That was pretty brutal meeting [p5v11]
Sigiswald. Ferdinand and Rozemyne were pretty harsh with the whole Royal Family but the so-called "first Prince" is the one who really got his ass reamed. Considering he was #2 in the whole nation all this went down:
- He was told to shut up and know his place by his First Wife. He was no longer boss.
- Was demonstrated to be ineffectual and possibly a coward.
- Demoted from 1st heir to a rank-and-file noble.
- Threatened with life-long incarceration.
- Told he was in breach of contract.
- Told he was ineligible to ascend to the position of Zent when his sister-in-law was declared eligible.
- Got Crushed by divine mana. (actually everyone was but it started out directed at him.)
- Was hog-tied by his own dad in front of everyone to lie there for I think about a half hour. Dear old dad declares him unfit.
- Was kicked to the curb by the First Wife, declaring that they were never a couple and now we are getting divorced.
- Was allocated a duchy that due to its and his position later had a big chunk taken out of it to give to a greater duchy.
Did I miss anything? I have been party to at least a thousand business meetings including some involving lawsuits and bankruptcies and takeovers and such and I have never see anyone slapped around that much.
There aren't many surviving characters that seem to be less liked that Sigiswald, but did he really deserve all that?