Haurchefant's Mother

[Rosenoire]

The word that comes to my mind regarding Thordan is "entitled". He believed that he knew what was best for Ishgard and the rest of the world, and the opinions and feelings of others were simply irrelevent. He was right, and that was the end of the matter. I could see him assuming that a woman wanted him because why wouldn't she? But mostly, I feel like Thordan evaluates people by whether they're useful to him. Aymeric as Commander of the Temple Knights was potentially useful--until he proved that he wasn't by not getting with the program. If Thordan had any kind of relationship with his son, he'd have known that his rationalization wasn't going to sway Aymeric.

I definitely got the sense that Aymeric's rise was in spite of his parentage rather than because of it; the rumors and scandal would have made his life very difficult as an unacknowledged bastard. And his relationship in private couldn't have been that warm--he didn't just have him imprisoned; his instructions to "question him thoroughly" and the way Aymeric was limping and holding his arm strongly suggest that the Heavens' Ward tortured him on Thordan's command. Not going to win any Father of the Era awards.