#chetney

I love them for all their imperfections because they weren't your stereotypical D&D adventurer characters. Except for Imogen (because Laura Bailey) and Dorian (because it was Robbie's first campaign), none of them were conventionally attractive; and they all struggled in some way. They struggled against age and oblivion, mistreatment, abuse, sadness, loneliness, abandonment, chronic pain, rejection, and general awkwardness.

They were fighting against a world that didn't want them there, a campaign that at times felt like it could play out whether the Hells were there or not, against fans who came from a popular campaign and characters that didn't give them a chance.

I found Campaign 1 fun, I didn't have the time that most had for the Campaign 2 characters to grow on me (healthcare workers in the middle of a pandemic, am I right?) and I couldn't get past the phase where I found them very annoying. But the Hells reached that little part of my heart that always felt insufficient, insecure, and overlooked, I loved them instantly.

And after the campaign ended, the Hells remain a divided opinion, inside and outside of Exandria, but I still adore them because none of them magically solved their problems; they are still there, they just adapted and continue living.