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Shinji117
Jul 14, 2013

McTimmy posted:

He was never going around randomly murdering people.

To follow up on this;
Rhea: "There are rumors of someone prowling the streets and attacking innocents, night after night. The knights have investigated the matter. They have not discovered any remains, nor have they found any concrete evidence."

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Shinji117
Jul 14, 2013
WoG says that Nemesis was written down as a hero because, at that time, humans really did see him and the Elites as heroes for liberating them from their immortal 'Dark God' (coughNabateancough) rulers. So he was 'good' when he was removing the "dark gods" and then 'turned evil' when he started going after other humans, whereas it is more likely he was a powerhungry bandit who knew that humans hated their immortal overlords, who was given a unique opportunity by the Slytherins and also knew the value of good pr and so cloaked his I-want-power bullshit in rhetoric about liberation.

As for Wilhelm, his concern regarding Sothis probably started from a similar place- once she revealed to him that she was secretly a Nabatean, the War Of Heroes begins to look a lot like a human-v-dragon proxy war for who gets to rule Fodlan, and even after joining Rhea for his Empire (and maaaaybe his relation with her?) he could have harbored some concerns about the whole thing.

E: WoG quote

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From the human perspective/side, Nemesis and the Ten Elites were heroes. As a result, ruling above humans, she [Rhea] would be unable to completely fabricate points that would deny every aspect of their history, eh. As a result, she left them as heroes while changing other parts in order to suit her own needs.


As for why Rhea doesn't talk about this, it seems unlikely she'd want to mention the whole "Nabateans had installed themselves as immortal rulers over humans, who saw them as dark gods and tyrants" to Claude in VW, after Claude breaks Rhea free from a war that occurred at least partially because Rhea once again installed herself as an immortal ruler of humans and humans again not liking it.

Shinji117 fucked around with this message at 04:53 on Feb 23, 2022

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