The fact that, despite the deeplyunfairworld, it's possible for the player to choose to be a good-hearted person who puts others before himself, fosters love and unity between his family-members, and helps them be their best selves.
Gloria's poems becomes this once you recall that the game is framed as Sir Brante writing his autobiography on his deathbed. It means that Gloria's little brother remembered her poems for the rest of his life. Additionally, if Sir Brante's biography becomes widely distributed then it guarantees that at least some of her poetry is read and remembered forever.
The Twins judging Sir Brante after his True Death can be unexpectedly sweet if you're content with your character's life. Standing before the faces of the Gods and being able to answer, honestly and truthfully, that you are either calm of grateful for the life you've lived, that your choices and actions have made the world a better place, and that you've left something good behind (be it a prosperous and happy family, positive changes, a firm order, a wise teaching, or great deeds people will remember you by)... A deeply satisfying way to end the game.
The Peak of the Pillar. As the Younger Twin finds you worthy, He strikes His Elder brother's chest with a sword. You enter the open wound of the God that is Love and merge with your Creator, united with Him and all virtuous souls in a state of eternal calm and bliss.
Childhood
Getting the gratitude state from your family-members, which they remember for the rest of their lives and which allows you to convince them to do the right thing in later events. The way you get these also count, as they're all a show of maturity, bravery, or love.
Lydia and Robert: Admit to your mistake and accept your punishment after getting in a fight with your brother Stephan and a noble-boy in a toy store, respectively.
Nathan: Snatch him away from Lydia and take him to your room when she's about to kill him while in the midst of a Freak Out.
Gloria: Comfort her after Lydia burns her poetry.
Convincing Robert to introduce Lydia as his lawful wife at the dinner party, being a Morality Chain to your father and giving him the strength to stand up to Gregor.
If you didn't meet the perquisites for convincing Robert to introduce Lydia as his wife you can still leave the dinner with Lydia, making a scene but guaranteeing she knows she's loved.
Adolescence
The event where you study for an exam at Sir Tibor's school.
If you choose to study history, Robert sees you and approves of this. He's proud of you when you ace that course.
If you choose to study theology, Lydia is quietly proud of you when she sees this and again when you tell her how you passed the theology test.
If you choose to help Tommas defend the fort, you arrive to see him fighting off three bullies and join him just in time. Together you and your childhood friend triumph over them and defend the project you both built together.
If you spend time playing with Nathan you teach him to build a miniature fort and he tells you he's proud of you.
Accepting your sister Gloria after learning she's a Child by Rape, making it clear you love her no matter what. Especially if you stood up for Gloria her entire life during this moment.
Stephan rushing to rescue Gloria when she's attacked by thugs. While he claims it's a matter of pride, it can reasonably be believed that he genuinely cares about her.
Convincing your father Robert to allow you to tell the whole truth in the trial of Gloria's attackers, guaranteeing the city knows she has a family to protect her. She's never bullied like that again. This is the second time you can be Robert's Morality Pet.
Saving Sophia from a lesser death at the cost of suffering one yourself, and years later trying to protect her from the Dorius Otton. If you do then she gets the state "trust" and it's revealed you kept her from giving up on humanity.
Spending time with one of your family-members before going to College. No matter who you spend time with, they're glad to have your company.
If you talk to Robert, he tells you about his own youth and how he met his first wife Amalia. He explains that while it was Love at First Sight, and that he was heartbroken when she died bringing Stephan into the world, he has no regrets and he believes the Gods brought him and Lydia together so she could be The Heart for the family.
If you talk to Lydia, you quietly pray with her and she tells you that she believes the Gods have a plan for you. She gives you her own religious necklace.
If you talk to Gloria, she smiles when you wake her up. The two of you debate whether or not a noble class is necessary, and the narration says the Player Character is impressed by his little sister's sharp wit, but at the end she tells you she just wants you to find your own path.
If you talk to Nathan, the two of you take in an injured kitty he found and bandage it. He talks about how much he'll miss you, and the Player Character assures him you'll always be his brother.
Youth
When Inquisitor Jeremiah Haag approaches you to dissuade you from believing Patriarch Luke's speech, he answers you with kindness even if you voice support for the New Faith or take offense at being ordered by a Priest. He's especially kind to you in this scene if you admit to being theologically lost and in need of guidance.
When Sophia asks you to rescue the professor Dextra from a True Death, she says she came to you because she believes you have a good heart.
Accepting Tommas' brass ring, promising to be friends forever regardless of what may come.
Rescuing Aylis from her death can be this if you do so expecting nothing in return.
In the Priest Path, you can convince Jeanne to accept her childhood friend instead of condemning her. She tells Aylis as much and gives her advice on how to escape detection.
In the Commoner Path, saving Aylis from her execution by jumping up on the pyre and cutting the binds on the mages. You never got to meet her in this path but because of you she got to live on.
As a priest, your first task is to give a little boy the Sacrament and make him accept the Lot of suffering. But, as the child starts crying after the first strike, you can forsake the second strike, help the child to get back on his feet and apologize for hurting him. As the narration says, though this boy will know much suffering in the world, you showed him that there is more in life than just pain and hard labor. There is mercy.
