short rant I wanted to post here:
today I was looking at lysara’s character profile in the notebook and read that the navy had investigated her and found that her and her group had ties to the assassin syndicate and were assassinating people
however, since I had the idea of the navy being corrupt at that moment, I thought that maybe, the navy was simply using that as an excuse to get rid of the swiftstriders because no one could really prove otherwise
the same goes for the veridian hunters, they had recently been labeled criminals due to their cruel and usual ways of taking out targets (should also mention they’re bounty hunters, like the swiftstriders)
now, while I could be reading too deep into it, nothing in that text insinuates that their hunting methods had changed recently, meaning the navy might have let them exist and kept that as an excuse to prosecute them later
but why? because the navy doesn’t want to lose its job!
the navy’s entire deal is that kingdoms let it set up shop in their seas, and they keep piracy and general crime low, and that sounds like a pretty good deal considering how proud the astoria kingdom was of spreading its influence
now, if several independent bounty hunting groups begin picking up traction, doing the same this as you are but arguably more effectively, (since I doubt veyne or lysara bothered with the whole arresting and prosecution bit) then they very much could run the navy out of business, meaning their precious influence all over the war seas is GONE
so what do they do? mark them as criminals! say you ran investigations, the public wont know any better! with that, they have no choice but to disband or die at the hands of the navy
and THAT’S why I think veyne and lysara might genuinely be innocent, honest bounty hunters
what do you guys think? am i onto something or genuinely losing it?
