Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20181103233945/@comment-1435995-20190719002838

TheEndingOfTheWords wrote: When I say fear, I'm referring to a specific event in Zirantia where Estaven causes mass fear in order to attempt to use it towards some fell purpose he names 'ascension'. It didn't work, as he didn't have time to act. At that time, however, he stated that he was going to use that fear as a literal source of power.

I agree that Estaven was an awful ruler, however. He had many flaws. I think the one that finally did him in, though, was trying to rule totally alone. This seems to be a running theme in TLS.

And Ginasta may be op, but that's honestly fine, I think I can manage to deal with it. (in Final Fantasy Tactics, about 3/4 through the game you get access to TG Cid AKA. Orlandeau AKA. Death Incarnate and he is hilariously OP. Literally head and shoulders above every other character you currently have and will ever get, including the protagonist. His moveset, Holy Swordsman (Swordsaint in the remake), is just the moveset of every other special knight class in the game. Sometimes it's fun to crush your enemies and see them driven before you. Is it likely that we'll get Ginasta and she'll be that OP? No, it's not likely. But hope springs eternal.)

Edit: To respond to the above question, first playthrough I spared him, but then I saw that you get +10 entity cohesion from letting Wendis vent. Second playthrough he got to spend some time in Wendis's loving embrace. Sorry Estaven, you're not worth losing out on important stats. So, he used the sexual link technique but with fear instead? Seriously that weasel was very smart. I think that it was not only his ego that brought him down. He is an evil genius when it comes to magic and research but he might be a dummy otherwise. He couldn't lead, he couldn't delegate and thus he solved his problems with magic and rituals. Having an army fight for you only because of a ritual is hyper problematic when your enemy has specialists. After he lost his army and with everyone against him it was a battle of attricion.