Quipxotic

One thing I love that Brennan has been doing so far in campaign 4 is showing the effects of an abusive parent with Primus and his kids. Obviously Occtis is the family scapegoat and gets the majority of it, but all of Primus’ children are messed up and most of the family are terrified of him.

Petra’s and Raya: have no concept of healthy relationships and are so psycho-sexually trauma bonded with each other they want to be sister wives and kill all their fiancé’s as foreplay. They also expressed feeling disillusioned towards their father in letters but show deference to him in person.

Koral: what little we saw of him wasn’t great. He was chained to a bed and under the effects of a much deserved dancing spell, but even the fact that this powerful sundered house chained him up instead of finding a way to break the curse is wild to me. Everyone is expendable, and you only last as long as you’re of use.

Kid number 4: Nothing yet.

Frons: gone too soon to get info, but I’m hoping he makes a reappearance.

Ethrand: boy there’s a lot to unpack with him. Starting with the fact that he is absolutely terrified of his father. He was shaking after ripping out Occtis’ heart and being called by his father, cowering at the mansion while Primus yelled at him, visibly guilty when Occtis’ death was mentioned, and nauseous when his father killed Hannan. Out of all the Tachonis kids that might turn to the magpie’s side, I have a feeling that Ethrand might be it. He seems just one mistake away from becoming the next family scapegoat, and I feel that all of his motivations so far have been to avoid that no matter what. His redemption arc would be incredible for sure.

Kid 7: I’m most interested in this Tachonis kid. They are the closest in age to Occtis and Ethrand, they are the child born right before the one without sorcerous ability, and while we’ve seen flashbacks of Ethrand and Occtis, I find it very interesting we haven’t seen any hints of his next oldest sibling.

Occtis: obviously we have the most evidence for abuse effects on our sweet undead wizard, but it’s heartbreaking just how much Occtis tried to prove himself and earn his father’s love despite literally being cast aside and sacrificed. I would love to see how Occtis deals with recognizing the ways his siblings were abused in comparison to him.

Honorable mentions: Trimus ( got choked by her scary ass big brother), Tertia ( poor baby sacrificed herself to be useful to her uncle and dad), random Tachonis attendant Primus had Wic kill.

You mean to tell me that the demon of anarchy and destruction, who canonically hates things being chained against their will isn’t going to,,,, free the chained angel in the basement???

Truly cannot wait for the immediate consequences the Creed has to grapple with after that happens. Like yeah “whoops actually Filament was a lie and actually just the angel blood from our Basement Angel TM. But don’t worry the rest of the faith is totes legit”

Your entire life, you walked within and beside a light beyond explanation. And here in the dark, that light may extinguish, and as it does, all hope of answering those questions vanishes into shadow along with it. In this horrid place you watch as a doom you have avoided so many times, countless battlefields of the Falconer's Rebellion. You should have died in the dungeons of Castle Delawney. You should have died in Sloak. You should have died in the war. Whatever comes next, at least your brother won't have to go there alone. What is Teor's experience of this final moment?

the implications...

yes, utterly appropriate that a man of the theater dons the mask.

also, utterly appropriate that an orc, just like hal, is wearing the mask.

in some ways, i want to think bolaire is imagining maybe this is what it would feel like if hal chose to wear him. this is where he would like to be. how he wants to be used and worn. "utterly appropriate."

Episode 28 - Scene: Speak with Dead with Thaisha and Vaelus (and Thjazi ~somewhere~) 🪦