#oksorry you probably didnt want to hear all this but

[wraith-caller]

Love how Leda’s charm effects was literally psych medication to keep her rampant, compulsively murderous paranoia in check. THE freak knight we deserved for real. Only wish she had more dialogue/quest steps so we could really dive into how bananas she is, and how she managed to purge all the other Needle Knights.

Dude same haha When I realised what was going on with the charm breaking, I was sorta dreading talking to her, thinking, 'oh she's going to just be like doubting her own dedication or sth, and her arc will be about renewing her faltering faith'. But I was a fool, bc they were like 'haha, actually, this woman is an unhinged fanatic'. They ran with it and I really enjoyed it. I'd like to read over all her dialog again, plus her loot, and go back over various Haligtree items, too. I wondered before game's launch if she may end up being the intended knight for the Haligtree knight's sword, given her armor's design parallels to the Carian Knight set, but now I'm not sure. I also wonder, was she that fervent before the charm? If so it could really shed the light on the nature of how the bewitching works. For example, Ansbach was NOT super gung ho and lovey dovey about Miquella before it broke. Thiollier didn't have much at all to say about him either. Freyja owed him more, given their personal contact, so it makes sense she'd hold fast to him. The Hornsent is interesting because he's willing to abide the Tarnished/Erdtree people like us so long as we're helping Miquella reach his goals - but after the charm, it's revealed he doesn't care about Miquella so much as he cares about his intentions to rectify what Marika did to the hornsent people. So what about Leda? If she was this dedicated to Miquella beforehand, why charm her at all? Basing this on nothing, but I like to think of her having a sort of internal conflict about it that kinda broke her. Did Miquella doubt her dedication? Wasn't she loyal enough? Why would he meddle with her mind like that, her pure and kind Miquella, who she swears her sword to? It must be a failing on her part, and so she must be more dedicated, more fervent in her faith, until she's seeking for threats that aren't even there. The Hornsent makes some sense to suspect, but Thiollier? Mr. weak as a kitten? Before Ansbach? It's not suspicion coming from a logical place.