No, there is no evidence at all that those knights raped her. She was flogged at one point of her life (you can see a few scars looking like the result of a flogin on her back if you let her drag you into a tumble in the haystack). So much is true.
However, that rape and the origin of her scars... That is just a subjective interpretation of one of the lines coming from Syanna's mouth that some people have made; there is enough evidence against it to put enough doubts into the (a) the truthfulness of any statements of this bandit lady, (b) the interpretation itself. And first and foremost, she did not force Dettlaff to deal "revenge" in what would be the most likely way for a "revenge for a rape" (castrating the rapist would be the "eye for an eye" type of justice to expect from a morally degenerate like Syanna). Secondly, a person who "has her ways with silent strong men" like her would use the "I was raped by them" card to get even more sympathy - she did not do that. Another reason to not believe in that interpretation.
For the flogging - I guess a bandit leader like her had plenty of opportunity to receive such if captured by any force of the law during her years of leading her merry gang in the bandit business (theft, destruction of property, murder, torture. abduction, rape of peasants - we know these merry bandit ways from more than enough notes in the game.) Might of course also have been as she told: One of the 4 knights cruelly punishing her for escaping on the way out of Toussaint. Might also be that her merry team of knightly bandits actually gave her those scars when she met them, and she twisted the facts and lied when she claimed how good and honorable those bandits were. Maybe she had a Stockholm syndrom going. Or maybe they're the result from her being really into really kinky sex. Who knows.
Anyway, it's like in those waifu wars where lines get subjectively interpreted in some specific way by the different "teams" and each "team" thinks that they know the "truth". Which then upsets members of "the other team" and provokes backlashes.
Some people believe everything Syanna says and interpret every vague line in her favour and consider their personal angle as as the "one and only truth"; that's how "she was raped and tortured" statements happen. Some people don't share those personal interpretations, have doubts and see things differently.
It may also be partially down to "Syanna is more attractive than Dettlaff or Regis", to be honest. Or "She is a woman, she appealed to my protective instincts." Or "She used the same lines as my waifu Yen does" (gut reaction to this can swing both ways though, from "this is sexy" to "this makes me really really angry"). Or a simple "I find dark haired women in black really sexy and don't care about details".
Anyway, in the end, it's up to you how you interpret the ingame statements.
However, that rape and the origin of her scars... That is just a subjective interpretation of one of the lines coming from Syanna's mouth that some people have made; there is enough evidence against it to put enough doubts into the (a) the truthfulness of any statements of this bandit lady, (b) the interpretation itself. And first and foremost, she did not force Dettlaff to deal "revenge" in what would be the most likely way for a "revenge for a rape" (castrating the rapist would be the "eye for an eye" type of justice to expect from a morally degenerate like Syanna). Secondly, a person who "has her ways with silent strong men" like her would use the "I was raped by them" card to get even more sympathy - she did not do that. Another reason to not believe in that interpretation.
For the flogging - I guess a bandit leader like her had plenty of opportunity to receive such if captured by any force of the law during her years of leading her merry gang in the bandit business (theft, destruction of property, murder, torture. abduction, rape of peasants - we know these merry bandit ways from more than enough notes in the game.) Might of course also have been as she told: One of the 4 knights cruelly punishing her for escaping on the way out of Toussaint. Might also be that her merry team of knightly bandits actually gave her those scars when she met them, and she twisted the facts and lied when she claimed how good and honorable those bandits were. Maybe she had a Stockholm syndrom going. Or maybe they're the result from her being really into really kinky sex. Who knows.
Anyway, it's like in those waifu wars where lines get subjectively interpreted in some specific way by the different "teams" and each "team" thinks that they know the "truth". Which then upsets members of "the other team" and provokes backlashes.
Some people believe everything Syanna says and interpret every vague line in her favour and consider their personal angle as as the "one and only truth"; that's how "she was raped and tortured" statements happen. Some people don't share those personal interpretations, have doubts and see things differently.
It may also be partially down to "Syanna is more attractive than Dettlaff or Regis", to be honest. Or "She is a woman, she appealed to my protective instincts." Or "She used the same lines as my waifu Yen does" (gut reaction to this can swing both ways though, from "this is sexy" to "this makes me really really angry"). Or a simple "I find dark haired women in black really sexy and don't care about details".
Anyway, in the end, it's up to you how you interpret the ingame statements.
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