MSQ - what's next? [spoilers]

[Rosenoire]

I think we might have been intended to take her aunt's "offer" as her selling Yotsuyu as someone's wife, in exchange for her cousin's schooling. The soldier would probably have been an intermediary or retainer of some lord, and would have been in a position to see her abuse firsthand.

Her husband's death and later her status as a prostitute at the very least are most likely true, since Gosetsu references them when he's trying to egg her on during the torture scene.

I'd missed Gosetsu referring to her husband by name, so yes, I'll add that to the "probably true" column.

The soldier was wearing Imperial-style armor, and suggesting her cousin might get to study in Garlemald, which wouldn't have happened were Doma not a Garlean province at that point. Also, for that scene to have taken place prior to the occupation, Yotsuyu would have to be much older than she appears--remember that the occupation was 25 years before Stormblood. Plus, he made the offer before he saw Yotsuyu.

For me, the discrepancies make her a lot more interesting. I like the idea that she told exactly the story that she knew would get her audience--people who like to think of themselves as honorable--to listen, instead of doing the smart thing and saying, "That's nice; now I'm going to kill you."

[Daralii]

I'd missed Gosetsu referring to her husband by name, so yes, I'll add that to the "probably true" column.

The soldier was wearing Imperial-style armor, and suggesting her cousin might get to study in Garlemald, which wouldn't have happened were Doma not a Garlean province at that point. Also, for that scene to have taken place prior to the occupation, Yotsuyu would have to be much older than she appears--remember that the occupation was 25 years before Stormblood. Plus, he made the offer before he saw Yotsuyu.

For me, the discrepancies make her a lot more interesting. I like the idea that she told exactly the story that she knew would get her audience--people who like to think of themselves as honorable--to listen, instead of doing the smart thing and saying, "That's nice; now I'm going to kill you."

I know that Doma was occupied, but I'm assuming that whatever system of provincial governors or nobility was maintained for a time to enforce the Empire's will across the nation while they worked to consolidate power under the Viceroy.