Eh. Guess there are a few matters to clear up:
First of all, Suikoden Rhapsodia (aka Suikoden Tactics) is set AFTER Suikoden IV. If it was set before Suikoden IV, the convenience of the Rune Cannons would no longer be at your fingertips, as the entire objective of Suikoden Rhapodia is to rid the world of the Rune Cannons, so that there wouldn't be a gigantic plothole left gaping with its white belly for Suikoden I and II, considering the fact that we couldn't use the Rune Cannons then.
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That mean that the Falena even was the last things(That we know) he does before suikoII
Thank you for that quote from Suikox, XChaos, you saved me from having to dig it out from the bottom of the pile somewhere in the massive info site.
biggrin Referring to the XChaos' above quote from Suikox, it is pretty clear that Suikoden V can not be set after Suikoden II as it's plain dumb logic that no one -and I mean no one- is stupid enough to go back to the country in which they surreptiously had a role in murdering the monarch. Going back to Falena would be a no-no to Georg after Suikoden II, so it only makes sense that if it's set before Suikoden II. IMO, if the Queen of Falena IS the final boss, it wouldn't be strange if killing her off would be literally considered as 'assassination'. Guess Hero V didn't correct that part of history.
Just curious.
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Especially after I read why he hated his father and sister so much.
Correction. Luca never hated Jillia- in fact, he loved Jillia like his own sister (well, literally, she wasn't his sister, just his step-sister....or something along those lines) as she apparently reminded him of his mother. The person whom Luca bore a grudge against were the assassins from Muse and of course- Agares Blight.
Think about it. If Luca truly hated Jillia (who was mentioned to be the 'spitting image of his mother), wouldn't he have killed her from the start? We all know that Luca's hatred caused him to commit many heinous crimes, but it is also a fact that his last shred of sanity lay with his sister.
Of course, that point's debatable as well. There still exists an argument in which one argues whether Luca regarded Jillia as someone to be protected - or merely as a reminder of what has happened to his mother. He brings her along on all his conquests - Riou and Jowy meet her during their reconnaissance mission at the Highland Camp. Strange for a person to want a person so close to him to near to the battlefield, no?
We can look at this action in two ways- he could, for one, have brought Jillia along with him so that a similar fate that caused him to lose his mother might not befall Jillia if the City-State of Jowston ever try pulling such a dirty trick again. He regards Jillia as his only remaining kin, and his urge to protect her is understandable.
On the other hand, if Jillia was really the spitting image of Agares' wife, Luca could have as well been keeping Jillia close so that he would be forever reminded of what the Muse ruffians did to his mother, and the fact that his father remained the useless coward that he was when he ran. Jillia could be the reason why he can keep the rage inside him for so long- perhaps, when he looks at her, he is reminded for the need to exact revenge on the country that killed his mother.
Either way, there's no arguing that Luca was indeed, a very man with a very disturbed psyche. His reasons are of course, debatable, but his motives are not.
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