@Almond-Magnum said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - General Discussion:
You say that because you're looking at the end result, but she didn't start as a tyrant. She started as an underdog in enemy territory. Her mother was dead, her older brother was dead, her father, at best, resented her, her stepfamily hated her, her little brother was nothing but dead weight. And from there, she climbed to a position where she could be a tyrant. She must have been quite the schemer before she got old and complacent.
I was mostly playing devils advocate, we've only seen her abuse and tyranny, fterall. I agree that she was probably quite the schemer, but it could just be everyone in Ehrenfest being meatheaded knights.