Peacetime - General
When you come back home after a four-years long absence, several family members always greet you with special warmth and love.
In a noble path, not only is the vast majority of the family proud of your achievements, but Stephan is especially happy to meet you as his equal. When you give him a new sword as a gift, Stephan smiles in an almost child-like way.
In a priest path, Lydia and Nathan show great joy and pride in your career choice, saying they knew you to become a wise and blessed man. When you give Nathan a book with prayers as a gift, he shows quiet gratitude.
In a commoner path, while the vast majority of the family is put down by you staying in a lowly Lot, Gloria hugs you with great joy, excited that you decided to pursue your own path and print books for a living. When you give her a book of ancient poetry as a gift, Gloria promises to read it through with genuine interest.
Commissioning a Family Portrait of Characterization. When it's finished, it shows how your family belongs together even if it's individual members are very different in temperament.
In the same scene, introducing your mother and sister to noble guests. Robert plays along and dances with his wife, supporting her all the way through (as she still has weak health at this point). It goes against social norms and lowers your reputation, but it also shows that, commoner or not, every Brante is accepted and loved in the house.
Defending Gloria in a family argument with Stephan.
Admonishing Stephan and saying that you are a family, not a beast pack where the strongest rule.
Sending Gloria on a beautiful vacation, using family money to buy your sister and your whole family a month of peace.
Asking Nathan for help and letting him speak his mind. He gives a solid advice to both Stephan and Gloria (though they don't like it much) and feels appreciated as a family member for what seems like the first time in years.
Telling Gloria that her friends from the secret poet society are under scrutiny from the Secret Chancellery. She immediately rushes out and warns them, saving their lives.
Saving Tommas from Dorius Otton's vengeance, either by getting him out of the city or by manipulating Otton into backing off. You prove his faith in you is well-placed.
Tommas' Wedding. He fell in love with a woman from a village that gave him shelter, and he wants his best friend to witness him swearing love and loyalty to this woman. After the wedding, he reminisces about how he and you met.
Bonus heartwarming points if you're on the path of the priest and offer to perform the wedding yourself.
Getting your family's unity up to 10, unlocking an event where Robert asks you to take a few days off to rest. You spend time bonding with your relatives and feel energized by this.
At the festival of the Silver Tree, Lydia reminisces about how she raised Stephan since he was three and how she listened to him play piano from another room while he played because he was too nervous to play in front of her. This causes Stephan to abruptly get up and play for her, and he reveals the song is called 'mother'.
Saving Lydia from death, telling the family matriarch that the Brantes really do care and that the children still need their mother. She jokes that she still needs to keep you all out of trouble, and finds the strength to pull through.
Gloria's adoption. The ceremony involves her kissing Robert's ring, and the accompanying picture shows Gloria holding his hand against her face with a serene look. Robert says he is her father in all the ways that matter and that he's ashamed it took so long to admit it. If Stephan accepted this then Gloria calls it the best day in her life and says she and you are finally family ... only for you to correct her: she was always family, and all this ceremony did was make it official.
Uniting the Brantes, convincing Stephan to let go of his dream of being Ennobled by the Sword and consenting to let Gloria be adopted by Robert.
Even if Stephan doesn't accept Gloria's adoption, you can still convince him to keep in touch with the family and to remain a Brante.
Maxing out your family's wealth can become this if choose to spend the money on renovating the family home. You take all your family members' suggestions into account, and everybody benefits from this. It increases the family's unity.
Sentencing El Corvio to True Death for an unsanctioned duel has a moment of this; the parents of his victim send you some money as well as a letter stating that your actions helped ease some of their pain.
Antony Foss. Despite being an Arknian and thus in the highest class, he was willing to give up his privileges for the freedom of humanity. During his trial he admits to his crime and stands by it. He might very well be the only Arknian who truly sees humans as his equals.
Peacetime - Priest Path
Saving Aridelle from accusations of witchcraft. While she is a mage, she's an unknowing one and has sincere faith in the Twins.
Lying to her that the garden in her village is a true miracle rather than her magic. She is relieved and the whole province benefits.
Convincing her to join Aylis' acting troupe. You receive a letter from Aylis telling you that her new recruit is adapting well to life on the road, and encouraging Jeanne's feelings for you.
Saving Octavia from committing ritual suicide at the La-Tari ritual, then giving the rest of the cultists a sermon about how the Elder Twin loves them even as they reject him. After dismissing her fellow cultists, Octavia asks you for theology advice and the two of you have a heart-to-heart where she makes peace with her life and finds comfort in the love of the Gods.
After you and Jeanne have sex, she is understandably freaked out, for you've just broken your Vowof Celibacy. However, you can tell her that love between you is not only pure and without sin, but a gift from the Gods. It helps Jeanne to regain her faith and declare that while physical love between you is no longer possible, she is happy to love you spiritually and to have you as her soulmate.
Peacetime - Commoner Path
Publishing the poems from Gloria's secret poet society into a book. All the authors use pseudonyms, but their words reach a wider audience and inspire others.
