Quote Originally Posted by Edax View Post
The problem is that nobody in the story was judging people at birth. In fact, Heavensward already covered this territory about generational sin, so as a result nobody changes from this story. Hien wasn't judging people by birth, Gosetsu wasn't judging people by birth and Yugiri was wary from way back in AAR that people might judge her from her birth because of her race. And the WoL already went through the Dragonsong War. Nobody learned anything from Yotsuyu's tale except Yotsuyu's backstory. No one had an arc and nobody learned from the moral "everyone is born innocent" because that was never in dispute. The only time I can think this comes up is during the Samurai class story, which is entirely a Kugane problem with no characters appearing in the MSQ.
Well, you're looking at things from both the viewer and the character's perspective. The reason why I brought up that everyone is born innocent and monsters are created is because you questioned the moral of the story, which applies to us, the viewer.

"When Ala Mhigo was under the command of Gaius van Baelsar, he appointed Fordola and other Ala Mhigans born from digitaries as honorary citizens of the empire by serving in the Garlean militant group known as the Cania Lupi."

While not technically a full citizen, Fordola was more of a citizen of the Empire then Yotsuyu whom was not even born under Imperial rule or even granted honorary citizenship. Even in the wiki, Fordola is listed as a Garlean citizen, while Yotsuyu is not.
None of this changes the fact that Fordola doesn't have a dot right in the middle of her forehead. I do understand where you are coming from, but Yotsuyu is eastern born and a bi product of Doma. While inserting an imperial to act as Viceroy would be ideal, strategically it would be a better choice to appoint domestic influence rather than foreign. I mean think about it: Fordola or some other outsider who knows absolutely nothing about eastern customs, laws, demographics, political influence, and corruption; or Yotsuyu who is already bringing powerful men to their knees?