Partitio from Octopath Traveler II
To everyone who plays Octopath Traveler II, I hope you’re also lucky enough to stumble upon Partitio as your first character in Square Enix’s Canterbury Tales-style pilgrimage across Solistia. This guy is a businessman and firm believer in capitalism until he realizes that the people on top will always find ways to pull out the rug from under even the most hardworking people for their own gain. Screwed over by opportunistic capitalists, he becomes disillusioned by the entire system, and leaves his town ready to tear the whole thing down. There’s catharsis in someone realizing the entire game is rigged, rather than claiming the rich “earned” their keep when stories like Partitio’s happen every day. The working class is constantly undermined by the bastards enjoying the fruits of their labor, and Partitio is about to Hoot and Holler his way to a new world order. — Kenneth Shepard
