No please do rain, make it rain all day. I want to have all the information I can exactly so I don't put myself into a lore blunder fest.Â
I haven't read anything that would suggest the soldiers being brainwashed, aside from this-
With that being said, I think that could be seen in the same terms of brainwashing as (not trying to start a fight here) religion in society, or on a less aggressive fashion just overall brainwashing children to like particular things over another. I hadn't seen anything about actually forcing someone into their train of thought.
Echo - So far the only mention I'd found on their reaction to the echo was from the same page as the last quote with
Now that was where I was going to have a bit of a big bite to take to figure out how to make such a thing work. Where a lot of K'tahrl's 'training/upbringing' would've been shadowed even in the Garlean Empire, aiding in the Espionage aspect of his character design. (If this wasn't apparent, K'tahrl isn't going to be one of the good guys)
tl;dr I am open to any insight I am missing with what limited resources there are. This is still an ever evolving character design and input is gladly taken and wanted.
@Vareal The idea that I have for all of this, was K'tahrl was born around the time of Theodorac, the tyrannical leader of Ala Mhigo who was killing his own people condemning them to heresy against the throne, in 1552 (20 years prior to Dalamud falling). He would be 5 when the empire took over Ala Mhigo and with his parents no longer in the picture(most likely executed as heretics), would have been picked up by a soldier of the empire and brought into Garlemald (thus ending any real connection to Ala Mhigo)
I haven't read anything that would suggest the soldiers being brainwashed, aside from this-
Quote:While it is currently unknown how they recruit soldiers from inside the Empire, a good portion of the low hierarchy imperial troops are citizens from conquered areas such as Ala Mhigo; after the fall of the city state, many of its children have been brainwashed into hating the Primals and Beastmen and became loyal servants of the Empire.
With that being said, I think that could be seen in the same terms of brainwashing as (not trying to start a fight here) religion in society, or on a less aggressive fashion just overall brainwashing children to like particular things over another. I hadn't seen anything about actually forcing someone into their train of thought.
Echo - So far the only mention I'd found on their reaction to the echo was from the same page as the last quote with
Quote:Most importantly, it's clear that those touched by the Echo and the Beastmen tribes (as well as their Primals) are the "enemies" of the Empire, whose citizens and soldiers believe to be fighting for the greater good of their nation.
Now that was where I was going to have a bit of a big bite to take to figure out how to make such a thing work. Where a lot of K'tahrl's 'training/upbringing' would've been shadowed even in the Garlean Empire, aiding in the Espionage aspect of his character design. (If this wasn't apparent, K'tahrl isn't going to be one of the good guys)
tl;dr I am open to any insight I am missing with what limited resources there are. This is still an ever evolving character design and input is gladly taken and wanted.
@Vareal The idea that I have for all of this, was K'tahrl was born around the time of Theodorac, the tyrannical leader of Ala Mhigo who was killing his own people condemning them to heresy against the throne, in 1552 (20 years prior to Dalamud falling). He would be 5 when the empire took over Ala Mhigo and with his parents no longer in the picture(most likely executed as heretics), would have been picked up by a soldier of the empire and brought into Garlemald (thus ending any real connection to Ala Mhigo)
