AHHH. MINOTAURS. ALCOHOL. MOTHERHOOD.

I mean Primus does have good reason to be hasty, beyond the one he's actually acting on, which is that his children are dropping dead at a rate of one every five days or so, which is an unsustainably rapid rate for a hereditary nobility

bolaire's relationship with his siblings gotta be the top most interesting thing he's got going on

I love the juxtaposition of Vaelus and Julien in this episode. Both faced with big weighty decisions with material consequences for the other PCs. Vaelus has to make a choice between helping her family and help others with a similar plight, and she chooses to help the others at the expense of her family; Julien has the same choice and makes the opposite decision to protect his family at the expense of others. The context and scale of their decisions are very different - all the captive Rungjani souls & the history there vs just Teor & Cyd being at risk - and tbh their choices both feel correct. Vaelus's choice was a sign of her growth in breaking from Sylandri and her isolation in grief. Julien saving his sister over two near-strangers he's known for less than 2 weeks makes simple sense, and is also growth in a way via him trying to fulfill his mother's wish for his safety (which was also about protection being more important than vengeance) that he so callously brushed off before. Opposite fitting choices and the two situations are such a nice counterbalance to each other.

Travis has been trying to get one of his character's killed for like ten years, this is only right