Quote Originally Posted by Noj_R
SEED has condemned Ulti. After all, they have been training for the final confrontation with Ulti. Cant become more condemning on a person than training hundreds of warriors to fight her. I believe Ulti is referring to the "prophecy" ( I use that word loosely ) that SEED has taught their students. The coming of an evil sorceress that SEED is destined to fight.
Except she wasn’t directing these comments at seeD; she was directing them at Galbadian civilians. At this point, she was unaware that there were any seeD in the audience.
Quote Originally Posted by Noj_R
She refers to sorceress: single NOT plural. I dont believe all sorceresses were feared. There are feared ones ( Adel ) and respected ones ( Edea ). What makes you think all sorceresses were feared and hated? She refers to only one sorceress ( herself ) as evil.
Quote from Galbadia Garden, right before the first appearance of Irvine.
Martine:… In order to stress the importance of
this mission, I must first brief you on the current situation. At ease.
You all know about the sorceress being appointed as the peace
ambassador for the Galbadian government. However, this ambassador thing
is just a cover up. There will be no peace talks, only threats. The
sorceress creates fear among people. Therefore, peace talks are
impossible. Galbadia is planning to use this fear to negotiate
favorable conditions for itself.
This heavily implies that sorceresses are generally feared by the public, and Galbadia was planning to take advantage of this in order further their quest for world domination. In addition to this, the following is said by Raijin after his defeat in Balamb:
Raijin: Seifer has a lot of followers, but we're his only friends...
We're a posse, ya know...? The Galbadian soldiers are only listening to
Seifer 'cause they fear the sorceress. Without us, Seifer would have a
posse, ya know...?
So really, people aren’t following Edea out of ‘respect’ at all. They are following her purely because she is a figure of intimidation.
Quote Originally Posted by Noj_R
SEED knows that the coming sorceress is going to kill, that is common knowledge. She wonders know why they hold her in high esteem. The thing is that no one in Glabadia knew she was "The" sorceress destined to fight SEED.
I don’t think anyone (besides Cid and Edea herself) knew the true nature of seeD at this point in time. As far as the rest of the world knew, seeD was just an incredibly powerful and influential mercenary force.