But therein lies the issue. We do have some sort of grasp on how things are handled due to the existence of Inquisitors and their dogged hunt for heresy. We do know that Ishgard doesn't have a computer database that can just be wiped clean.
In your case, particularly, it's a little rougher than usual to get around that. Usually, I'd nod my head or shrug my shoulders and say, "Well, they can't keep track of everyone and such. They disappeared for years and came back under a pseudonym." Well, that works perfectly fine.
What you've explained, however, is that a case among -nobility- which is described to be outlandish within itself due to the existence and necessity of the Dark Knights - but that's a totally different topic - was handled and your character was branded as a heretic due to the actions she took following that case. Now, given the outlandish nature of heresy among the elite, inferred by the presence of Dark Knights, and the way that the lower caste of Ishgardians are treated it can be stipulated that yours is a face that they might not want to forget and while they aren't going to traipse throughout Eorzea to find and kill you, they might be ready for your return and looking forward to dealing with the ant that slipped through their fingers.
Going down a rather darker path, with the existence of the Dark Knights and the Inquisitors both, there might be something of an action taken against your character even if you managed to weasel your way back into the fold. A zealot among Inquisitors seeing your very presence an affront against Halone, or a Dark Knight viewing the way that your return was handled as an affront against justice and the Ishgardian standard. It all leads down a very bad path for writing in general that few have the patience to write out.
As I stated earlier, as well, it would be nearly impossible for your character to find an individual willing to put their honor (and potentially their life) on the line for a tried and true heretic.
Pretending that she was able to get through all of that hardship just for the sake of argument and her return to Ishgard, from a writer's perspective, I cannot with any frame of mind think that she would be capable of regaining her previous lifestyle "just like that," if ever. Those that she was born around would never be able to trust her or even terrified to do anything -with- her for fear of dealing with a heretic.
Your character is a diamond in the rough of Ishgardians, as is, due to the fact that we get a very clear image of how Ishgardian "heretics" accept their fate. In both examples that we are given by the MSQ - two very different individuals - they were both ready to die, albeit not without trying to voice their side of the story or questioning it. They did not fight the Inquisitor, they accepted his judgment in the end.
In your case, particularly, it's a little rougher than usual to get around that. Usually, I'd nod my head or shrug my shoulders and say, "Well, they can't keep track of everyone and such. They disappeared for years and came back under a pseudonym." Well, that works perfectly fine.
What you've explained, however, is that a case among -nobility- which is described to be outlandish within itself due to the existence and necessity of the Dark Knights - but that's a totally different topic - was handled and your character was branded as a heretic due to the actions she took following that case. Now, given the outlandish nature of heresy among the elite, inferred by the presence of Dark Knights, and the way that the lower caste of Ishgardians are treated it can be stipulated that yours is a face that they might not want to forget and while they aren't going to traipse throughout Eorzea to find and kill you, they might be ready for your return and looking forward to dealing with the ant that slipped through their fingers.
Going down a rather darker path, with the existence of the Dark Knights and the Inquisitors both, there might be something of an action taken against your character even if you managed to weasel your way back into the fold. A zealot among Inquisitors seeing your very presence an affront against Halone, or a Dark Knight viewing the way that your return was handled as an affront against justice and the Ishgardian standard. It all leads down a very bad path for writing in general that few have the patience to write out.
As I stated earlier, as well, it would be nearly impossible for your character to find an individual willing to put their honor (and potentially their life) on the line for a tried and true heretic.
Pretending that she was able to get through all of that hardship just for the sake of argument and her return to Ishgard, from a writer's perspective, I cannot with any frame of mind think that she would be capable of regaining her previous lifestyle "just like that," if ever. Those that she was born around would never be able to trust her or even terrified to do anything -with- her for fear of dealing with a heretic.
Your character is a diamond in the rough of Ishgardians, as is, due to the fact that we get a very clear image of how Ishgardian "heretics" accept their fate. In both examples that we are given by the MSQ - two very different individuals - they were both ready to die, albeit not without trying to voice their side of the story or questioning it. They did not fight the Inquisitor, they accepted his judgment in the end.
