pillars of eternity ii deadfire skuldr ear

'O, poor man! He who thinks coin is the sole and lone benefit of working for a prestigious, powerful woman like our Watcher! The true rewards of such a vocation are not in material wealth, my friend, but in the challenge! Rebuilding the glorious Caed Nua from the crumbling ruins. Kana shook his head, his grin as wide as ever as he regarded the farmer with pity. This is why Maia as an agent of the RDC works so damn well-he has a cool hot chick on his team and the hazanui and grand secretary saying “You're a good man, you're doing good things for good people, it takes a good person to do that, you're a good person stopping bad people” and he's like “omg really 🥺🥺🥺🥺.” Vailians don't do this! It's why Pallegina's admiration made me jump out of my chair! I've thought a lot about the contrast of his service with Rauatai with that of Vailia: with the RDC, he is given fierce praise and a soldier's welcome for committing genuine war crimes with the VTC, he'll do less bad, but still colonial, things, and get a stiff nod and a bag of coin. except when they're framed in such a way that makes him become reliant on it. His guilt over his past makes him dismissive of any comments on his positive virtues. “You're strong” “Yeah whatever.” “You're good” “You know nothing about me” etc etc. In POE 1, when he's still bad, he's such a shitty misanthrope that I think he just brushes it off. with one unfortunate exception 😔😔😔” The Rauatai path is extremely narratively satisfying, but I think I consider the Vailia path the more canon of the two-his fierce admiration for and friendship with Pallegina means a lot to him. all people have the capacity to do better. He has a bit of “You should be allowed to forget your mistake. He was 23 in the first game, and that really comes up in his relationship with Grieving Mother-he doesn't even talk to her until after he decides to change his ways, but they fall into a dynamic wherein she helps him control his latent cipher abilities (yeeaaa boiiii whisper of treason talent babyyyy) as he truly feels her regret and guilt. In the first game, he struggled with his morality, and so anyone who can set him on a path he thinks is right has his respect. POE 2 Claude's misguided notion of stewardship makes him respect the leadership of the RDC, as much as his bad experiences in Old Vailia make him receptive to the VTC's claimed desire to help and teach and bring prosperity to others.

Pillars of eternity ii deadfire skuldr ear