Thread: Revelations from Patch 5.5 (Part 2)

Originally Posted by dynus

Hmm... I'm hoping it's tricking them into coming home and keeping them there, or getting them the incentive to come home and solve the problems he can't, but not holding my breath.

I wonder if it could be a neutrality thing. Like, disowning them makes them not Sharlayan citizens in some capacity, enabling them to act more freely with regards to [Unintroduced Plot Point X], without diplomatic backlash of some kind. Though in the short term, we can probably expect another gag about how Alphinaud doesn't understand money.

I'm reaching maybe, but that's all we can do for the next six months.

Originally Posted by Fenral

I wonder if it could be a neutrality thing. Like, disowning them makes them not Sharlayan citizens in some capacity, enabling them to act more freely with regards to [Unintroduced Plot Point X], without diplomatic backlash of some kind. Though in the short term, we can probably expect another gag about how Alphinaud doesn't understand money.

I'm reaching maybe, but that's all we can do for the next six months.

Personally I'm operating on the assumption Sharlayan knows something and Fourchenault doesn't want his kids using the prestige that comes with their name to find out.

Originally Posted by Cilia

Personally I'm operating on the assumption Sharlayan knows something and Fourchenault doesn't want his kids using the prestige that comes with their name to find out.

That would be the solution with fewest assumptions, certainly. It already seems to be keeping them from coming and going freely, if Alphi's current Rising Stones lines are anything to go by. Not sure how much the Leveilleur name matters outside of Sharlayan, though, so we may not be able to grasp the full implications until our obligatory Aethernet tour of Old Sharlayan.

I do like the 5D chess potential, though.