[ID: A digital illustration of Orym and Dorian Storm from Critical Role. Orym is leaning against Dorian's hip and Dorian is wrapping his cloak over Orym's shoulder while he strokes Orym's hair. Dorian is looking down at Orym affectionately while humming a tune. End description.]
I love that the first hint of Essek and Caleb in their first interaction (Essek explaining the perpetual darkness of Rosohna, Caleb being impressed by the scale of magic, his breathless "that is fascinating" because he's a nerdy wizard and Essek's cunty little "oh there's so much more") isn't even part of the weird dance they do where they're both trying to honeypot the other with magic like in later interactions, Caleb doesn't even know he's a wizard at this point, he just loves magic and for a moment so does Essek
The Betrayers turned to their siblings and said, "Your creations are flawed and broken, they disappoint you, they hurt you. We have to destroy them."
And the Prime Deities replied, "No, they are our children. We won't destroy them. We love them too much."
The faithful of Aeor turned to their gods and said, "We believe in you. Let us help you. The Betrayer Gods are cruel and evil. We will use the Factorum Malleus to kill them all to end this war and make the world better."
And the Prime Deities replied, "No, they are our siblings. We won't kill them. We love them too much."
“I’m going to sit down next to you. Except my feet are just hanging off the edge of the couch. My hand rests on your hand and while I’m talking, little tiny tendrils of vines and flowers start to wrap around your hand and forearm.”-Orym