ppl talk about cousland having a degenerative arc, but honestly cousland can't beat out aeducan in terms of going from high to low
aeducan was literally royalty, meaning they lived even more lavishly than cousland, so it was an even bigger adjustment to being poor
they weren't just betrayed by a family friend they were betrayed by their OWN BROTHER, and then they have to decide whether to put their fratricidal brother on the throne over harrowmont
they can't even marry alistair in order to regain their royalty status like cousland can
in addition to being poor for the first time, they also have to adjust to an entirely differently environment. imagine living underground your whole life only to come to the surface and find out you're allergic to grass
they ALSO have to adjust to being a minority. they went from people bowing to them to being called racial slurs for the first time
and just to rub it in, everything is too tall
you ought to put some respect on aeducan's name
