
I might be wrong since I'm not exactly politically savvy, but isn't it a huge oversight for a monarch to unilaterally end a marriage w/o first ACTUALLY getting to know the other side?
Like, he made an assumption as if their laws & culture's absolute & shared by the entire world....
Isn't that incredibly arrogant for a monarch?
Doesn't that indicate that he may not actually be a good ruler?
Am i reading too much into this???

If Ceasar's beating of Ruby started before or after her first marriage?
'Coz I think that changes the context behind his a abuse a bit.....q

I think he was definitely already abusing her, but in his pov its as if ruby liked him too. She probably DID say those things in order to not get beaten up by him, but he only recalls "the good memories in which ruby is also happy with him". He doesnt recall him beating her up as somethinf bad and he doesnt understand that ruby treats him gently in order to protect herself from getting even more beaten up. Its basically her protection mechanism and he thinks its her true feelings.

I think he was definitely already abusing her, but in his pov its as if ruby liked him too. She probably DID say those things in order to not get beaten up by him, but he only recalls "the good memories in which ruby is also happy with him". He doesnt recall him beating her up as somethinf bad and he doesnt understand that ruby treats him gently in order to protect herself from getting even more beaten up. Its basically her protection mechanism and he thinks its her true feelings.
Hes basically delusional.

Fell for the trap.
Hook. Line. And Sinker.
It's pitiful, really.
For all the glitz and glamour given to him, for his position, in the end, he remained as a tool, spoiled by the illusion of absolute power and inherited authority.
Although, the devil's advocate in my mind is telling me, isn't it too obvious?
Easy to trace back to Tia, who planned the while event?
If she knew the consequences of slaying the beasts in the forest, why invite the most high ranking people to do the job and expose them to such peril?
Or maybe I'm forgetting some details
Oh no! The bitch's back.....