Talk:Alzer Commonwealth/@comment-2001:BB6:4CAF:BD58:A960:F3F2:CBE4:98D9-20200210213942

I’m going to make a guess based on everything we’ve seen so far and what apparently happened in the game. The crests which the sacred trees grant to the nobles also allow them to be controlled/influenced by the tree itself.

Main point of evidence is the Rault family’s behaviour in the series vs the game. In the series they are shown to be more or less decent people if a bit morally dubious while in the game they are apparently behind the destruction caused by the Sacred tree. This is odd mainly because Albergue seems determined to end the Commonwealths reliance on the tree so him using it as a weapon is weird.

There’s also how deranged Loic became especially towards the end of volume 5. After he lost access to the crest he started thinking far more clearly ie he finally took the hint that Noelle hates him