@kuali said in Bookworm Fanbook 8 Discussion!:
As for getting the temple to recruit them... I doubt the nobility would care much (they certainly didn't care much about Sister Myne unless they had a use for her or a desire to spite Ferdinand and/or Sylvester). The existing Blue Priests, on the other hand, could well be up in arms about 'commoners' being treated the same as them...
I mentioned a new temple colour as a possibility because greys are commoners and blues are of nobility. It has been mentioned a number of times that blues remain funded/supported by their noble families. Presumably commoner-devouring kids would not have any real resources and thus could not live blue lifestyles out of the box.
@LeavesCat said in Bookworm Fanbook 8 Discussion!:
Rozemyne finding a place for devouring commoners is a more systematic endeavor that cannot be held up by pretending they were never commoners. She'd have to justify it to the nobles somehow, even if that justification is tyranny (I conquered your duchy and you don't get to say no).
There is such variation in duchy politics (eg. who gets to be part of the archnoble family, see Ahr vs Drew), I like the idea of Myne creating a new noble class because she's the boss. It'd cause Academy problems tho. Still she's rich beyond most nobles' dreams and could conceivably fund as many devouring kids as she finds.
@LeavesCat said in Bookworm Fanbook 8 Discussion!:
The maximum strength of commoners with mana will depend on when and how the temple deals with it. The easiest way would be to test during baptism, which would only catch people with lower laynoble mana. But if the temple were to announce the symptoms of the devouring and encourage people to bring their children to the temple if they show the signs, they'd be able to catch med- and archnoble level kids that would have otherwise died in infancy.
No need to overtly publicize what you're doing with widespread education if you don't want to. Create a new myth about Flutrane (or the other healing goddess whose name I have forgotten, could also create a new subordinate goddess) and distribute some statues/magic tools to local temples that (a) drain excess mana from kids and (b) alert appropriate personnel that there's a devouring kid that could use some attention/recruitment. The right story will make the cases be self-reporting.
