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The Platinum Dragon would not care one iota about Jester's graffitiying his temple. Nor would he single out Braius for blame and ruin his life over it.

Having lived a long mortal life full of struggle, suffering, self doubt, loss...why would he be angry at a woman who's in pain and grieving the loss of a close friend, who's trying to handle a terrible thing that's happened to her in the way she knows how to best: joy and mischief.

Why would he blame one man for a moment of failing? Why would he not understand and forgive, having lived the life of Erro? Who lost and was lost and who found his way back?

But back to Braius, yes, Bahamut would not have cared. But the mortals who served him and expelled Braius were just that, mortals, and they made their own judgments and twisted their beliefs to fit themselves, rather than change their own behaviors to fit the god they worshipped.

I myself am not religious, but I was raised in a sUPER religious traditional Catholic cult and it's so interesting how much Braius' story aligns with my views. I do not believe in the Christian God, or any god for that matter. I believe the church is made by mortal men who have something to gain from manipulating and subjugating the masses, creating scapegoats and preaching goodness in the act of Othering. And if the Christian God does exist, they certainly would not align themselves with Christianity as it exists now as a whole, I fully believe that.

And I honestly can sympathize a lot with Braius and his decisions, they mirror my own a lot (except of course that while God does not exist therefore Satan also doesn't exist and I do not worship some dark figure xD I mean in more of a sense of my bitterness and hatred of Christianity)

The Platinum Dragon would not care one iota about Jester's graffitiying his temple. Nor would he single out Braius for blame and ruin his life over it.

Having lived a long mortal life full of struggle, suffering, self doubt, loss...why would he be angry at a woman who's in pain and grieving the loss of a close friend, who's trying to handle a terrible thing that's happened to her in the way she knows how to best: joy and mischief.

Why would he blame one man for a moment of failing? Why would he not understand and forgive, having lived the life of Erro? Who lost and was lost and who found his way back?

But back to Braius, yes, Bahamut would not have cared. But the mortals who served him and expelled Braius were just that, mortals, and they made their own judgments and twisted their beliefs to fit themselves, rather than change their own behaviors to fit the god they worshipped.

I myself am not religious, but I was raised in a sUPER religious traditional Catholic cult and it's so interesting how much Braius' story aligns with my views. I do not believe in the Christian God, or any god for that matter. I believe the church is made by mortal men who have something to gain from manipulating and subjugating the masses, creating scapegoats and preaching goodness in the act of Othering. And if the Christian God does exist, they certainly would not align themselves with Christianity as it exists now as a whole, I fully believe that.

And I honestly can sympathize a lot with Braius and his decisions, they mirror my own a lot (except of course that while God does not exist therefore Satan also doesn't exist and I do not worship some dark figure xD I mean in more of a sense of my bitterness and hatred of Christianity)

Another short Business Insider article dropped today where the cast finally answers the question of whether they're stepping back from CR.

The answer is a hard no. "We've had 10 amazing years — and it should be clear and known and declared that we're not going anywhere. We've got tons more to do," Travis Willingham, Critical Role's CEO, said. "I don't think we could hang up the towel even if we wanted to. I think we're all addicted, so you're not going to see any of the founders go anywhere," Marisha Ray said.

-Liam already has ideas for his character for the next campaign and hopes that someday they get to do a far future science fiction world of Exandria.

-Marisha is already figuring out what the next cofounder-led project to hit their streaming platform, Beacon, will look like.

I'm rewatching the Mighty Nein and I'm on the episode after their Kickstarter for the animated series and they're all like still shell shocked from the support but Matt makes a whole entire speech telling people to look for other Kickstarters and support them and find creatives' patreons and if you can to go and support the community around them

Luda needed a beacon for his master plan, making him more inclined to create an opportunity to nab one than to wait for it, especially since an apogee solstice only happens every 100-120 years

Luda was in contact with the Weave Mind, who chose when to make flares happen and potentially had centralized access to the dreams of any non-elves in the Bright Queen's court

As far as we know, Essek was the first child born to any of the three ruling umavi, who have the greatest access to the beacons, in centuries

Being Ruidusborn imparts a sense of not belonging, which is easy to take advantage of by stoking national tensions that make the people around the Ruidusborn more suspicious and dogmatic

Since we know that the Luxon held a key to defeating Predathos, it would make sense for a Ruidusborn to be innately averse to consecution

Essek is shorter than his younger brother, and flares are known to cause premature births

Ruidusborn are said to be cursed with misfortune, such as the death of a parent soon after an argument

They are also said to be important and/or powerful, such as being a prodigy in one's field of study

Also, Essek would have made the stealthiest, most ignorant exaltant ever:

Psionics? Professional inquisitor and high-finesse Graviturgist

Scary red storm dreams? Elf—doesn't dream

Emotional catalyst? Chronic emotional constipation

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