#I loved fcg but he's thriving with Braius

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I'm so glad Sam is back. That conversation between Fearne and Braius was exactly the kind of thing I was missing from CR.

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In case of Ludinus having an emergency back-up bridge (I don't think so, but considering his 1000 year plan and there still being everyone on ruidus preparing to depart for the blue promise) does it have to be Vax as the orb, or could any champion do?

Just thinking about Opal being mentioned again recently...

here’s the problem, though, ludinus doesn’t have a backup because he never expected this to happen. it was win or lose; either he would succeed wholly or die a martyr. instead, he got something in the middle and he’s panicking trying to work with it.

and isn’t that emblematic of bell’s hells? all of them should have been one or the other. imogen was either a freak shunned into hiding or indoctrinated into being the vessel. laudna was a tragic victim or a new body for delilah’s usage. ashton was supposed to be a normal kid or the savior of the hishari. orym was either a loving husband or a dead loyal soldier. fearne was supposed to be a wicked fey princess or… not exist at all. chetney was either a kindly old toymaker or a murderous monster. fcg was an assassin or a healer-bot. dorian was the loyal heir to the throne or the champion of lloth. even braius only sees things in black and white, good vs evil, right down to his color scheme!

the grey area, the third option, the nice blurry median is where bell’s hells thrives and ludinus is too proud to admit he’s terrified that he can’t move forward without a clear-cut vision or where he’ll end up. even as bell’s hells has similar hang-ups as they refuse to move forward with plans about the gods and predathos, they’ve at least been able to roll with it once the fire was at their backs. ludinus’ own uncertainties will be his doom because he wants only perfection.

so anyways i think it was just vax that was toast. opal is safe and thank fucking god