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indigozealFound this other doc, which offers up some interesting info on 7th Saga partner betrayals: what happens when you get a Rune, and your partner turns on you to take the party's Runes for himself. (This can happen only when you get the Water, Moon, or Light Runes, apparently, which is interesting in itself; you get Water & Moon in nonviolent settings, but Light you get after defeating Doros. It'd be heck to have to deal with an apprentice battle after a dungeon & a big boss fight; it might have been fairer to switch this event instance to the Wind Rune instead.) With Lejes, of course, there's a relatively high chance of this happening, 1/8; with Wilme, 1/16. Next come Kamil & Olvan, at 1/32, with Valsu & his holy morals far behind at 1/128.
Interesting thing, though: The document claims that Esuna & Lux can't betray you at all. Now, it's rationalized that neither Esuna nor Lux can be the Patrof apprentice because the generitext refers to that apprentice as "he," which lets out Esuna, and because the apprentice's spiel is normally capitalized, whereas Lux speaks in all caps. This, however, suggests that there might be a character-based reason behind them not being the Patrof apprentice. Lux, of course, is a robot, and though Lux has desires & motivations - he wants to find out what happened to his people - the pettiness of greed & betrayal might be a bit beyond him.
What's up with Esuna, though? Could it be a crisis of confidence? At the start, when the apprentices first split up, she voices confidence that she'll doesn't need help and will be all right by herself with her magic. (This cocky attitude is underlined by her initial rebuff of Lemele in favor of boozing it up at a bar in the opening.) If you come across her later, though, one of her possible messages is a dejected "This journey has taught me how little I truly know. Back to the beginning. I must start all over again.".
So does Esuna's brash exterior cover up a lack of self-assurance? Does she not try to steal Runes because she's not confident that she could win in a mano-a-mano battle? She's one of the biggest damage engines in the game!
(And this Japanese script dump indeed doesn't have a betrayal message for Esuna (just a bug message in its place) - but it does have one for Lux! What the heck?)
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Interesting thing, though: The document claims that Esuna & Lux can't betray you at all. Now, it's rationalized that neither Esuna nor Lux can be the Patrof apprentice because the generitext refers to that apprentice as "he," which lets out Esuna, and because the apprentice's spiel is normally capitalized, whereas Lux speaks in all caps. This, however, suggests that there might be a character-based reason behind them not being the Patrof apprentice. Lux, of course, is a robot, and though Lux has desires & motivations - he wants to find out what happened to his people - the pettiness of greed & betrayal might be a bit beyond him.
What's up with Esuna, though? Could it be a crisis of confidence? At the start, when the apprentices first split up, she voices confidence that she'll doesn't need help and will be all right by herself with her magic. (This cocky attitude is underlined by her initial rebuff of Lemele in favor of boozing it up at a bar in the opening.) If you come across her later, though, one of her possible messages is a dejected "This journey has taught me how little I truly know. Back to the beginning. I must start all over again.".
So does Esuna's brash exterior cover up a lack of self-assurance? Does she not try to steal Runes because she's not confident that she could win in a mano-a-mano battle? She's one of the biggest damage engines in the game!
(And this Japanese script dump indeed doesn't have a betrayal message for Esuna (just a bug message in its place) - but it does have one for Lux! What the heck?)
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