Thread:MMYP999/@comment-27109830-20190617204132/@comment-27109830-20190715195306

I was actually considering this way back when you mentioned Leon VS Jonathan due in part to Jonathan VS Siegfried. Speaking of the latter, i think i may have an interesting alternative to Siegfried's other opponent: Cecil.

Now, this may not have an obvious theme to it, so if elaboration is needed, i'll provide as usual.

As for that villain i mentioned; his name is Semor Exterpes (a name forged from Expertes Mores; Devoid of Morals). In short, he's a diabolical mastermind who thinks everyone is either naive, evil or selfish; a theory "proven" and exploited by him in regards to the party members he's betrayed halfway through the story.

He's got quite the troubled childhood, having lost his mother at a young age after being abandoned by his father, only to end up in his abusive uncle's "care" (from which he gained a few physical and mental scars). After he killed his uncle, he lived on the streets until the law caught up to him, after he was found with blood on his hands from trying to save a politician that was shot in a backalley. After that he was sent to prison, which hardened him considerably until his disappeared dad bailed him out.

Because of his past, people assumed he was out for vengeance, which he capitalized on and eventually defied by mocking the party in their faces for it. Instead, he's convinced that humanity is beyond redemption and that morals are useless niceties that only hide humans' true nature.