The Motivation for King Thordan and the Knights Twelve? (HW Spoilers)

[FJerome]

-They don't come off 'evil' to me at all, in fact they all seem really drained from the whole experience & didnt find it something to be celebrated (some of them anyway..?)

Yeah, that's largely why I'm interested in this, because Prince Haldrath and the Forgotten Knight talk sins and betrayal and trading their honour. They don't seem like men who'd have gone through with this for petty reasons.

Of course, it might have been really simple; Thordan just wanted a new pair of Wyvernskin Boots, so he had to slaughter Ratatoskr. Crafting in this game really does a great job of flying in the face of the narrative... I can pop out my Midgardsormr minion and go about slaughtering Wyverns and Dragons for their skins, because I need them for crafting, yet Midgardsormr still goes "Oh yes, Hydaelyns Champion helped bring peace between our people!". No Middy, I've perhaps slaughtered more dragons than Ishgard has in its entire history, all for their skins, and I blame Rowena. I go about slaughtering sentient dragons just for crafting collectables... I hope next expansion gives us Lalafell Skins and Lalafell Leather (and Miqo'te Furs and Au Ra Scales), because going through the story and then having to farm Dragon Skins for crafting is just as grim... And people complain that PvP flies in the face of this games themes... Crafting puts you on a genocidal campaign against all life on Hydaelyn, the Warrior of Darkness was just on Warrior to farm materials, he actually mains Culinarian...

Wait, you're a level 60 Alchemist, how have you not noticed all this Spoken Blood we've been using all this time?

The time for moral quibbles passed long ago, my friend.

Nevermind, wrong Taisai Jin.

Um, stop levelling Alchemist. Don't ask why. If the Brass Blades stop by this was all just stuff I brought back clearing Voidsent out from Haukke Manor.