#caallum

Everything down here-it's all horrible. I should just lock it all away, forever.

That's the best thing to do-right?"

- Inheritance

“That’s why it’s called Inheritance.

He’s inheriting a position with a storied history of its own, and he’s inheriting a literal thing from his predecessor, that we the audience know to be…quite a burden, and he doesn’t know that yet. So if he has no concept of what he’s inheriting, how can we expect him to react to it with the same awareness and care that we as the audience would?”

[with most of viren’s old stuff,] he seems to reject a lot of it…. like “no no no no, i don’t need to carry any of this with me, i’m gonna seal all of it up forever, it’s done.”

“however, there is one thing he cannot leave alone, and that is the mirror. and i think it’s ..interesting that it has this power that compels him as…a mage. it’s something that he can’t seem to resist.”

—Interview with Devon and Kris

“Aaravos chose as his instruments people who had strong minds and strong hearts, but who had an insatiable thirst and fascination with magic. Aaravos could offer them access to the great mysteries of the universe.”

This cube is an ancient relic that has been passed down through the ages. It belonged to an elven wizard in Xadia, the Archmage Aaravos, a master of all six primal sources. It is hidden in a box of keys because it is known as the"Key of Aaravos" and legends say it unlocks something of great power in Xadia. Perhaps it will be you, Callum, who discovers the key's secrets.

“…and my favorite, the human mage…”

mages were his prey.

“in the name of love, you may perform acts so unforgivable, you will never forgive yourself.”

“destined to fall right into my hands.”

THINKING SO HARD ABT THIS

callum should get a little villain arc as a treat

i think

CHET is great so sure she could get held ransom in exchange for the cube

but maybe just for laughsies and funsies (and to stop her murder attempts hfjfd) they fatally wound her and make callum do all sorts of terrible things in line with aaravos’s goals to save rayla but uh nonconsensual addition to the mage fam.