[RMVX ACE] HELP WITH PLOT.

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During the story the heroes face off against of of the main villains Generals who so happens to be close to the main villain.
The two were very good friends, now here is where having issues.
After the General dies leaving his wife and daughter alone, tho they are taken care of well by the main villain -Phantom- who gives them money often so they can be comfortable.
Now here is where I am needed help, am not 100% sure I will do this but
I wanna hear your guys thoughts.
The wife and daughter visit the grave often but on one such trip a group from the kingdom of the North(allies to the main heroes) want revenge for what has happen and do horrible things to the two before they are killed.
After this Phantom, who at this point in story has never taken matters into his own hands leaves the castle to kill these people himself.
The player founds out what happen to the two girls. Would it be wrong of him to allow Phantom his revenge? Or would be best to have him save them only so they can face judgement by their laws?
It would be interesting to have both options available and the player has to make a choice. The player can decide whether or not they want to protect the group when Phantom is about to kill them. In that case, one of the main ideas behind the plot is to choose what kind of justice do you believe in in this situation.

After that, you can either let the player still fight Phantom, or join him, or take the group back to town and deliver them to the authorities.
If you're going to feature moral ambiguity AND the ability for players to make decisions, it would probably be for the better to try not to designate characters to be heroes or villians.

I also fail to see anything villianous about Phantom - he did nothing but shelter people who lost a dear family member (who was also his friend!) and then heard about them getting killed for visiting his grave. I think when soldiers I'm allied with kill defenseless people out of revenge, doing terrible things on top of that, I don't see why I should side with them.
Definitely allow players a choice, and definitely show good and bad effects of both choices.
Phantom takes in people he views to be damaged just like himself, not only can be make them feel understood but he is also able to use their grief to better control them making it seem as if he is the only one they can trust.

For over two hundred years Phantom has been gathering the things needed to complete his spell that will allow him to redo all the bad stuff that has happen in the past allowing him to in a way turn back time.
To do this tho he would be killing everyone to make this spell work...but there is a chance it wont work and it will just end up being a mass murder.
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