Thread:TheDigger1/@comment-27109830-20190907091820/@comment-27109830-20190914203200

Sure thing!

Akechi and Dimitri present themselves as morally upstanding and kind individuals who can get endearingly awkward in social interactions, but are secretly deeply troubled individuals thanks to their dark history. Even though both represent justice and righteousness, even resembling cops and knights, the de facto representatices of justice in their respective era, both are secretly insane lunatics seeking revenge (for which they'd sacrifice anything, including their own wellfare), only made worse when the person they were the closest to became their enemy. At the end of the day though, both can be redeemed by the player, provided the right circumstances are met.

Interestingly enough, their downward spiral is similar yet opposite; Goro was revealed to have been acting behind the scenes as the Black Mask, and his sanity crumbled away because the Thieves were about to do what he wants to do after Shido rose to power, leading to his betrayal. Dimitri, however, managed to stay sane for many years until it was revealed that Edelgard has been acting behind the scenes as the Flame Emperor, akin to Goro, which broke the grip he had on his sanity.