But the damage from the abuse would've still been there, and the situation in Bern was more complicated than "why didn't he just leave". Zephiel had Guinevere, yeah, but Desmond and Hellene strove to keep them apart.

(On the other hand he had Murdock and given Murdock's stats in FE6 he probably could've offed Desmond and made it look like an accident lol)

I think it's because I played FE7 first and then read FE6's script, so I'm like "wow, that hopeful ending to the Bern Royals Arc sure amounted to nothing".

Corrupted by Jahn would be interesting due to corrupted heroes often being so because the greater force preyed on their darker thoughts. (i.e. Hardin)