Thanks, then it was just as I thought. I was just surprised because I could be pretty flirty with all of them, and then there’s just suddenly just one option ~ the ominous Alliance Path ~ alias for ‘they just don’t like you that way’ Path. I’ll just have to remember it for the next play through
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Note that it’s theoretically possible that you’ll be able to enable the romance down the road even in this playthrough. The author has mentioned that such things might be possible (starting with other relationship type and switching to romance) depending on later choices you make in the game.
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Yeah she could want to learn more about other lands from an artisitc standpoint. Where she could travel to/what scenery she can paint. Lands that her pirate bf has visited.
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I wonder if something happened to Freya early on in life that broke her and thats why she just adamantly refuses to engage in lessons that aren’t her pursuits. Because even if someone doesn’t want the throne, it’s not normal for them to act the way Freya does. It reads like deep-seated trauma.
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Are people seriously acting as if thinking time spent in school is nothing but waste is some sort of rare view not shared by most of teens, who only participate because they’re quite literally forced to?
Freya is acting normal. “This won’t be of any use to me, why do i have to waste my time on learning this” is a common sentiment. The only difference is that Freya is permitted to have it her way.
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Consider the fact that the throne and being Rhivenian royalty is extremely dangerous and just generally terrible; the whole succession deal literally ruined lives.
- Charlie Brown had to kill his brothers to stop a coup/civil war
- Alvena poisoned Isabelle both out of jealousy and to ensure only the former could continue Charlie Brown’s bloodline
- Alvena has been raising her children to believe Richard, a child is an enemy and threat to their livelihoods and lives
- Isabelle has basically f***ed Richard up so much that his sense of self-worth is inextricably linked to him sitting on the throne
- Richard has become so obsessed with being worthy for the throne that he’d challenge his own sibling half a decade younger to a duel in a foreign kingdom in front of an audience
- Even the most loyal and non-confrontational people aren’t safe since Francis got executed even though he was on Charlie Brown’s side!
Quite frankly, if you’re born into this family, then you have a target on your back for the simple reason that everyone views you as a threat, and you simply cannot maintain your morals if you want to survive.
Her life is trauma, why would she want to have a royal upbringing when all it’s done for her is leave her without any uncles on her father’s side, make her brother view her as an enemy, and potentially turn her youngest sibling into the spitting image of her emotionally distant dad or something even worse than him?
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Most of your point do not work about freya’s become how she is.
- Charlie Brown had to kill his brothers to stop a coup/civil war
The siblings were not told about about the civil and Francis till the Mc was a teen.
- Alvena poisoned Isabelle both out of jealousy and to ensure only the former could continue Charlie Brown’s bloodline
- Alvena has been raising her children to believe Richard, a child is an enemy and threat to their livelihoods and lives
Yes to thses points
- Isabelle has basically f***ed Richard up so much that his sense of self-worth is inextricably linked to him sitting on the throne
- Richard has become so obsessed with being worthy for the throne that he’d challenge his own sibling half a decade younger to a duel in a foreign kingdom in front of an audience
These do not become isuses till mc was a teen and it mc isusse not Freya’s.
Freya became how she is before most of this stuff happened. Only the stuff about the queens would have any effect of he personality early on.
We don’t know about Francis in this version yet. In the early one yes, there is evidence of Francis being a tratior but the was in book 2 and not well known to anyone. Ricard never seen freya as an enemey under any circumstances. Look at the reintroduction to Xavier he calls her his favorite. She does no have a chance or desire to rule or to get with clara. so her have no reson to see her as a threat. Freya’s issues come from her upraising just not (for the most part) the points you brought it. Just bad parent, a lack of williness to rule, her just giving up , a mentor not training, and the general royal lifestyle.
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Freya is truly in a bad spot, no wonder she dates pirates.
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That’s certainly true, however from my point of view she is in an even worse spot now BECAUSE she’s dating a pirate. Not to mention the position it puts us and the rest of her family.
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There is dangers and risks in that regard, but also a possibility for change. Like a secret alliance with the pirates, and have them prove themselves as a potential ally.
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That’s a good idea in theory, but I highly doubt that we would get a chance to do something like that. Even if we could, it would be super risky for us.
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I think the author will let us get an alliance with the pirates
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In the old version she actually tries to ran away with her pirate lover, only to get catch before managing to get out of the kingdom, getting troubles with her family and whoever become the new ruler.
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Hmm, I just realized something.
In the original game, you can free Xavier exactly at the time of your ascension to the throne. He goes to Lena, at which point she invites you in for the alliance through marriage.
