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Vayne Solidor
I could speak for hours about Vayne. He is such an great villain, from his ideals being shared by people he considers as friends, to the way he manages to come out on top despite having the entire world against him, including divine beings. He is the main character of his story!
But the crux of his ideal, what drives him to face any obstacles with his wit and use it to surpass even gods comes from his little brother Larsa. He has seen and experienced betrayals down to his own family, but Larsa was his beacon of a better future.
Larsa was his legacy!
Larsa was his legacy!
You could say Vayne was sociopathic, even delusional, but even himself knew the monster he became. He decided to become this monster in order to wrest free will back from the gods, and give this future to Larsa, who is a much more benevolent person than he ever will be.
Vayne was his own professed martyr, the one to carry all the evils in the world in order to shield Larsa from this treacherous world. He wanted to give him a better world to rule.
He knew that otherwise, the only future Larsa would have is one with a dagger in the back.
He knew that otherwise, the only future Larsa would have is one with a dagger in the back.
Despite Larsa ideologically fighting AGAINST him, he let it go. Even when Larsa drew his sword against him, he let it go. He said it himself "Larsa is as he should be".
The Larsa he wanted to see was the Larsa that would fight him and bring about a better world.
The Larsa he wanted to see was the Larsa that would fight him and bring about a better world.
Vayne's fate was sealed the moment he used the nethicite on himself. He was a dead man walking, and the first thing he said to Gabranth was "Gabranth, you will defend my brother. He will have much need in the hell to follow."
Vayne did it for him.
Vayne did it for him.
Even for all his cruelty, Vayne Solidor truly cared for his little brother, because he was everything he could not be. He knew, deep down, that Larsa's kindness was the future that Ivalice needed.
Vayne was a villain that worked so hard for the sake of someone else.
Vayne was a villain that worked so hard for the sake of someone else.
