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Remember, we're talking about a setting in which magical healing exists. Meaning that the medical care system is not bound by the limitations of real world treatment options.
As I said, HEAL was able to cure a victim of their insanity in Baldur's Gate 2.
And considering that the spell restores ability score damage and cures status ailments, I see no reason to believe that it couldn't do the same thing in Pathfinder.
Failing that, Restoration or Greater Restoration might also work.
That's a good question, who knows what her real personality would be like?
Perhaps its been trapped behind this fractured mess that has been in control of her body this whole time.
Imagine that, she's stuck in her body having to watch as this amalgamation of Divine Influence and Chaotic Magic controls her....her real personality might actually be more messed up.
But does that completely "cure" them? Seems really strange and impossible. But then it's "magic" so perhaps it could.
The NPC I'm referring to was not physically injured as far as I could tell. And he'd been trapped inside a prison meant to contain a demon lord for an untold number of years. By the time we find him, the man is barely cognizant of his situation or surroundings. But once you cast HEAL on him, he immediately regains his sense of clarity, along with his memories and begins looking for a way back to the outside world.
So yeah, it seems like alleviating somebody's mental traumas is a fairly easy process. You just need to find a 12th level cleric to get you sorted out. ;-)
I still think y'all are messed up for even trying to argue a case for taking her to poundland though. Arguments about the semantics within the fictional universe can always be concocted - that's the very nature of fiction. It is still at its most fundamental level a rationalization for slamming the juicy butt of an obviously underage character.
The nature of her powers is pretty amazing to think about, though. Nocticula's conversion comes across as bad writing with any explanation other than Ember's patron being something of truly unfathomable and incredible power.
If we take Ember as she is presented in the game, there is nothing to overtly indicate she is a child. What she does seem to be is incredibly innocent and naive which are traits traditionally attributed to children, hence the bias from players. Owlcats description (if that's what they actually said) could also be due to the same biases as many people in this thread. So, beyond Owlcat's written description, there isn't anything else to say that she's a child.
So to break it all down:
-She appears in game to be physically an young adult elf, similar to a 18-20 year old human. Her age is also beyond that which elves are considered adults.
-She suffered extreme trauma, barely surviving being burned at the stake, after being
rescued by a sympathetic knight.
-She was clearly damaged by said trauma, both physically and mentally.
-She is not very fearful of death or harm, after having had such a close brush with it already.
-She obviously has gained some extremely powerful insight into the hearts and minds of others, and knows when and what to say to help promote a positive change, if she can stir the heart of Nocticula, you know there is something incredible to that ability.
-She claims to have been taught her magic by Soot, her Raven companion. Either she is delusional, or more likely that Soot is much more than the simple Raven familiar he seems to be.
-Many people who had their hearts touched by her consider her something of a saint and/or a religious figure.
Seems to me her endured trauma, insightful nature, and new outlook on life simply gives her a childlike naivety that everyone is assuming results in her being mentally disabled with the mind of a child in an adult body. Possible? Of course, but it's not certain. She could just be optimistic and hopeful to a fault. There are adults out in the real world who are what many would call incredibly naive and seemingly unaware of how cruel the world can be, and some of those people just don't care, because they are just optimistic and hopeful of heart.
Do I agree with her not being one of the possible romances? Absolutely. But I'd say it's more of a grey area do to the perceptions of others than inappropriate because we don't have enough information on to know without a doubt exactly where on that spectrum she is psychologically. She herself would have to prove that to others, that she isn't the naive child they perceive her to be, and that seems like something she may not be capable of doing.
So in my opinion, no one can say either way with certainty because I don't believe there is enough information, and most of the reasons pointing one direction I believe are more the result of cultural and personal bias.
She is quite similar personality wise to Aerie the Avariel Elf from Baldur's Gate 2, if you're familiar. If someone put out similar information about Aerie ahead of Baldur's Gate 2's release, I think it would have affected people's perception of her and the romantic connection she can have with the main character.
Nocticula was going to abandon her evil ways regardless of Ember's involvement with her. Her transformation into the redeemer queen is canon in the Pathfinder universe. And when you meet her, she's able to see the Hand of the Inheritor, despite the fact that some of the most powerful demons in the story, like the Echo of Deskari, and Areelu herself were unable to perceive him.
In other words, Nocticula was already on the path to forsaking her evil nature long before Ember showed up in her palace. She was just supremely effective at hiding it.
I said from evidence presented in the game. Also, there are many other people who she changed, and some of them are demons, too.