But if in this version Xavier remains to represent his kingdom, how exactly will that work? How will the whole marriage thing function? Will Xavier still ‘take’ the throne (which has an ridiculous number of problems I feel like the first version just glossed over) or will Lena remain as the Queen (aka a Personal Union)
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Well it’s been like…years since Lena succeeded her father in absentia, right? Assuming she hasn’t done something stupid like destroy the economy or made tax evasion punishable by death, I think most people in the kingdom would rather her stay on the throne, especially since people will likely speculate about Xavier being compromised in some way. If I had to guess, we’ll have to take Xavier to meet Lena to, you know, explain he’s not a hostage anymore and is actually being treated well, then he’ll be made Lena’s representative and come back to Rhivenia.
The only complications are if Xavier actually wants/takes the throne or…well actually this is going to be a problem either way. Think about it, Xavier’s been under Rhivenia’s thumb for years now, held captive and treated like a dog, only for the new ruler to suddenly release him “out of the kindness of their heart?” I’m not buying it; if I’m a citizen under Lena, I’m going to worry that the Rhivenians brainwashed/manipulated Xavier into being their puppet, and you don’t want a puppet representing your kingdom. This only gets worse if he makes a play for the throne since now everyone will think he only took the throne to basically surrender his kingdom to a foreign power.
All this said, Lena kind of has to stay on the throne if only to avoid the brunt of the ‘is he a Rhivenian spy’ problem, in which case Xavier’s probably playing messenger for the most part between the two kingdoms following the marriage because I highly doubt any of them would prefer a long stay in the kingdom that killed their king and kidnapped their prince.
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In the rewrite Lena is originally the heir apparent since she’s the older sibling, but her father designates Xavier instead, and she is ruling effectively in his absence while he’s a prisoner and hostage.
So now i guess they can either revert father’s arrangement and Lena will remain on the throne, or maintain it in place and Xavier will assume the role his father has wanted. I suppose the question is mostly whether player/MC will have any input in which way it goes.
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I mean…Xavier is our hostage so I think the MC has quite a large, some would say the largest input in this
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Lena will probably still offers marriage alliance between her and the MC if we choose them to be male or offers marriage to Xavier instead if we choose them to be female.
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Yeah, see, here’s the thing. Xavier taking the throne has…a lot of problems most people either don’t know or gloss over.
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Professional
Despite what it sounds like, being a King is not an easy job. In fact, it’s ridiculously hard. You aren’t just a figurehead - you are the head of the state. You are serving as the Judicial, Executive and Legislative branches of power all at the same time. Kings had to pass laws, settle disputes between subjects and citizens, collect taxes for the time of war (there was no ‘IRS’ during medieval times) and of course, leading an army, which has an entire other host of necessary abilities for it not to end in a total disaster. And the truth about Xavier is, well…he’s a good guy, but he has spent nearly all his life as a servant slave. He did not get a complete education and it would most likely be years of tutoring until he did. -
Relational
The most important part of being a King, I would say, is your people skills. Whether it’s getting an alliance or rallying your nobles or knowing who to put in which position, you need to be able to judge people and get them on your side. Xavier is probably the worst person for this; even if he hadn’t most certainly been impacted by decades of servitude and imprisonment, his people probably wouldn’t even like him. From most likely having an Rhivenian accent from growing up around them, to not having any real personal connections, to literally just having been imprisoned them released, if he suddenly took the throne there’d be a big chance of people just straight up trying to kill or overthrow him for being a ‘Rhivenian Puppet’. I mean, why else would they release him of all people all of a sudden? Just lose their leverage on Asinea? Which leads me to my last point… -
Situational
Consider the situation from the eyes of an Asinean Noble or Peasant. Your supposed allies, the Rhivenians, murder your king and imprison his son over some random charges of ‘betrayal’. Queen Lena takes charge of the country yet actually surprisingly rules it well. After decades of this, the son of the bastard who murdered your king takes throne. All of a sudden, your competent queen abdicates to marry him, and in her place the imprisoned son, who spent his entire life with Rhivenians, takes the throne. What conclusion do you think they’ll reach? Do you think they’ll go “Oh, he’s just so nice he let him go and Lena immediately abdicated the throne and decided to marry him for no reason besides how nice he was! What’s that you say? Rhivenia just dragged us into a war? Well golly gee, it’s real great that the new king was so nice he got that alliance just as he was about to go to war. I see nothing suspicious whatsoever about this.”
IIn the end, literally all crowning Xavier does is paint a gigantic target on his back. Shouldn’t Lena…not want this? I really hope this kind of question could get answered.
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That is hardly going to matter after he is released and then, hypothetically, goes “okay, i pass my throne to my sister”.
I don’t necessarily disagree, but MC’s very own family is textbook example that these problems are not limited to Xavier, and they never stopped inheritance-based power schemes previously, (both historically and in fiction) so i don’t think people (both in game and outside of it) are suddenly going to care about them now. I’d especially refrain from expecting public opinion to matter all that much – by the looks of things it’s not the Age of Revolutions, yet. If anything, Rhivenia is notable exception in this regard. Its neighbors, not so much.