Now don't take this as cast iron, but I don't think it's possible on the rebel path. Infact it's starting to seem that it might only be possible in the anarchy path. But others might be able to confirm or deny this based on their experience.
It's possible on Disfavoured for sure, you just have to not choose Lethian's Crossing as mainquest at any point (As there is no Edict there, not completing it doesn't matter). I believe the Chorus doesn't WANT you to end certain edicts so you have to betray them to do it. And Anarchy you can just do all quests anyway. But with the Rebels it is less clear, is there a way to unlock all the maps as optional sidequests? I think you can always get to the spires so can you get to Cairn always, allowing you to skip Earthshakers but still break the Edict? Or similarly with the Unbroken?
I put off recruiting the earthshakers on my rebel playthrough. When I finally went to claim the spire and hopefully get rid of the edict in the stone sea, all the npcs had died in a some battle between the chorus and earthshakers. The edict couldn't be lifted, but the spires could be claimed. On that playthrough I had to go to lethians crossing as my first mission.
Aw man, l hoped there would be a way to end the edict even if not sent there on a main quest. I am guessing it will be the same for the Blade Grave.
In effect, you have to choose between two options of where to go next in the rebel playthrough. As an example. On my rebel play, I HAD to go to lethians crossing, where I had to choose between the Bronze Brotherhood and the Forge-Bound as allies. I chose the Forge-Bound (iron weapons! Deprive my enemies while strengthening myself) I then got the option to go either to the Stone sea and recruit the earthshakers or the blade grave to recruit the the unbroken (need somebody to wear and wield that iron used by the forgebound) so I went with unbroken. Then I got the choice between the burning library to recruit the sages or the stone sea again, for the earthshakers once more. Now it was implied I might be able to recruit both but it never comes about. I went to the burning library (had made conquest choices that affected it) recruited the sages. At this point, only one of the two towers in the stone sea had been unlocked and it wasn't the one with the earthshakers and Cairn at the bottom (i think) Upon returning to Vendriens well and hoping I could go get the earthshakers or atleast get rid of the edict, it was the end of act 2, the chorus was attacking the spire and when I finally got the chance to go for the last tower in the stone sea (with cairn and the earthshaker camp) all the npcs were dead in a battle I missed. No way to lift the edict that I could determine. A real shame.Aw man, l hoped there would be a way to end the edict even if not sent there on a main quest. I am guessing it will be the same for the Blade Grave.
Yesss.
I gave the Crossing to the Disfavored in conquest - still had to go there as first area as a rebel. You end up having to fight troops from whichever faction you gave it to before having access, but otherwise it's just like if you went with Apex in conquest instead.
The simplest way is to use unlockallmaps before finishing the 3rd part of ch.2. Then you go to the new areas unlocked and do all the quests and finally you finish your normal path. That way you can do everything, however the story won't change and the alliance will be limited to what you chose initially. I'm not sure if the ending changes and if the game takes in account the fact that you ended all the edicts. You should be careful however because it's possible to accept quests from Bleden Mark too and if you go to him your alliance is considered broken and you'll be considered automatically on the anarchist path.
Wait wait! You say that simply unlocking all maps in stonesea will allow me to get the quests?
