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~@/{{Cryocene}} Alas, I have returned.
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~@/{{Cryocene}} Alas, I am returned.
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One, I really see no evidence at all that the \'\'king\'\' of the land had absolutely no say in how the land was run. Really, it\'s self-contradictory even in the context of this page, because it then immediately credits anything good that happened in his term to him specifically (\
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One, I really see no evidence at all that the \\\'\\\'king\\\'\\\' of the land had absolutely no say in how the land was run. Really, it\\\'s self-contradictory even in the context of this page, because it then immediately credits anything good that happened in his term to him specifically (\\\"Good King\\\" entry). And as already stated, he loved Marika and she loved him, and he still loves her; so the absolutely most charitable reading is that he just didn\\\'t care.
Two, even if we are to think that he had no say in how the kingdom was run, he still bears great responsibility for that situation coming to pass in the first place. He led brutal wars of conquest and, in the aftermath of those wars, an oppressive regime was installed and entire races were enslaved. Including \\\'\\\'his own allies.\\\'\\\' In any other fictional work, would the loyal general of the \\\"evil empire\\\" faction tyrannically ruling over people and bringing ever more into said rule \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' be viewed as a villain just because he, specifically, has a military rather than political rank? I really doubt it.
As an aside, I think it should also be noted that Godfrey was particularly brutal and vicious even by the setting\\\'s standards. There are two direct contrasting examples in the same context that are related to him. Namely Godwyn convincing Marika to spare the dragons after himself sparing Fortisax, and Radagon bringing Liurnia into the kingdom by marriage (and letting them keep their policies - Albinaurics still get shat on but trolls seem more equal) rather than going full genocide and slavery, even though both of these peoples also worshipped foreign gods like the Giants and Stormlanders did.
Two, even if we are to think that he had no say in how the kingdom was run, he still bears great responsibility for that situation coming to pass in the first place. He led brutal wars of conquest and, in the aftermath of those wars, an oppressive regime was installed and entire races were enslaved. Including \\\'\\\'his own allies.\\\'\\\' In any other fictional work, would the loyal general of the \\\"evil empire\\\" faction tyrannically ruling over people and bringing ever more into said rule \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' be viewed as a villain just because he, specifically, has a military rather than political rank? I really doubt it.
As an aside, I think it should also be noted that Godfrey was particularly brutal and vicious even by the setting\\\'s standards. There are two direct contrasting examples in the same context that are related to him. Namely Godwyn convincing Marika to spare the dragons after himself sparing Fortisax, and Radagon bringing Liurnia into the kingdom by marriage (and letting them keep their policies - Albinaurics still get shat on but trolls seem more equal) rather than going full genocide and slavery, even though both of these peoples also worshipped foreign gods like the Giants and Stormlanders did.
