Squall of SeeD
03-03-2005, 05:52 PM
After remembering this while posting in the Delita Thread, I've become increasingly interested in this plot point of the story. This little tucked away bit of information may -- from his perspective -- justify what Zalbag ordered Algus to do.
If one reads the Brave Story biography notes on Teta, it suggests that she had a hand in the assassination attempt on Dycedarg's life:
(Before her death.)
Teta Hyral (Age: 15)
Delita's sister. Daughter of a farmer of a fief in the Beoulve Kingdom. Losing her parents to the Black Plague, she was taken in by the Beoulve family with her brother. She is secretly worried about her brother, who is forced by the Beoulve family to attend the Academy. She is abducted by the Death Corps, as she was involved with the assassination of Duke Dycedarg. Current whereabouts are unknown.
(After her death.)
Teta Hyral
Delita's sister. Daughter of a farmer of a fief in the Beoulve Kingdom. Losing her parents to the Black Plague, she was taken in by the Beoulve family with her brother. She attended the Aristocratic School with Alma, but had a hard time due to her family background. Abducted for her involvement in the assassination of Duke Dycedarg and killed by Algus at the Fort Zeakden.
Further, if one reads Golagros Levine's biography notes after Teta's abduction, there's another hint toward this:
Golagros Levine (Age: 28)
Knight in the Death Corps. Attacks Beoulve in Igros, trying to assassinate Duke Dycedarg, a promiment official under Prince Larg. The assassination attempt failed, but during his escape, he confronts and abducts Delita's sister, Teta. Unknown why she was taken as a hostage. Ordered her release by Wiegraf, but continued to escape to Fort Zeakden.
It says here that it's unknown why she was taken as a hostage, whereas Teta's notes state that she was taken because of her involvement in the assassination attempt.
Granted, this leaves the question of why the Death Corps were also trying to take Alma until Zalbag cut down the Death Corps Thief who was dragging her, but the Brave Story does seem to offer an explanation behind Teta's abduction beyond her just being a shield, though it's never touched upon in event dialogue.
Perhaps it was a plothole or simply a mistranslation, or perhaps Dycedarg even made up the bit about Teta attempting to kill him (in which case Zalbag would have believed what he ordered to be justified), but if Teta did, indeed, attempt to help assassinate Dycedarg, then Zalbag would have believed killing her to be justified, and Teta's involvement in this matter would have never been known to Delita, adding a whole new angle of tragedy to his actions.
What are your thoughts on this? Do you think it likely to be true? Do you think it a mistake in translation? A misconception of context? A lie on Dycedarg's part that's never revealed?
In the event that you do believe it to have been the case, do you feel that it in any way justified the course of action Zalbag took? Would Delita have taken a different path had he known?
Speculate away, folks.
If one reads the Brave Story biography notes on Teta, it suggests that she had a hand in the assassination attempt on Dycedarg's life:
(Before her death.)
Teta Hyral (Age: 15)
Delita's sister. Daughter of a farmer of a fief in the Beoulve Kingdom. Losing her parents to the Black Plague, she was taken in by the Beoulve family with her brother. She is secretly worried about her brother, who is forced by the Beoulve family to attend the Academy. She is abducted by the Death Corps, as she was involved with the assassination of Duke Dycedarg. Current whereabouts are unknown.
(After her death.)
Teta Hyral
Delita's sister. Daughter of a farmer of a fief in the Beoulve Kingdom. Losing her parents to the Black Plague, she was taken in by the Beoulve family with her brother. She attended the Aristocratic School with Alma, but had a hard time due to her family background. Abducted for her involvement in the assassination of Duke Dycedarg and killed by Algus at the Fort Zeakden.
Further, if one reads Golagros Levine's biography notes after Teta's abduction, there's another hint toward this:
Golagros Levine (Age: 28)
Knight in the Death Corps. Attacks Beoulve in Igros, trying to assassinate Duke Dycedarg, a promiment official under Prince Larg. The assassination attempt failed, but during his escape, he confronts and abducts Delita's sister, Teta. Unknown why she was taken as a hostage. Ordered her release by Wiegraf, but continued to escape to Fort Zeakden.
It says here that it's unknown why she was taken as a hostage, whereas Teta's notes state that she was taken because of her involvement in the assassination attempt.
Granted, this leaves the question of why the Death Corps were also trying to take Alma until Zalbag cut down the Death Corps Thief who was dragging her, but the Brave Story does seem to offer an explanation behind Teta's abduction beyond her just being a shield, though it's never touched upon in event dialogue.
Perhaps it was a plothole or simply a mistranslation, or perhaps Dycedarg even made up the bit about Teta attempting to kill him (in which case Zalbag would have believed what he ordered to be justified), but if Teta did, indeed, attempt to help assassinate Dycedarg, then Zalbag would have believed killing her to be justified, and Teta's involvement in this matter would have never been known to Delita, adding a whole new angle of tragedy to his actions.
What are your thoughts on this? Do you think it likely to be true? Do you think it a mistake in translation? A misconception of context? A lie on Dycedarg's part that's never revealed?
In the event that you do believe it to have been the case, do you feel that it in any way justified the course of action Zalbag took? Would Delita have taken a different path had he known?
Speculate away, folks.