Quote Originally Posted by Edax View Post
Which means the Empire doesn't care about "Barbarians" and racial superiority anymore if they hand over command to a Barbarian. This contradicts Fordola's story. Either the Empire is practicing Realpolitik or it's ideologically driven, it usually can't be both. Especially since Doma and Ala Mhigo had the same leader.
To be fair, with what we learned in the recent story, they /never/ cared. The Empire is there to sow Chaos and further the Ascian's desire to merge all the shards. Mind the average citizen, noble or otherwise, does not know this and likely wouldn't care to question it either when a potentially contradicting order is sent out. Putting Yotsuyu in control of Doma provided the most turmoil the situation could have had, and kept pressure on the surrounding areas. Same with what happened with Fordola, which you could also see as the Empire trying to take advantage of potential cultural differences though that's a stretch even I will admit. At the very least, raising an entire generation of Ala Mhigan's and gaslighting them into thinking the only future they had was with the Empire definitely falls in line with trying to cause as much disruption as possible.