Professing your love to Sophia and starting a romantic relationship with her. For the first time in her life Sophia knows there is at least one person in the world who actually loves her and will never leave, and the two of them proceed to make love there (in what might be Sophia’s first consensual sexual encounter). She has to leave on a mission afterwards, but she leaves you with her dagger to remember her by and reveals she couldn’t go on living if anything happened to you.
In a weird, Villain Respect kind of way, how Felipe treats you, should you gain his trust and prove your loyalty. Seeing as you are a former criminal and conspirator against the Empire (and not even a particularly good one), the advisor has all means and every reason to keep you under his thumb and treat you like a disposable tool. Yet he chooses to open up with you about his goals and motives, treats you less like a former criminal and more like a trustworthy business partner, rewards you in many different ways and invites you to his own house several times to discuss important matters over a glass of refreshments. He is also one of few, if not the only, Imperials on the Commoner path who shows genuine respect for your skills and achievements regardless of your lowly Lot. In his winning scenario, not only does he pardon all your previous crimes, he offers you an important job and says he is glad to have you by his side. As far as evil bosses go, Felipe is downright charming.
The Revolt
Convincing your family to forsake neutrality, support your cause and fight by your side. This is where it becomes clear: no matter what, the Brantes stay together.
In the Defender of the Empire path, Stephan reminds Robert that it is their duty as nobles to protect their family and city from bloodthirsty rebels. He then praises Sir Brante's fighting spirit and loyalty, clearly proud that his little brother grew up to be a brave and honorable man.
In the Rebel path, Gloria encourages Robert to finish what he started and fight against oppressors for the sake of common folk. She then hugs Sir Brante, happy to join him in battle for freedom and saying that she always knew him to be a great man.
Sad as it is that Nathan feels unloved by the world and the Twins, if you see it through to the end and play your cards right, he finally finds his path on the eve of the Revolt, appearing much happier in the epilogue (complete with new art). Doubly so if he becomes a Prophet, whereupon he successfully teaches the Twins mercy, changing the whole world for the better.
There is the additional possibility of convincing the Twin gods to take better care of the world, there are several other ways in which you can steer the gods that would arguably (and sometimes almost certainly) make the world a much better place. This is quite likely the single biggest impact Sir Brante can have on the entire world, and it is quite easy to get this part of the ending. Sir Brante can get the opportunity to make a tremendous improvement in the world even if he just barely survives the final battle without fleeing and with a decisive victory for either side.
As a commoner rebel, you can help Sophia have a Heel Realization and pull her back from the edge. She has hope for the future again, and in return she trusts you to lead the revolt. If the rebels win then this story ends with her remaining Sir Brante’s closest companion for the rest of her life.
As a rebel priest, peacefully convincing sister Jeanne to spare your fellow New Faith inquisitors from execution. You win moral argument neither by force of arms nor by divine magic, but by such a simple act as talking to your enemy with kindness and sincerity. After you save them, your brothers and sisters in faith praise your courage and piety, telling they knew you'd never abandon them.
Converting Jeanne into the New Faith. As she falls into despair after her Old Faith fails completely and utterly, Sir Brante can say that no matter how severe your disagreements are, you love her and care about her. It allows Jeanne to overcome her despair and rekindle her faith in the Twins.
An Old Faith priest can have a variation of this, telling Jeanne that she needs not to betray her Lot and damn her soul by taking up arms and killing her enemies. The speech convinces Jeanne to stay true to the Lot of priesthood and fight the rebels with preaching and wise words. As unfair and cruel as the Old Faith can be, it can be strangely admiring for your character to show such loyalty to his religion and convince others to do the same.
Not many people expect Gregor Brante to provide any heartwarming material, but he does if a noble Sir Brante calls upon the family's Blood Tide in a duel with Dorius Otton. Not only does Gregor help his grandson to win the fight, he displays absolute confidence in Sir Brante, saying he is a true man worthy of his noble title. After the duel ends, Gregor assures his grandson that he can and will win the battle for Anizotte and that Sir Brante's ancestors will always be with him as long as he remembers and honors his bloodline.
Epilogue
Many endings for members of the Brante family are very sweet, such as:
Robert preserving his ideals and remaining a wise and honorable judge for the rest of his life. He is remembered fondly by common folk and dies content, knowing he helped to improve Magra. Bonus points if he became either a hero of the rebellion or close advisor of the Overseer.
Lydia living her days in peace, with loving husband and children by her side. Bonus points if Sir Brante successfuly defended the Empire, making Lydia proud of his heroics.
Stephan fulfilling his noble ambitions, either using his family's help to become the supreme commander of Imperial Legion, or becoming the military advisor of the Overseer.
If the Revolt wins with Sir Brante as its leader, Gloria finds great success as a poet and journalist, becoming the first poet of common birth in history.
While somewhat bittersweet, Gloria's arranged marriage works out great is she keeps in touch with the Brantes. She finds comfort and peace in her new life, reciprocates her husband's feelings and raises a son. She lives her days removed from any worries and misfortunes, in quiet comfort.
Nathan finding new purpose in life, either as a prophet or a New Faith priest. His trials help him to guide others to salvation.
