> killing and maiming slimy and dishonest. they took the land. read all the quest text, all the in game books. they never killed or maimed a single person. there's not one quest, not one, where there's any mention of anyone, anyone at all, ever coming to physical harm at the hands of the defias. they were thieves and used intimidation to force people off their lands to claim the resources but there is no evidence anywhere in game they ever actually hurt anyone. ever. the queen who was the stone masons biggest advocate dying to a stray rock throw in the riots that occurred before the events of the game or them even being the defias brotherhood yet is the only person who was ever hurt by them and the rebellion started with them all being betrayed and then found guilty and faced with brutal repriasals, exile, and imprisonment for a tragic accident when all they ever asked was fair composition as per their contract. their crimes consist of taking property and food and nothing more. property and food seized from the lands and people of the kingdom which owed them, land and people which the corrupt government then continued to refuse to send aid or recompensate either. the "vile villian" bazil thredd sentenced to death crime was stealing from the graves of the dead, their actions in elywen were taking over mines and stripping iron from anyhwhere they could. everything they ever did was to build their warship and attack the nobles and they never actually hurt anyone to do it. player characters sent to kill them are the only people they've ever attacked.
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