(02-12-2015, 11:29 AM)Gegenji Wrote: So by passing the Hedge, you're effectively agreeing to the Pact (unless you're a Duskwight or one of the poachers because "reasons"?) whether you like it or not? Or is the Pact and the Woodsin acclimation two separate things?
And, to keep it vaguely on topic, would you think that "preventing Woodsin" or - more likely - "preventing Greenwrath" would be enough of a reason for a Wailer or God's Bow to step in? And how far would such a reason allow them to act? Would a God's Bow be allowed to slay a poacher under the reason of "preventing Greenwrath"?
That's the gist yeah, if you pass the Hedge into the Wood, you are consenting to Gridanian law or the Pact. That's why in 1.0 there were not a lot of people who would do this willingly. Like trade caravans from other nations came heavily guarded and were met at the Hedge by Wood Wailers and were personally escorted to Gridania. In the 1.0 ARC questline, there's an interesting segment where a contingent of Ishgardian Holy Knights are leaving the Twelveswood with a bunch of captive heretics the Gridanians had turned over to them. When your character crosses their path, they immediately go for their weapons, but the Knight Captain stands them down and looks around at the Wood and warns them not to draw their weapons because they were guests in the Wood.
And back on topic, yes, a Wood Wailer or Gods Quivermen would most definitely use excessive or lethal force to prevent Greenwrath. A good example is the White Rams in North Shroud who kill Ixal on sight because they were banished from the Wood and most of the time are here to cut down trees (another damnable act per the Pact). Or in the Lv15 Gridanian MSQ (where the Ascian shows up) the Wood Wailers and Gods Quiver slaughter a scouting party of Ixal who are too near one of the Hedgetrees. Cuz, like the cutscenes show, it's not just the perpetrator who's in danger when the Greenwrath is awoken, but everyone. The WHM questline for instance, both 1.0 and 2.0's (with slight variations) have the Player Character attempt to prevent the angered Elementals of the Wood from leveling the entire forest, Gridania with it.
So would a Wood Wailer kill you for poaching... probably not. But burning a tree, chopping down a Hedgetree, or doing something equally damaging to the Wood may earn you a swift death by arrow/spear.
Also! Interesting tidbit from the recent Coeurlclaw Moogle Delivery Quest was that in order to be initiated into the Coeurlclaw Poachers, you have to kill a Wood Wailer... So I think that may inspire a great deal of prejudice when it comes to the way Gridanians deal with poachers in general. Even if not all poachers are inherently dangerous, I'm sure the Coeurlclaws give every poacher a very very bad name.
