@more-mochi YEAH you get it!! the conflict of CF and AM centers around El and Dimitri’s character struggles in a really well-constructed way, but VW constantly feels as though you’re a side character in someone else’s story... which in a way you are. the main conflict of all the routes - adrestia v the rest of fodlan, really only has two sides - adrestia and the rest of fodlan. the alliance and claude, as they are written, don’t really have a dog in that fight!