First of all, let me establish the meaning behind the title as to avoid confusion.
By demerits I do not mean permanent stat changes or penalties, but instead a change in how the player would experience content.
Second of all, I've written this at ~8 am and I have pulled an all-nighter beforehand, so I apologize in advance for any lack of coherent logic or loss of said coherency.
Now then allow me to elaborate: as of writing this post, the only option to sell ones soul is Keros in order to become a Kitsune and his champion, while Lumia is (to my knowledge) being worked on. Lets focus on the possible consequence on becoming a Kitsune with a bit of background lore (cause they have enough lore to make the argument in the first place :V). Lore spoilers ahead btw.
Based on the established lore, the only place Kitsune are truly welcome would be The Old Country (on the virtue that they basically own the place) and their established dens, the reason of course being the Kitsune's true nature, to quote The Observers Document on Kiyoko: "When all the prettiness and layers of euphemism are peeled away, she's a fully corrupted monster whose preferred form of sustenance is the life-force of other sapient beings.".
Which in the Old Country itself isn't much of a problem, that's why all that etiquette is for after all, to once again quote The Observer: "[...] it's not just for their own benefit, but for the benefit of other peoples in their native lands whom they live with. Within vampire society and their own natures, there has to be a very rigid and strict set of rules for how they interact and deal with each other and the people around them. The other peoples of the Old Country have to be assured that no, the vampire cannot do as he pleases, he has to obey the rules and etiquette and play by the numbers; that when you see one of them approach and solicit you know what you are getting yourself into and what your expected rights are under the ancient agreements, and most importantly, who is going to back that up under what penalties."
You could say that the lack of knowledge of said etiquette by pretty much the rest of the world, is what causes most problems for their dens outside the old country. To the natives of most other nations, the Kitsune are after all nothing more that life sucking monsters worthy only of death or exile. It is the reason Kohaku has to disguise herself when acquiring wares outside the den, cause if she didn't she'd be turned into a rug by the locals.
Our dear little champion on the other hand can talk and interact with the locals all willy nilly like he/she didn't just sprout an extra set of ears and tails. But alright lets just say that's cause most locals like the denizens of Hawkethorne already knew the champion for a while or just simply don't care, cause they got more urgent problems like working and getting food on the table. But the end of Winter City was only Act 1, so there will be more areas to explore!
For example, the citizens of Khor'minos could react a lot more wary if the champion just so happens to be a "life-force sucking monster" than just a regular old Human or Elf. While certain people in Tronarii could end up sending mercenaries after your fluffy ass if they end up spotting more than one tail dangling off your backside.
Of course you could argue that any sane person with a will to survive wouldn't attack a champion of one of the seven in broad daylight, but then again greed and corruption tends to override said self preservation instincts, anything can be arranged for the correct sum after all.
To conclude this rambling: Becoming a Kitsune for example could cause the champion to be met with alot more distrust or even outright hostility by the NPC's, owed to the true nature of the Kitsune race.
Thanks for reading my semi coherent post.
tl;dr
Selling your soul and turning yourself into the equivalent of a fiend for phenomenal cosmic power and servitude to one of the seven, might not be entirely free of problems. Perhaps you should have read the fine print a bit more closely my dear.
By demerits I do not mean permanent stat changes or penalties, but instead a change in how the player would experience content.
Second of all, I've written this at ~8 am and I have pulled an all-nighter beforehand, so I apologize in advance for any lack of coherent logic or loss of said coherency.
Now then allow me to elaborate: as of writing this post, the only option to sell ones soul is Keros in order to become a Kitsune and his champion, while Lumia is (to my knowledge) being worked on. Lets focus on the possible consequence on becoming a Kitsune with a bit of background lore (cause they have enough lore to make the argument in the first place :V). Lore spoilers ahead btw.
Based on the established lore, the only place Kitsune are truly welcome would be The Old Country (on the virtue that they basically own the place) and their established dens, the reason of course being the Kitsune's true nature, to quote The Observers Document on Kiyoko: "When all the prettiness and layers of euphemism are peeled away, she's a fully corrupted monster whose preferred form of sustenance is the life-force of other sapient beings.".
Which in the Old Country itself isn't much of a problem, that's why all that etiquette is for after all, to once again quote The Observer: "[...] it's not just for their own benefit, but for the benefit of other peoples in their native lands whom they live with. Within vampire society and their own natures, there has to be a very rigid and strict set of rules for how they interact and deal with each other and the people around them. The other peoples of the Old Country have to be assured that no, the vampire cannot do as he pleases, he has to obey the rules and etiquette and play by the numbers; that when you see one of them approach and solicit you know what you are getting yourself into and what your expected rights are under the ancient agreements, and most importantly, who is going to back that up under what penalties."
You could say that the lack of knowledge of said etiquette by pretty much the rest of the world, is what causes most problems for their dens outside the old country. To the natives of most other nations, the Kitsune are after all nothing more that life sucking monsters worthy only of death or exile. It is the reason Kohaku has to disguise herself when acquiring wares outside the den, cause if she didn't she'd be turned into a rug by the locals.
Our dear little champion on the other hand can talk and interact with the locals all willy nilly like he/she didn't just sprout an extra set of ears and tails. But alright lets just say that's cause most locals like the denizens of Hawkethorne already knew the champion for a while or just simply don't care, cause they got more urgent problems like working and getting food on the table. But the end of Winter City was only Act 1, so there will be more areas to explore!
For example, the citizens of Khor'minos could react a lot more wary if the champion just so happens to be a "life-force sucking monster" than just a regular old Human or Elf. While certain people in Tronarii could end up sending mercenaries after your fluffy ass if they end up spotting more than one tail dangling off your backside.
Of course you could argue that any sane person with a will to survive wouldn't attack a champion of one of the seven in broad daylight, but then again greed and corruption tends to override said self preservation instincts, anything can be arranged for the correct sum after all.
To conclude this rambling: Becoming a Kitsune for example could cause the champion to be met with alot more distrust or even outright hostility by the NPC's, owed to the true nature of the Kitsune race.
Thanks for reading my semi coherent post.
tl;dr
Selling your soul and turning yourself into the equivalent of a fiend for phenomenal cosmic power and servitude to one of the seven, might not be entirely free of problems. Perhaps you should have read the fine print a bit more closely my dear.
