a lot of folks are posting some Hot Takes regarding The Empire vs. The Dynasty but I think the clearest dichotomy of the attitudes of each country was displayed in the most recent episode when the Nein spoke with Ludanis.
he said the thing that enraged the Empire was the fact that missionaries came from Xhorhas to spread the word of the Luxon. that’s it. not an unprompted attack, but something that could’ve potentially made citizens aware of consecution especially bc it’s been hinted that the Dynasty believes there are consecuted souls in the Empire
and what did the Empire do?
SEND FUCKING SPIES WHO WERE SPOTTED AND KILLED BC WHAT THE FUCK WHY ARE YOU SENDING SPIES TO A NEUTRAL NATION YOU’RE NOT AT WAR WITH
I hate to be that person but technically, in a way, the dynasty was 'stealing' children. Even if the souls belonged to passed citizens of the dynasty they still were born into the empire and no one there had any reason to believe that their children had souls from another country. Like it just sounds wild.

















