Arenvald - Garlean half-breed?

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It's very vague, but it seems like his father was a pure-blooded Garlean and may not have been a mere soldier from a conquered nation. <...> We know mixed race children are possible and are highly frowned upon. And based on his story, he was frowned upon as a child and his mother eventually abandoned him.

If you read the comments from his two friends (when they're around) and put all the pieces together, his position is not so much that he was a half-breed and half-breeds are frowned upon as much as ... more tragedy, lol.

When Gaius sparked revolt from the shadows, Ala Mhigo's coup was relatively bloodless in terms of that it wasn't a war with a protracted siege, but that doesn't mean it didn't get downright brutal once the Empire swooped in and took control - sacking the city, putting down rebellions, subjugating and consolidating all factions under Imperial law, etc.

Arvenald's friends heavily imply that a presumably pure-blooded Garlean (midlander-looking a with third eye) raped Arvenald's mother (presumably a highlander female) during the sack of the city and she couldn't bear the sight of him.

Everyone knows what happens when a city is sacked, even if the bards choose to omit that part. But Arenvald shouldn't be pitied. Boys like him have a clean slate, an opportunity to write their own story, free of the ties that bind the common man.

I'm glad to see he's still around, but if you've been talking with him between every quest... he's lost more since the game began than he even had before we started it. Tragic, indeed. A lot of the characters who weave in and out of the Scion HQ over the story have very interesting tales.

Keep checking in with them! Even the Scions get up to shenanigans when nobody's looking.