an iron fist? Veeeery typical of the time period. Sorta had to. If they overthrew you? guess what? Your entire family will be killed unless having one family member alive helps control the populace. How do you leave one alive while also limiting their powers and giving the illusion of resemblance to the old family/government? In a patrichal society, kill all the men, kill all the older women, and keep the female girls alive while having them marry a son or the overthrower. Thats called getting a claim in Ck2 lmao. If the dude coming to overthrow the MC wins, i bet they’re gonna offer marriage to a female MC, or marry Atheris or Freya while killing you, the parents, and Richard.
So again, Charles isn’t even that bad lol, the economy sucks, but a plague and threat of war can do that. Plus there is a major pirate problem remember, so not all his fault either. Also, remember the sword (a funny tldr of what I’m about to say) Remember that the sword chooses a person from certain personality aspects. Being humble, or nice, or even a team player decreases the ability to get the damn sword. While being arrogant, selfcentered, stubborn, decisive, and singleminded increases said chance to get the sword. Now, lets do a lil theory here. A sword is used to fight. All of the latter traits would indeed be useful to a warrior and fighter. A wartime commander or general. But during peacetime?? May we be selecting kings who have an affinty to war and brashness? Would these same qualities be useful if the artifact was instead…a quill?
My theory is that by selecting leaders predisposed to charging head first with sword arm at the ready has contributed to the current kingdom we see today. A healthy kingdom is one with sometimes peaceful administrator kings, and sometimes conquering expanding territory kings to balance it all out. But all we’ve had is war time leaders during even peace. Theres a reason why Winston Churchill was thrown out by the Brits during peacetime. This article just about sums it up.
Alright i talked enough and ALOT
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Very interesting theory. One thing about this I would like to say is that sword is supposed to be embodiment of the patron god of Rhivenia and therefore may choose a decisive, impactful and warring rulers so as to purge Rhivenia’s enemies like pirates and other threats.
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You know what would be interesting if sword chooses the ruler according to the tides of times , like a scholarly , diplomatic ruler during the times of peace and a warrior , decisive and ruthless ruler during the times of war .
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How do you get leadership to 70 I’ve only just got it to 60.
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There is a guide around post 240 that has all the choices, but for the most part, read all the books and avoid choices saying you actively don’t want the throne. (Unless you’re my poor MC Ceanna who didn’t want to rule and still got chosen.)
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I hope the released game will be more focused on Warfare and Politics since I feel the romance option is not quite a liking to me, But still can MC defeat 2 kingdoms at once since it will be epic if MC can defeat both of them like unifying Three Kingdoms lmao.
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The game is not releasing and I am forgetting all my tips and tricks…So I am taking screenshots of every decision bcz I think the demo link will be removed when the game is released…And we don’t have the all time handy save/load function in the full game…I suggest you guys do it too or u might lose the chance to do so
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I wonder if we can try to reconcile Richard and Atheris, and make them part of our council, if we are the ruler and they both like us. Or at the very least, impress upon them that while the new Queen of Rhivenia (because I’m playing as a queen) is not fratricidal on principle, she would prefer that they did not war with each other. Or her, for that matter.
Also, if we get to have a ruling council, Sir Arnold gets a spot on mine in every one of my playthroughs. Even the planned “royal pain” playthrough.
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I’m kind of hoping that there’s a way of romancing Clara (king or otherwise) that doesn’t also involve falling out with Richard (whether he’s King or not)… 
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My “royal pain” MC is interested in Clara because it pisses Richard off (if Richard became interested in Revna or Astryn, he’d drop Clara like a hot potato). Although there should be a way to get Richard to move on from Clara with minimal bloodshed whether we are romancing her or not.
@JBento The completionist in me states that if you are allowed to be a total douchebag by the game, play at least one douchebag route. Even if it’s purely for achievement hunting reasons.
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