Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20170707041037/@comment-27861768-20170729171047

The Fulminato wrote: Ripett wrote: You know, Geoff's insisting that Simon got "better men and women" killed somewhat remind me to that guy insisting Janine must send army to protect Ari-Relhana because a lot if "important nobles" live there... which made me wonder if those "better men and women" really were better or if they were just more "connected" and "important" and their death affected Geoff's advancement in rank. Or maybe not so much advancement in rank as in getting a shitty post which is masked as "promotion". Mestan word: "No, you strike me as one of the most ordinary soldiers I've ever met." / "I'm willing to bet you've gotten older but not much stronger, constantly seeing young warriors who are better than you."

simon isn't a talent soldier (and robin in many dialogue think his is better suited for a mage), so don't think geoff statemend are malicius, simply cannot see over the raw power simon lack, and skip his real talent (intelligence, focus and willpower at least) That may be but consider the fact that Geoff is veteran of 2nd Arclent War who stayed in the military (unlike Simon who left and started working with Church of Ivala) and yet, he was stationed guarding part of the border... to me that seem like some sort of promotion/punishment where he is nominally given a command but it's relatively irrelevant for the bigger picture.

It's similar to Captain Sobel in Band of Brothers who got "promoted" to head a parachute jump school for auxiliary personel (reporters, priests and like) but in the process he lost command of Easy Company and chance to participate in D-day and other operations...