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[scourgingstars]

I was not trying to imply they were somehow justified in their acts. I would presume that 'looking for an ancient daemonic weapon' rather disqualifies the empire from any concept of good will that might theoretically have driven them, regardless.

I merely meant that to truly understand a four hundred years long war requires at minimum some passable knowledge of history that transpired while I was on a forsaken miserable island. Conflicts that are clearly black and white rarely if ever truly exist.

[carbungle]

[There's a long pause where Noctis sends no reply; he has to get up for a minute and pace around, cool down a bit. He's going to start another fight at this rate, and he's- well, he said he would try. So he's trying, dammit.]

maybe try asking him why the war started. my guess would be some kind of spin on "power" and "glory" and "subjugation of the peasants" made up to sound noble somehow

[Okay okay okay try again. Gods, this is hard. There is no neutral in this universe for him when it comes to the conflict.]

from what I remember, it goes like this: Niflheim starts the war. Tenebrae falls, Accordo falls. The king uses the Crystal's power to raise a barrier around Lucis. Over the years the barrier is pulled back more and more until it only protects Insomnia and Niflheim keeps advancing. We lose territory, they gain it. Rinse and repeat until- what I already told you.

While all of that's happening, daemons and the Starscourge spread across the world, and THAT didn't start until the war did, so maybe they caused that to happen, too. It's hard to find fights they DIDN'T start.