I am now nearing the end of Suikoden V. Sialeeds is dead. But what's the reason for her betrayal? I visited the gamefaqs forum where there's over a 100+ posts about this issue.
Some said it was a "plot hole", other think it's "bad writing", others have their own ways of justification. What were the writers thinking? Personally, I don't understand Sialeeds betrayal as well. She was the closest character to the Prince, why betrayed him at the last and most crucial moment?
Was it to bear all the bad name and be branded as a traitor forever, just to let the next generation of the queendom start anew? Or was it to bear the Twlight Rune? I know it couldn't be some lame reasons like "Love for Gizel".
Some of the most logical reasons I believe were " exceution of Barows would cause backlash, but leaving them alone leaves unresolved issues that can crop up again in the future", Perhaps there were other way that could be done, but if you stand in the point of view of Sialeeds, she was probably doing what she think is the best for Lym and the Prince.
Well well...I think I'm nearing the final showdown...Later.
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Sialeeds decided to betray the Prince for several reasons, but, most notably, to get rid of Lord Barows.
Ideally, she wants to get rid of both Lord Godwin and Lord Barows, but Lord Godwin can be taken out by the Prince.
Lord Barows is the tricky one. If they make him stand trial, the lack of evidence will never convict him. The people might hate him, but one would be surprised how a bribe (and Salum has a lot of money) would change that. He'd get off and be free to scheme again. If they just out and exceuted him, the people would be extremely angered. Although the people love the Prince and love Lym, Arshtat proved to us that the people don't love you forever if you do something wrong. It's not like everyone was ready to picnic with the Queen after she scorched Lordlake.
So thus, Sialeeds knows that Barows needs to die so he'll never scheme again, and to place the power he had as a Senator in the hands of the royals. Barows must die, but it can't look like the Prince or Lym did it. So, who can do it?
The answer, of course, is Lord Godwin. It's easy enough to explain: Lord Godwin wants to get rid of someone who has had a lot of power. Only the Prince, Sialeeds, and Barows have that power, and Barows is the easiest to kill now since he has no allies left.
So Sialeeds "defects" to the Godwin side to orchestrate the death of Barows, as well as sabotage the Godwins from the inside.
I think there was also a desire to get the Twilight Rune. Although Alenia couldn't bear the rune properly, who is to say that someone else there could, and that Godwin just didn't know who yet. If Sialeeds had the rune, whether she could use it or not, it would be safe from use against the Prince.
I did notice, however, that Sialeeds looks at her left hand an awful lot before she gets the rune. Maybe she figures she can bear it properly.
Now, Sialeeds has power and is all set to kill Barows, and the red carpet is rolled out for the Prince to take out the Godwins. There is one last thing for Sialeeds to do: To die as a traitor. If she is forgiven (and given the Prince's nature, that would happen), then the people would suspect that Sialeeds was merely a double traitor and an ingenious ploy used by the Prince and blame him for Barows's death. This would explain Sialeeds's erratic behavior. She won't get the Prince to kill her out of malice, but she could certainly get him to think that she was mentally unstable, and kill her out of keeping others safe.
I think she just didn't whant him to get killed.
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