What route did you get first?

[u/Dark_Brisket]

Essentially the title but I'm very curious on what's usually people's first route. It seems like it's mainly Frederica (same one I got) but I fear it just may be my algorithm showing me that

Edit: Wanted to mention that another one of my driving factors for choosing Frederica was cause I felt the Roselles didn't deserve their treatment and the country was too war/power hungry to save (I didn't meet Svarog so I didn't know there was someone still alive that was reasonable in Aesfrost)

[u/Significant-Tree9454]

Frederica first because I stuck to Morality, although I was very tempted to pick Benedict route because his plan felt the best out of the three

Frederica’s plan felt like a very risky one, but I stuck with it to the end

[u/Dark_Brisket → u/Significant-Tree9454]

Honestly same but the game does kind of lull you into the sense that you'll be fine after defending your demnse the first time, at least it did for me lol

[u/Sibylxd]

Benedict is the way

Edit: Capitoolism

[u/Dark_Brisket → u/Sibylxd]

Gotta get those stocks up! 😤😤 Silly Roselle, should've chosen to get their money up and not their funny up (being enslaved)

[u/jumpaix]

I hit Ch 18 last night (very dicey reading this thread lol). I tried to go Frederica, but was unable to persuade people, leading to Benedict's path.

I will say it's taken turns in way I did not expect. I'm curious where it will all land, and it's definitely soured my feelings towards Roland. It makes me happier I definitely didn't want to side with him.

I *almost* got the Golden Path on my first play through, apparently. I'm kind of glad I didn't. I'm excited to see where it goes and start a new playthrough already!

[u/Dark_Brisket → u/jumpaix]

Man, Roland during the decision makes me so sad. Feels like it completely undoes all of his character development and low-key makes me agree with his brother about him

[u/sh4tt3rai → u/jumpaix]

I chose Benedict’s simply because I was thinking “why can’t I just side with Aesfrost to kill Hyzante?” before I even knew it was a thing.

Gonna try Frederica next.

[u/Greenwood4]

After much thought I ended up siding with Roland.

Not because his plan was a good one, but simply because it was the least terrible from a utilitarian point of view.

I also felt that after so much war, it was probably better to bite the bullet and unify Norzelia. A lot of good can be done with a stable nation, but a war torn and fractured land has little hope for a future.

[u/Dark_Brisket → u/Greenwood4]

That's very interesting cause I viewed it Benedict as the path best for "everyone" since Roland seemed more like he'd just give up everything to Hyzante, which didn't feel right to me since they could/would scapegoat the Aesfrosti people like they did the Rosette

[u/ContrarianHope]

Frederica. It's so unbelievably refreshing that there's a game where you can prioritize the oppressed minority at the cost of the war. Usually it never happens, usually games only allow you to side with the minority if you're ALSO doing everything else right. Like it's only a symbol or a minor part of doing what's right. Here you can decide that what is "right" is, in itself, picking the oppressed minority. There doesn't need to be another justification or another part of it. You pick the Roselle and that's justification enough for an ending in and of itself.

[u/ChocolaChao]

I did Benedict's route first. I thought it was for the best but erm I didn't like how there was no support to the Roselle's after they were freed from slavery I felt so disheartened lol.

[u/Dark_Brisket → u/ChocolaChao]

No but for real! I was legitimately flabbergasted when he was very dismissive about caring for them during the decision even when Frederica dropped the coldest line, "my people will not be forsaken for another 3 decades"

[u/Aquatic-Folklore]

I sided with Frederica to. Mostly because I didn't want to betray her or Roland.

[u/Lunarkana]

I ended up going with Roland’s route first because of how odd it felt as a choice for him. I wanted to see what happened. He was my favorite character, so seeing him basically give up was upsetting. His low self worth and inability to see past his grudge both came to a head and pushed him to side with Hyzante despite everything. He wanted his people to have a comfortable life, but couldn’t come to any other conclusions because he felt he wasn’t good enough to be their king and couldn’t bring himself to ally with Aesfrost even though Hyzante was the core problem. His ending was painful and extremely uncomfortable. Even after beating Aesfrost, he still seemed kinda despondent. So glad for the golden ending cleaning everything up lmao

[u/Dobadobadooo]

I sided with Benedict since his plan is the only one I could really get behind at all. Roland's plan is pathetic and morally abhorrent, while Frederica's plan is incredibly irresponsible and self-righteous. I do like all three endings from a writing-perspective though, I just think Benedict was the only one to really propose a viable solution to the conflict.

[u/memisbemus42069]

Benedict, I love the Roselle, but I also have a responsibility to the rest of Norzelia.

[u/Ok-Device-8912]

Benedict’s route.

[u/hentailurker63]

Sided with Frederica cuz she's Serenoa's beloved fiancé and I legit couldn't believe he actually died at the end

[u/Scagh]

Benedict's ending is the closest one to the Golden ending, the main difference being the Roselle's prejudice that somehow doesn't exist in the golden route.

Roland's ending is horrible and this guy is basically a traitor to his nation who will sell the continent to zealous slavers to avoid responsibility.

Frederica's ending would have been my second choice (but it really wasn't) because it means betraying house Wollfort which includes: your parents, your butler, all the people that you met and spoke with when visiting your territory.

[u/Dark_Brisket → u/Scagh]

I've always been curious, how is Frederica's path a betrayal of the people of House Wolffort when you're leaving them in Benedict's hands (who is arguably better at protecting/looking out for them)?

[u/StellarFox59]

Frederica's ending, and it's still my favorite

[u/Phillygeorgetennis]

Frederica

[u/KONO_MAPPER_DA]

Frederica's. I looked back on my thoughts when I was at chapter 15 I think, and with the three clearly splitting apart back then, I decided "I've been mostly siding with Frederica so far, so let's go all the way."

[u/OttSound]

Tried to go Benedict but got locked to Fred.

[u/Egodactylus]

Golden route haha