I need to talk about Revon too after mentioning Revon x Julian in my Julian ramble post. Similar to Julian, Revon is characterized by one defining moment: the one where the player easily defeats him, he cries, and swear bloody revenge on us. From that moment onward, the majority of the community viewed him as a joke, a weak pathetic crybaby loser (“how’s your brother!” type posts). That’s probs bc they don’t view the characters as seriously i do which is fine (I’ll cry the day when I find someone as crazy about him as I am).
But as Revon’s defense attorney, I have to say Revon was perfectly reasonable to cry in that moment. His brother died, last month or so ago geneal Argos died, his kingdom is basically in chaos, and he is unable to stop the perpetrator of it all: the player. He was probably filled with grief from their deaths, shame from not being able to fight, and panic of the future to come. Can’t a man have a panic attack in the middle of the beach without being called a crybaby?
Besides that, unlike Julian, we get to see how he acts outside of that one moment. When we come to Ravenna, Revon basically holds a speech about his brother going away or something yap, yap. From this scene, we can gather he’s rather diplomatic. He knows how to rally the people of Ravenna in support of Calvus. Later, when we talk to him and ask him who he is, he kindly introduced himself to us. He isn’t offended that we didn’t know his name already due to position as prince. His immediate thought was that we are a foreigner and welcomes us in Ravenna. This could be seen as him being just diplomatic but also quite friendly. I also just want to point out that Vetex perhaps meant for this to be a friendlier moment between us and Revon than it actually was bc in Revon’s dialogue at the beach, he cries out “And you, [Player's full name], I had a conversation with you at Rasna while not suspecting a thing!”. When really, we barely had a conversation with the prince for him to have this betrayed reaction. We are literally a stranger to him. But let’s go with the narrative that we had a longer conversation with him, get to know him more, maybe make him laugh. This shows that he’s humble and trusting enough to befriend us without regard to our background.
In addition, there are the civilians’ thoughts and gossip about him. I particularly like one where a woman goes something like “ahhh, he’s so handsome”. As for the gossip, it’s about him and his girlfriend breaking up and her attempting to kill him (we get to see her later in the mines). And it’s very interesting to say the least. There comes this questions of like why did they break up, why did she try to kill him, what the hell happened. (I would definitely be among those who gossip about him). That being said, he’s probably gossiped about a lot.
Oh, and Revon’s ignorance to Calvus’ crimes. He definately didn’t about them as seen in his cries at the beach. But then there’s a Tiberia, a town Calvus promised to rebuild but never seems to do. From an outsider’s perspective or by simply talking to a Tiberian, it’s obvious that Calvus never intended to make due in that promise. The town is shambles compared to the others. It could be perceived that Revon is willfully ignorant of the town’s current state or actually ignorant/never been to Tiberia/completely trusts his brothers word. Idk why Calvus chooses not to help the town (or maybe I forgot). Perhaps it’s to cut back costs or something Winterviel related.
Another thing in general is Winterviel. Do the ppl of Ravenna even know about Winterviel. Does Revon? Perhaps some of the soldiers/General do bc had a mission of continuing the Ceasar legacy of wiping them all.
That’s all my brain could rack up for today. If only I could place this amount of effort in my 10000 unfinished fanfics then I’ll be yeah
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