A word about the Etios Royals: Hilariously, they're the only ones who don't really have with trauma or are potential villains! Sure, Thetos is a secret who doesn't even KNOW he's anything beyond a Folkvaran mage, but Kobi's just goin' her own way, Naduna's just a hippy, and Keatto's just a dumb jock. Elsewhere we have: An autistic girl locked in a tower, a closeted lesbian, Kuzco and Veruca Salt, a psychopath, a narcissist, and like 3 with crippling anxiety issues. Guess who I'm talking about.
That's true, Hethor's kids seem a lot less screwed up than most of the other royals! Of course we haven't been introduced to all of them, and maybe she has some other kids who are more menacing, but the ones we know of so far seem benign.
They are still pretty young though, and they may become different people as they age. Hethor, Denu, and Boga are all rotten sacks of crap, but I doubt they started that way. It seems their behavior got worse as their power and authority grew.
The same may happen to their kids when they inherit thrones. Keatto is already getting shittier with the more wives, money, and influence he collects. The throne might just finish the job and fully corrupt him.
But the most concerning one is Kobi, in my opinion. She seems really determined to reunify Etios and Matuzu, and she might pull increasingly desperate and violent moves to do so. I have a feeling she's going to become a conflict-cyclone as she gets older. Reunification is not necessarily a good thing that everyone wants; in fact, most people don't want that. Kobi is a rebel who is aggressively swimming against the tide here.
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