Monica Rayne

**Monica Rayne** is the current First Lady of Sordland. She was born in Lachaven to parents with Agno-Sordish background. She has a degree in sociology and has worked as a social worker and later, as the partnerships manager in Magnus Cartus and campaign assistant of the Sordish League of Women before her marriage to Anton Rayne.

## Role

Monica is a fierce advocate for women's rights. She is a strict but caring mother to her two children, Franc and Deana, as well as initially supporting of her husband on his campaign trail. Throughout the game, she will become more and more vocal about the state of women's rights in Sordland and eventually entrench herself into politics, with the player having to decide whether or not to support her cause, depending on the path the player wants to go down.

Monica will declare her intentions to use her position to fight for equality for Sordish women during the Inaugural Ball, and will later ask Anton to let her speak at the opening of the Benfi festival, replacing the fundamentalist USP member Curtan Leste. Should the player does so, Gloria Tory will demand to drop her from the speech as the last condition for her wing's support for the new constitution.

Monica is shown to be angry at Anton if Curtan Leste does the speech, though the player can support her when she snaps as Leste goes on his sexist tirade. If she does the speech, Leste will snap at Monica instead, at which point the player can either kick Monica off the stage, be diplomatic and persuade Leste to let her finish the speech or to kick Leste out. The former will result in Monica storming off in tears while the latter will cause a significant dip in public opinion unless Anton accepts Leste's offer of barring Monica from politics or have Marcel Koronti alleviate the damage thanks to his media outreach. Regardless of what happens, Monica will declare her intentions to enter politics, which, if the player doesn't accept, will lead to Monica getting upset and treating Anton coldly until the end-game.

She will appear in the meeting in the lead-up to the passing of the Women's Liberation Act with the education minister Ciara Walda, regardless of the decision after the Benfi festival. Regardless the WLA success, if the player doesn't allow Monica in the meeting, she will be extremely upset and will decide to divorce Anton. She can be angry but understanding if the player vetos the bill after she attended the meeting. If she's allowed to form the commission and sign the WLA, she will return home happy with the feeling of accomplishment that will positively impact her and Anton's marriage.

Should the player fail to proceed with a second term but stayed in Sordland, it is revealed in the epilogue that Monica had become a prominent figure in Sordish politics of either allying the PFJP's leader Presidency or opposing the NFP's leader Presidency, depending on who won the election, and results in Anton being known as "Monica Rayne's husband". Alternatively, Monica will break Leste's deal after divorcing Anton regardless of what happens, and will enter politics after Rayne's Presidency. The player can choose to support her or attempt to expose her, though in either case, Monica will never get back together with Anton. She will live until at least the 1970s in the Retirement ending, though in the Impeachment ending, she dies in 1968.

## Divorce Conditions

Successfully divorcing Monica will give the achievement "This Can't Go On Like This, Anton".

In order to divorce her, the player has to refuse to support her during Benfi festival when she snaps at Curtan Leste, or conversely kick her off the stage when Leste snaps at her. Not letting her into politics after Benfi or at the beginning of the Women's Rights meeting will also contribute to it. If the player vetoed the Women's Liberation Act and didn't show her support at Benfi, she will most likely divorce Anton.

Taking Leste's deal will guarantee a divorce, even if the player attempts to be extremely sweet to her afterwards and signs the Women's Liberation Act. If the player didn't use force with her during their shouting match, she will stay with Anton until the end of the term, the divorce will be finalized shortly afterwards.

## Trivia

* Should the player go along the Emergency Path, there's an option to take custody of Deana over Monica with the help of Orso Hawker.