Quote Originally Posted by EaraGrace View Post
But this is exactly my point. What Ilberd went through is what Lyse and Raubahn went through as well, and Gaius watched his adoptive kids die yes, but long after he switched sides and took up the Scions cause. The fact remains that the Scions, their message, their goals, were born from the real suffering they experienced and clearly resonated with others who struggled. The point I’m pushing back on is the idea that the Scions haven’t suffered enough to speak up.

I think they have, and even if they hadn’t they’d still be right to do so.
We’ll have to agree to disagree. Compared to most other protagonists and antagonists they really haven’t suffered. Gaius never really switched sides, he even says even though we’re helping him with the weapons it doesn’t change anything and we have the dialogue option to say that as well. Raubahn isn’t really a scion. Lyse though yes that would count. But nothing really compares to the ancients’ millennia of suffering and trying to compare the scions to them is very strange. They’ve had most things handed to them on a silver platter with minimal loss.