Talk:Oro/@comment-36029834-20180630024338

Couple of ideas about the beef between Oro and Mato. I suspect it has to do with Sly in the ruined village.

Perhaps Sly's derogatory "Oro... you weild your nail like a club..." comment means Sly viewed Oro as the weakest of his pupils, so Oro decided to overcome/surpass the Nailsage in a different way? Oro mentions that he doesn't begrudge the Knight the Nailsage's love, and seems to think that in helping the Knight become stronger he has redeemed himself; leading me to think Oro was originally jealous of the closeness and/or pride the other three shared in their skills, and attempted to get stronger using alternative methods. Maybe Sly became lost & sick due to Oro suggesting he enhance the Nail Arts with the power of the infection? What Oro owes Mato could be a blood price, since they wouldn't know Sly was still alive until they saw the Knight's Nailmaster's Glory charm.

Alternatively; maybe Oro's desire for Geo is what prompted Sly to look into shopkeeping, which gradually took up all his time till he basically abandoned his position as the Nailsage. When the Nailmasters see that you have the NGlory they are impressed with you, but don't show any surprise that the Nailsage is still alive to give it; so this might be closer to the truth than my first idea. It would make sense for Mato to blame Oro in this case, but Oro's greed doesn't really qualify as a separate "path", nor would Mato have anything specific he could consider owed to him.

Idk really, neither of these seems to make 100% sense. But please affirm or contradict with any info I missed.