She was the former ruler of Ylisse. We were at war with Ylisse for a damned long time; it ended in many Plegian deaths but ultimately it led to the rise of Emmeryn, the nearly perfect Exalt who led her people into a time of peace without any crisis. It took me years to get the war I desperately wanted! She refused to rise to anything I threw at her! She was horrible!
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But she truly cared for her people. She wanted me to believe that everything she did was for the good of everyone including my own people. She sacrificed herself for peace, quite literally.
[He pauses again, then shakes his head. He looks sort of angry, but his tone doesn't really reflect it.]
After spending so long planning and waiting for her death, it was disappointing. I wanted to kill the ruler of the country that had nearly ruined Plegia. But that man died long ago and taking it out on his children hasn't sated my desire for revenge any.
cw: suicide mention (just to be safe)
[...]
But she truly cared for her people. She wanted me to believe that everything she did was for the good of everyone including my own people. She sacrificed herself for peace, quite literally.
[He pauses again, then shakes his head. He looks sort of angry, but his tone doesn't really reflect it.]
After spending so long planning and waiting for her death, it was disappointing. I wanted to kill the ruler of the country that had nearly ruined Plegia. But that man died long ago and taking it out on his children hasn't sated my desire for revenge any.