Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-36170150-20190911122100

For a while now the game has given us quite a few optional opportunities to use Trin's powers to take away problematic people and replace them with useful but limited copies. Quite a few of those have already been disposed of and probably can't be linked to Simon or the Doom King anymore, but among those that remain, how damaging could they be to us if the secret came out? I want to list and discuss the remaining optional copies heading into Chapter 5:

Aramite Jade Clerk: A foreign worker of a now defunct crooked yhilini noble house, last we saw of him he was trying to scam the aramite military with supply contracts by pretending House Jade is still functioning. I doubt anyone is gonna raise much of an issue over this man considering his greed probably burned all bridges he could have once had with Yhilin or Aram.

Orgasmic Empire Noble: A noble from the orgasmic empire, copied at the empress' request. Considering the Orgasmic Empire still has more traditional succubi customs, where slavery and domination are acceptable, I doubt there could be much blowback from this one, and at least Esthera would share our burden of the blame.

Aramite Rapist Soldiers: A group of aramite soldiers that were robbing, harassing, and raping citizens of Eustrin. While Aram will definitely not be happy about us meddling with their military, those soldiers are criminals, and we have been bringing international attention to Aram's treatment of Eustrin, combined with a condemnation from Palina, their direct superior, Aram will probably not raise much of an issue over this to save face.

Bhakan's Guard: Personal guard of Bhakan, a hard man aiming to be king of Ardoheim. While this guard is not of great importance, we don't really have any moral or social justification for copying him. It is possible that future events could retroactively validate our actions (i.e Bhakan aims to assassinate Tyna or revolts with an army to try to force his claim on the throne), but for now, copying this guard would be perceived as nothing but tyranical.

New Givini King's aide: Aide of the old king of New Givini. Similar to the one above, probably made worse by the fact that differently from Bhakan, the king of New Givini is our vassal and ally, not a rival. Would certainly look bad.

Ghanth's aide: Aide of Ghanth, a powerful merchant that was aiming for the throne. Similar to the ones above but a bit better considering Ghanth is definitely involved with very shady mercantlie practices. Worth noting that Ghanth grows suspicious that there is a leak in his business, so this copy could be discovered, or at the very least Ghanth would certainly try to make an issue out of it in the mercantile world.

Lecherous Priestess: An influential Ardan priestess that ran an illicit brothel on the side. While the church is definitely an institution that would moralize us for using Trin's magic, they wouldn't have much ground to argue over this woman. She ran a prostitution ring and personally abused her sex workers, right under the church's nose in the heart of Ardford for all this time.

Aramite Priestess: An Aramite priestess working in Ramasta, was a greedy person, refusing to help those who couldn't pay and willing to abuse her position for the right price. The act of charging for church services is common place in Aram, but altruism is still part of Ivalan principles, the Aramite churches would condemn us, but the rest of the church would perphaps be more lenient, there could be a rift there. The situation is made a bit better by the fact the priestess was willing to fake purity checks (it is how Trin isolates her to make the copy), which I doubt any church would approve of.

Antagonistic Hall Orc: An orc that has a seat on the council of Tak'kan, potentially a mysoginistic asshole. While his personality leaves much to be desired, this orc hasn't done anything criminal, he merely antagonized us during the votes in Tak'kan. Considering how paranoid Grubbak is about the imbalance of powers between the Doom King and his nation, as well as his strong democratic tendencies, there would certainly be consequences if he learned that we undermined his democracy by forcefully silencing any dissidents.

Princess Reletima: Member of a powerful noble house in Stenai, technically now a foreign hostage in the Doom King's harem, overall terrible human being. While she is an awful person, she is already completely harmless, she doesn't command anything in the Doom King's palace and the most she can do is be annoying to the staff, but there isn't much forcing them to deal with her whims. She is still a member of the nobility of a small nation that is nothing but suspicious of Incubus Kings, if she were to be copied and her copy discovered, there would certainly be diplomatic consequences. 