That's it, that's the post. Yes, I've only made it to Chapter VII (which was one of two chapters in the OG demo) but Aesfrost isn't doing itself any favors, and judging from the very sparse spoilers I've read, even with other potential turns that are genuinely gray, Aesfrost still sucks.

Also, while I love Frederica, she's frustrating me some - she can be seen as a lower-rung princess of Aesfrost d/t being the daughter of a concubine who also happens to be of an oppressed ethnic group, and being betrothed to a powerful House of Glenbrook means she's probably trying not to step on any toes, but...I don't know. I feel like she won't pull anything epic or extreme against her douchebag older brother.

Benedict is sus.

I recruited Picoletta by sheer chance, and as it turns out, this completely random, sassy lost child trivialized the Chapter V battle (the one where you have to get Roland safely across the castle gardens); I tried the map without her and had far harder time. 10/10, you go girl.

Gotta love how Frani chastised Roland for impulsively coming to his family's aid, only to get done in by impulsively pissing Avlora off.

I feel like I will really not like Avlora, and it hardly has to do with Maxwell either.